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2023.09.13

Design icon Kasthall is the perfect fit

Kasthall has produced original woven and hand-tufted rugs since 1889. Their strong international brand is recognized for its quality craftmanship and premium products. At the heart of the operation, you find the factory in Kinna, providing clients all over the world with a piece of luxury to enrich ...

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2023.08.18

Timeless and relevant brand building

Some things become so strongly associated with a specific time, they actually end up timeless. This is part of the DNA of the brand String®, and its contribution to Scandinavian design history for more than 70 years.   Bo Hellberg, joined String Furniture as CMO in 2020 and is today looking a...

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2023.07.03

The digital approach and the importance of its integration

At Network of Design, we think that digitalization and knowledge sharing is critical to international success and our ambition is to accelerate and facilitate the digitalization journey together with all our companies through pooled investments, expertise- and experience sharing.    Malin Cla...

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2023.04.11

A family of entrepreneurs since 1895

Grythyttan Stålmöbler was founded in 1895 in the deep forests of Bergslagen, Sweden. Today, more than a hundred years later, one could argue this to be the perfect place to build and nurture a very successful and sustainable design brand. Back then the key to survival and success was the closenes...

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2023.04.03

Walk the talk on gender equality

Almost three years ago, as the company NOD was founded, Therese Hillman took on the role as CEO. With the support of the private equity firm Altor, Therese wanted to establish a network of ambitious entrepreneurs and Scandinavian design brands. The network would benefit the brands by connecting them...

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2023.02.20

Kid’s Concept makes big textile sustainability leap

Ever since the start in 2007 Kid’s Concept has created beautifully crafted toys and furnishings designed to last a lifetime, using FSC-labelled wood instead of plastics. In 2022 the company embarked on a new journey to increase the use of certified sustainable materials by becoming GOTS certified....

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2023.02.07

The benefits of tailor-made products

Alexandra Wahlqvist joined Photowall as new CEO in September 2022. After meeting the future colleagues and getting to know the two brothers and founders, Niklas Lagander and Charlie Johansson, the decision to join the team was a no brainer.   “I have several times converted brick-and-mortar b...

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2023.01.19

String Furniture: Sweden’s most popular circular furniture brand

In October 2022 Sweden’s largest second-hand market, Tradera, published the report Tradera Circular Brands – Interior 2022, presenting the list of the most popular interior brands of the year on Tradera. The goal of the report is to increase the understanding of circularity in the furniture ...

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