Favourite THINGS

This shelving system is perfect for the creative mind! With almost endless of combinations and a bracket that can be rotated, you can create your own unique look. Plus,assymetricall actually makes a room symmetrical! (The bracket can be rotated and used in four different orentations and you have several of colours to choose between.)

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Amanda Nyrén founded FORMADEUS. scandinavian design. The company specialises in interior design services and Amanda's role at FORMADEUS. is Head Interior Decorator and Stylist. She has successfully been working on projects in Malta, Cyprus and Sweden. In only two years FORMADEUS. has worked with many well known architects and photographers decorating penthouses, offices, townhouses and more, giving them an elegant, cosy or just luscious atmosphere!

A beautiful pendant which is inspired by nature and made out of thin birch plywood. It is a statement piece which will create a soft natural ambience in any home. I love the finnish handcraft behing it and that it is assembled without any glue or screws.

Any room this lamp will shed light over will blossom. A modern remake of an old shomaker lamp that´s both modest and stands out.

Build your own statement piece for the table with this decorative 1960´s classic candle sticks. Make it big and bold or kepp it light and simple.

Curtains does alot for the atmosphere in a room, and these ones are no exception! Flowy lengths and a fabric that lets the sun shine in just enough. The natural linen material will give the room an earthy and authentic look.

Disguise your messiness in beautiful solid untreated oak. If you are like myself a bit messy at home, this is the ideal item! With these clever organizers, spread out gadgets now has a place to be put. Add a candle or a flower and it will give the impression that everything has it´s place and is thoughtfully put together!

This is THE chair. A bold exciting design for a quiet room or as a cool centerpiece in the livingroom. Sitting down in it is like recieving a varm embrace. It adds up the fun that you also have loads of colours and materials to choose from!

Black and brass hardware has been dominated the past years, this year we have noticed stainless is making a come back! Match it with blue or green interiors to balance the room and to give it more warmth.

An elegant mirror that is perfect for the long hallway or as a cool additional reflection in a bathroom. Rotate the mirror and change perspective.

A chair made of ash wood with ratten details that will blend in anywhere but still pop! This piece will never go out of style and it just serves simplicity and nature vibes.

This carpet is one of my favorites because it`s cosy yet elegant. The shaggy structure with a weavebase creates an interesting depth and its beautifully handknotted into perfection.

I love to bring in colour to a home by adding abstract art like this green poster by Arnaud Pfeffer. Match it with an oak frame to give it a proper scandinvian look.

Ġulja Holland, a contemporary Maltese artist known for her unique style and innovative approaches to traditional art-making, recently presented A NEW GOTHIC at Spazju Kreattiv. The exhibition featured works from Holland's time in London, Lisbon, and Malta, offering a glimpse into her evolution as an artist, whilst dealing with the themes of gender, social well-being, and climate crises.

Words by Andrew Borg Wirth

Holland's process is inspired by diverse fragments of scientific imagery and nature. She also approaches references from art history in a method that is anything but traditional. Through her use of mixed media and unconventional materials, Holland creates a style that interrogates the human gaze and creates an altogether different world for audiences to look into.

A NEW GOTHIC features some of Holland's largest works to date. Among the highlights of the exhibition are works from her times studying at the Royal College of Art in London. These pieces are amongst her earliest exploration of the style which she has now become known for. One such work is “Mother and Child”, a work in acrylic and charcoal that boasts of the incredible colour palette which this show has to offer.

Holland combines traditional painting techniques with digital collage processes, dreaming up a work digitally ahead of pursuing it on canvas. She captures an eerie atmosphere through the way she dismantles previous photographs and paintings in order to construct her own. The piece is beautiful in the way that it balances the dark and mysterious with the fantastical and cheerful. She has managed to acquire this harmony through her continuous deliberation of the themes at hand.

The method she showcased is the subject of a reactionary artwork which was incorporated in the exhibition. Through a media work by multidisciplinary artist Charlie Cauchi, audience members were invited in to see the way Holland compiles a piece and exactly how her references inform her art-making. This is a process she started whilst studying in London and continued to build upon as her curiosity around it grew.