Nordisk fauna

Respected painter and writer Julian Bell offers original insights into the art, practice and ongoing importance of painting. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across the arts. Mixing classic and contemporary texts, reissues and abridgements, these are bite-sized, fully illustrated reads in an […]

Julen 1983 skakas en tvåplansvilla i skogarna utanför Norrköping av ett våldsamt bråk och en hemlighet trillar ut ur en mamma. En sjuårig pojke som heter Andrev får veta att hans pappa inte är hans pappa

Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &c. is a vintage volume with an established cultlike status within the bibliophile, typographic, and design worlds. Originally published as a catalogue for William H. Page’s Connecticut wood type foundry— considered one of the best in the world—this 1874 type specimen book features elaborate display typefaces meant to announce tent […]

Sverige är ett av världens rikaste länder, med en av världens mest skuldsatta befolkningar. Vi lånar i goda tider och lånar ännu mer i svåra tider. Lån kan ge människor och företag möjlighet att växa, skaffa utbildning och bostad, men med krediter kan också allt snabbt vältas över ända – av en lågkonjunktur, en sjukskrivning […]

This stylish publication celebrates the impact Scandinavian culture has had internationally on art, design, fashion, food and interiors, and seeks out those creatives and tastemakers who are currently making their mark on the world stage. Following an introduction by the author providing an overview of hygge (and its antithesis, uhygge) and its place in the […]

2022 års Nobelpristagare i litteratur! Romanerna Min far och Kvinnan handlar om författarens föräldrar och de erfarenheter som formade dem och hennes själv. Annie Ernaux far dog exakt två månader efter att hon tagit lärarexamen. I Min far närmar hon sig fadern – denna outbildade, hårt arbetande, känslokalla man – och den skam han bar […]

Hundreds of rarely seen images by legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith offer an intimate portrait of rock ’n’ roll icon Patti Smith during a transformative moment in her career. Images of Smith performing on stage combine with candid behind-the-scenes photographs and striking studio shoots to create a deeply personal look at the singer during her rise […]

It is the final year of the nineteenth century and Peter Winceworth has reached the letter ‘S’, toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume Swansby’s New Encyclopaedic Dictionary. He is overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts. Compelled to assert some sense of individual […]