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<p>This is the first book in a planned series about Offeccts collaborations with various designers from around the world. </p><p>We want to create a cohesive story about our unique collaborations with world-leading designers and provide an in-depth experience of our products. In a way it´s a kind of missionary, to spread knowledge and understanding about the work behind great design. When fairs and other meetings are cancelled, we find other ways , says Maria Olofsson Karemyr, Brand Manager at Offecct.   </p><p>Matti Klenell s collaboration with Offecct started in connection to the renovation of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in the mid- 2010s. The result was the sofa system Font, launched in 2018 and now extra relevant with several freshly designed modules. In the book and in Carl Javer´s accompanying film, the audience is invited behind the scenes where they get to meet Klenell and Offecct in the midst of the work process.   </p><p>Klenell s design always has an apparent ease. Petter Eklund writes: most things seem to have come about out of curiosity. Things are created, as if unsought for . At the same time, there is a critical eye, not least when it comes to quality awareness and the designer s responsibility to contribute to a sustainable society.   </p><p>Designer Matti Klenell (born 1972) has received the EDIDA Swedish Design Award four times, and several of his designs are represented in museums in Sweden and abroad. He graduated in Interior Architecture from Konstfack    University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1999, and founded his studio in 2000. Klenell moves with ease between handicraft and industrial design. He has created art glass as well as designing furniture and lamps for mass production for companies such as Fontana Arte and Iittala. Klenell is known in the Swedish design community as a facilitator and has been responsible for the Form programme at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, as well as design projects between Sweden and Taiwan. In 2015 Klenell was given the honourable task of overseeing aspects of the new interior for Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. </p>

<p>Konstnären Anna Cassel (1860 1937) har fram till nu lämnat ett förhållandevis blygsamt avtryck i konsthistorien. Hennes konst domineras av storslagna landskap och stadsmiljöer med motiv från Jämtland, Västmanland och Stockholm. Anna Cassel var nära vän med Hilma af Klint de samarbetade andligt och konstnärligt och var medlemmar i den kristna spiritualistiska gruppen De Fem, verksamma 1896 till 1907 och grundad av Sigrid Hedman (1855 1922). Parallellt med arbetet i De Fem, från 1906, samt efter att De Fem upplösts, fortsatte deras samarbete i en grupp som till slut utgjordes av tretton kvinnor. De arbetade gemensamt andligt och konkret med vad som är känt som Målningarna till templet.   </p><p>Nästan ett sekel efter hennes död, börjar Anna Cassels betydelse för vad som är känt som Hilma af Klints verk träda i dagen.    </p><p>I två essäer presenteras Anna Cassel här för en bredare publik och det blir tydligt att samarbetet mellan Cassel och Hilma af Klint var mycket djupare än vi tidigare vetat om. Detta är också första gången Cassels andliga verk Rosens saga tillgängliggjorts i bokform, vilket även var tänkt att ingå i det tempel som Hilma af Klint och hon planerade att uppföra.</p><p>"Boken om Anna Cassel bidrar till att spräcka modernismens omhuldade mytbildning om det ensamma geniet." Birgitta Rubin, Dagens Nyheter.</p><p></p><p>"Boken om Anna Cassel bidrar med en intressant pusselbit." Caroline Söderholm, Sydsvenskan.</p><p></p><p>"The Saga of the Rose är ett vackert praktverk, rikt illustrerad med bilder av Anna Cassel (1860-1973), många av dem är inte visade tidigare." Yvonne Gröning, Dala-Demokraten.</p>

