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ISSUE NO.2 Winter 2017
Welcoming the Winter season November is here and we are getting ready for the winter season. Although colder and darker, this season also means preparing for Christmas, getting ready to shop gifts, enjoying candlelight and season treats and spending time with family and friends. So this is our focus for this issue. We share recipes for traditional Swedish Christmas treats, bring you our extensive Gift Guide to make this seasons gifting easier for you and reminding you to take a bit of time to relax by creating your own home spa. This season might be stressful and carrying different expectations, but don’t forget to take a step back and a deep breath every once in a while - and enjoy it!
Maria Richardsson, founder and the team of Nordic Kind Ps. As always, we love to hear your what you think about our work! Tell us through social media or send us an e-mail. We want to hear it all the good, the bad and the ugly. 2
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STYLE GUIDE:
Nordic Noir
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STYLE GUIDE:
3 ways to get a Nordic Christmas
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PRESENTING:
Hing
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GIFT GUIDE:
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STYLE GUIDE:
Your Own Home Spa
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Cottonmade
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GALLERY WALL:
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Giving With Love Sanna Wieslander
Winter Wonderland
Peytil
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style guide
NORDIC NOIR With its dark settings, complex characters and melancholic mood, the genre of Nordic Noir has brought Scandinavian crime to world wide fame. Inspired by the dark and rainy mood, just as any Swedish autumn day, we created the Nordic Kind interpretation of Nordic Noir.
From left: Alva leather candlestick by SagaMelina, Glasilium vase by Scandinaviaform, Wooden Flowers by Nordic Fox, Parad candlestick/vase by Wis Collection, Kattvik Candlestick by KattvikDesign and Herbpot Black by Camilla Engdahl
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In interior design, we are also seeing a lot of dark colours at the moment. Walls are painted in different shades of greys, blues and greens and tableware are being launched in blacks. In our take on the Nordic Noir trend, we focused on darkness. Candlesticks to light up the dark, posters in darker shades and black pottery - we got what you need to get the Nordic Noir setting at home! Read the full story on our take on Nordic Noir in our online magazine.
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style guide 3 WAYS TO GET A Christmas is a big deal in the Nordics, and preparations start early, with the celebration of Advent for four Sundays before Christmas Eve. The winter season, with it’s short days, is really dark in the Nordic countries, so we take our chances to indulge in candle light and treats.
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NORDIC CHRISTMAS
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DECORATE WITH NATURAL MATERIALS Start with what nature has to offer. Bring in twigs and cones, and add Christmas tree decorations in lasercut birch wood. Candle light is also essential, and the leather Candle sticks add a beautiful Nordic touch to the decorations. White as snow is the number one colour, as it helps to light the room - well needed during the darkness of the Winter season.
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CHRISTMAS TREATS The festivities really start four Sundays before Christmas, with the celebration of Advent. We light candles and treat ourselves to GlĂśgg (mulled wine), Lussekatter (saffron buns) and Pepparkakor (gingersnaps). This goes on all the way up until Christmas, making sure to keep our blood sugar levels high through this cold and dark season. Find recipes for saffron buns and gingersnaps in our online magazine.
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SCENTS Baking and cooking your favourite Christmas recipes really brings out the most wonderful scents of different spices like cinnamon, clove and oranges - adding to that wonderful Holiday mood. If you don’t want to spend your time in the kitchen, the scented candle and fragrance stick "Winter" from Hing can add those exact scents to your home - without the cooking!
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HING
Since the dawn of time, people all over the globe have gathered around crackling fires to tell the stories of their lives, as well as the stories of families and ancestors. As time passed the fires remained at the center of our history and became the soul of every house and home. Despite the noises from our modern lives, lighting a crackling little flame will allow us to sit down, take a deep breath and share our stories. Hing Organics is based in Lapland, in the north of Sweden, and the candles are handmade using an environmentally friendly rapeseed wax blend, organic wooden wicks and organic essential oils. Sofia, one of the founders of Hing, is born in Estonia. The word Hing is Estonian for soul, which reflects the care, attention and thought she put into every candle.
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Gift guide:
GIVING WITH LOVE
We know. Finding that perfect and personal gift can be a struggle. That is why we created Gift Guides for just about everyone on your list. We have ideas for the man or woman in your life, for your mom, your very best friend and that foodie that we all know. We even added some great ideas to gift yourself with, just because you’re awesome! In case our ideas doesn’t help you, you can always get a Gift Card - so that your special someone can get exactly what they wish for! Find all of our Gift Guides and the Gift Card in our store by clicking here:
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TO MY VERY BEST FRIEND Choosing the right presents can feel like a challenge at times. Christmas is the perfect opportunity to spoil your friends and family and show you care. If your friend is a Scandi lover you will find a variety of goods in our store. She will be thrilled over these leather candlesticks or a handmade ceramic plate.
