Marcia Harvey Isaksson – Fiberspace Gallery

March 15, 2021.Reading time 18 minutes.

Marcia Harvey Isaksson. Photo: Karin Björkquist. V Söderqvist Scandinavian Art & Design Talks.

Marcia Harvey Isaksson is an interior architect and owner of Fiberspace Gallery in Stockholm. The gallery has in just five years become an important showcase of fiber art in Sweden. Textile art has a history of being undervalued and traditionally seen as the domain of women. The exceptional Bauhaus artist Anni Albers was never given […]

ARTIST INTERVIEW – BELLA RUNE

September 6, 2020.Reading time 22 minutes.

Bella Rune. Interview Scandinavian Art & Design Talks.

Bella Rune’s exhibition this summer at the Carl Eldh studio museum, was a marriage made in heaven. Her suspended silk mohair sculptures provided a delicate, ethereal feel amidst the solid classical sculptures of one of Sweden’s most celebrated sculptors of the early 20th century. Educated at both Chelsea College of Arts in London and Beckmans […]

Designer Interview – Monica Förster

March 1, 2019.Reading time 17 minutes.

Monica Förster by Camilla Lindqvist. V Söderqvist Blog interview.

Monica Förster is an industrial designer with an incredibly diverse portfolio. She has designed everything from the seat of a Volvo excavating machine and glow-in-the-dark toilet seat to some of the most recognizable interior objects and furniture in Sweden today. Förster is also one of our most international designers, collaborating with international companies from the […]