Category Archives: Best of Gothenburg

Look at this genius sign. It’s a sign saying that the grill is open between certain hours. And that you can buy hot dogs nearby. Vegetarian also.

Plikta, one of Gothenburg’s best playgrounds. Here, another one.

Everyone loves Bleubird’s blog and Instagram, me too. Extra happy for pictures like this.

A couple of years ago a bunch of sweet ladies started a Christmas market here in Gothenburg called Julform. This year the market will be open a whole month, all December (1–22). This is a little peep of their pre-opening tonight.

There will of course be a great range of good products as in the earlier years. Cecilia Pettersson’s pattern The Forest (find it as a poster in the Fine Little Day shop) will be available as textile (top pic) for example. You will also find mittens from Klara Bothén, clothes from Maska, Children’s hats form Knätofs, prints from Lisa Leierth, Karin Strömberg‘s hooks (below pic) and candle holders and a lot more.

(Some products from myself as well).

On top of that you can peep in to Friends of Form (the shops are located wall to wall) where you can find design from my friend and colleague Anna Backlund among others.

JULFORM POP-UP!
25 formgivare, en butik, en månad.
1–22 december 2012
Kyrkogatan 13, Göteborg

As a blogger I’m priviliged enough to be able to peep in here and there and say hello to exciting people. Today I visited Jumperfabriken – a fashion brand with a passion for knitted wear.

Jumperfabriken is based here in Gothenburg and was founded in 2007 by Elisabeth Synnes and Tullis Zervakos. ”It was after browsing in our families’ old photo albums that idea for our company was born. Somehow the overall taste and style was better in the old days and it seems like there was always an excuse to dress up a little.”

Sustainable, timeless, feminine and nostalgic are some of the watchwords. The photo of Elisabeth’s mum (below) became their main inspiration.

Jumperfabriken has the habit of looking back in time for inspiration for their collections while preserving the old Nordic patterns and Swedish design. Erlier this year Jumperfabriken in cooperation with the Swedish printer textile company Ljungbergs, made clothes with Swedish design icon Stig Lindberg patterns “Bulbous” and “Mirror Flower”.

Om du bor i Göteborg, eller har vägarna förbi kan du kika in i Jumperfabrikens pop-up shop som öppnar nästa vecka på torsdag på Kristinelundsgatan, mittemot HDK.

Ett annat ställe ni ska besöka är Julforms pop-up shop som huserar en månad på Kyrkogatan 13 – En butik, en månad 25 formgivare. Öppnar på lördag (1 dec ) kl. 11.00!

Last post from Once Upon a Time.
The garlands, I like them. Have you seen Lisa Grue‘s round garlands.

Once Upon a Time is the name of the shop, located at Olivedalsgatan in Gothenburg.

And here is the dress I bought.

This shop Once Upon a Time is just around the corner in the neighborhood where I live. I pass by it often. And can almost never just walk past. I am sure you understand why. The shop is runned by designer Pia Anjou. Mostly second hand, but also new (our House of Rym porcelain for example), all handpicked. Once Upon a Time is also a clothing brand, just as irresistible as the rest of the range. Must show you what I couldn’t resist in a later post. But first three posts about the store.

Behind the camera.

Judy Kaufmann‘s illustrations.

This is just the kind of playful range I love to browse in a second hand shop. Fancy rugs, desirable textile pieces, sturdy classical toys, industrial iterior items and bohemian, quirky, random things. Fabriken has it all.

And, they sell flower cuttings. I got myself my first Pilea today – a tiny one.

This nice shop Fabriken (not far from my studio) just celebrated their two years anniversary. I visited it for the first time today. How could I have missed this pearl?

The shop manager “Greta” who visited Mogu’s show a couple of weeks ago is a Basset, or would it be more correct to call her a Sausage dog?

I’m winning this bid. In my dreams.