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TO THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE Whether it is your loved one, your friend or brother, the man in your life deserved a special handpicked Scandistyle item from one of our designers. Darker colours and raw materials add a more masculine touch to the Nordic style. Get him a new mug for the lifesaving morning coffee, a leather bracelet or maybe a piece of art with attitude!
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TO MOM WITH LOVE When you go to pick out a gift for your mom, make it as unique as her. If she is all into home decoration we have lots of fine stuff for her. Give away a bit of Scandinavia so she can begin 2018 with serenity. Our collection of home decor is most often inspired by Nordic nature, designed by fine artists and craftsmen.
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TO MYSELF, JUST BECAUSE I’M AWESOME We Swedes are famous for our modest way and we often think that saying to ourselves and others that we are great is a lack of social skill. But really, everyone has reasons why they are awesome. Why not give yourself that special item you have had your eyes on for christmas, just because you can - and as a reminder that you are awesome!
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TO YOUR FOODIE FRIEND We have the perfect gift for all foodie lovers. Browse our collection of beautiful serving trays, coasters and tableware, all designed to enhance the dinner table.
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TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE The designers we do business with are small, local artists who often make their products by hand. So for your friend with a love for sustainability and ethical production, these suggestions are just right. Christmas is all about being kind and showing the people around you that you care. Shopping these gifts from is a statement of kindness to the world.
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TO THE WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE Celebrate the woman in your life with something that adds a little extra sparkle to her everyday life. A piece of jewellery is a classic gift that can never go wrong! Posters with strong women is another way to empower your lover, friend or sister. Why not buy her a pair of earrings and put them inside the porcelain box for a really special surprise.
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SANNA WIESLANDER
Sanna Wieslander is well-known for her beautiful and popular illustrations of animalpeople, like the Swan Lady and Hipster Goat. But it is only a few years since she started to take her art seriously. I’ve always been drawing, ever since I was a little kid, and my parents are also very artistic. But none of them work in the creative field and I never saw this as a future career Sanna tells us. She loves to play with her imagination and combine different motives to new, beautiful and a bit quirky creatures. All her illustrations are entirely drawn by hand. Most of them with graphite pencils, like the brand new, limited edition "Dancing Ink: Lady in Black" to the right.
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Relaxing times
YOUR OWN HOME SPA
Did you have an intense autumn, with lots of work? Is Christmas preparations taking a toll? Or do you just believe in every day luxury? Fill your bath, put on some soft music, pour a cup of tea and create your own home spa.
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COTTONMADE
Low-key luxury with passion is the mark of Cottonmade. Their great love of what they do and how they think, really makes a mark in their towels. Everyday luxury is just as important as sustainability. Klinte is a collection of organic cotton, inspired by the Swedish island Gotland and developed in collaboration with Swedish blogger Husligheter. It is manufactured in a sustainable way and the colours is carefully selected. The result is innovative and genuinely Scandinavian, inspired by nature and Scandinavian craft traditions. The products from Cottonmade are simple, beautiful and timeless. Always with the little extra, always caring for the environment.
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Winter Wonderlan
From top left: Whiteout VI by CJohanson Foto, Poses1 by Toril Baekmark, Breathe by Stefan Isaksson Photography, Dala Horse by Lotta Larsdotter, Blueprint No.2 by Kristin ErsĂŠus, Hibernate III by CJohanson Foto.
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From top left: Winter by Peytil, Nature by Magdalena Tyboni, Weather by Jenny Wallmark Designstudio, Flower Poster 6 by Toril Bækmark, ärven Jäällä by Viiva Design, Magical Mist by By Johanna Lehtinen.
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PEYTIL
Peytil is an art project founded by the designer and illustrator Eitil ThorĂŠn Due, currently living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. His work reflects a graffiti-like spontaneity with focus on fashion illustrations and urban portraits. The style is inspired by street art, fashion and music. The motifs are contemporary and the combination between classic painting and digital tools makes the paintings full of expression and contrast. "With both parents working as artists, my mother as a sculptor and father as a painter, I grew up in a creative home and this formed me at an early age. The name Peytil was my nickname as a child" he says.
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