Sampanerna från Kanton: F.H af Chapmans kinesiska gouacher är en bok om 99 kinesiska akvareller som befunnit sig på svensk mark sedan slutet av 1700-talet. Fredrik af Chapman var skeppsbyggare och varvsamiral. Tillsammans med C A Ehrensvärd blev han en av förgrundsgestalterna i kung Gustaf III:s uppbyggnad av svenska flottans isfria hamnstad i Karlskrona i södra Sverige. Fredrik af Chapmans 99 gouacher föreställer kinesiska båtar på stilla hav med varierande last samt tre med scenerier från magasinen och hamnen i Kanton. På varje tavla är båtmodellens kinesiska namn textad med latinska bokstäver. Båtarna är målade i lager med gouache, en täckande vattenfärg på tunt orientaliskt papper. Gouacherna vittnar om 1700-talets kantonesiska exportmåleri och är samtidigt kunskapsbärare av svensk internationell sjöfart och politik för tiden då Ostindiska Kompaniets verkade i sin mest expansiva period. Gouacherna är därför också ett tidsdokument, som berättar om kosmopoliter under 1700-talet med nytänkande inom sjöfart, arkitektur och kultur. Här ser man delar av den svenska handelsflottan i Kina och bilderna vittnar om en global 1700-talsvärld. Gouacherna hängde på samma plats från år 1786 framtill 2014. Många frågor besvaras i boken men vem eller vilka som skapade verken har förblivit ett mysterium. Boken innehåller samtliga 99 gouacher både i sin helhet och med en del förstorade detaljer.

Through an innovative interpretation of their client's core values, 3XN materializes the ideas of openness, simplicity and care in a modern office space for Swedbank's new headquarters in Stockholm. Author Thomas Dickson explores how 3XN's emphasis on transparency, Scandinavian simplicity and a dynamic social environment creates an inviting democratic space while reducing energy consumption. The new headquarters has been awarded a Gold certification from Miljöbyggnad, the Swedish sustainability rating system, supporting Swedbank's core values of social and environmental sustainability.

<p>The royal domain of Drottningholm is a world heritage site of the highest order, with its well-preserved palace and extensive parkland, its unique theatre and charming Chinese Pavilion. But it is also, and always has been, a place that queens and kings, princesses and princes through the ages have called home.Princess Christina has loved Drottningholm for a very long time. She has spent Christmas there every year since her childhood and has often been a guest on official and unofficial occasions. Its history, settings and personalities, especially the strong women who have made their mark there, have always fascinated her.In this lavishly illustrated volume she uses individual dates in history as her starting point for bringing royal figures, rooms, details and memories to life. She writes of the young widow Hedvig Eleonora, who initiated the grand construction project, of dance performances in the historic theatre, of her grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf's plans for the gardens and some unusual Christmas fare, of playing in the snow with her brother and sisters in the palace park, whispering games in the Chinese Pavilion, her wedding waltz with her husband Tord Magnuson in Karl X Gustav's Gallery and much, much more. The text has been written in collaboration with journalist Carl Otto Werkelid, formerly arts editor of Svenska Dagbladet and cultural counsellor at the Swedish Embassy in London. The beautiful picture material is the work of one of Sweden's best-known photographers, Ralf Turander.The book is published in both a Swedish and an English edition.</p>

<p>Around the world we find stories about vampires of all kind, and here they are portrayed in all their ghastly glory. The list of the undead creatures featured is long and varied - including among many others the beautiful Japanese Snow woman, the Indian Vetala who haunts graveyards, the Scottish water spirit Glaistig, Filipino vampirechildren, Haitian blood sucking witches, Arabic demon deatheaters, and the Japanese hunger ghost Gakin who eats feces. There are around 40 different creatures in all, each one more terrifying than the last. It´s impossible to resist these unique monsters, all sharing similar traits around the world. Fortunately, we not only learn about the ways in which they emerge but also how to protect ourselves from their powers.<br/><br/>This is <strong>Johan Egerkrans</strong> at his very best: vile vampires in an equally horrid and beautiful take. The darker setting aside, his unique style made famous in <em>Vaesen</em> and <em>Nordic Gods</em> is ever present.</p>

<p>The fear of living in the end times has a long history. In Decadence and Decay, a group of distinguished international scholars describe how societies over time have handled and interpreted the concept of decline. In times of unrest and transition, declinism the notion that a culture or civilisation is headed towards irreversible decline tends to capture the public imagination.  The essays in this volume address how notions of decadence and decay have been used both as opprobrium and as a form of self-definition and empowerment an instrument to protect individualism against collectivistic oppression. From ancient Rome to the present, ideas and expressions of decadence and decay have played a critical role in how we perceive the world.<i></i></p>