{"id":34639,"date":"2025-12-18T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34639"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:24:16","slug":"looking-back-on-arkdes-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/looking-back-on-arkdes-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back on ArkDes in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/NpZSlK1sWfQ9wjU0Otcq3Ug1IDM=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes15_2024_ArkDes-fasad_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/UGzzJ7pzNlSelqMOLUy-VSvui-U=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes15_2024_ArkDes-fasad_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/pcNEGxYJsrBYtBgYRW4sv1cbz9Q=\/fit-in\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes15_2024_ArkDes-fasad_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/Y6_Dzts0UQwF6HpdMAiUJJEaymA=\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes15_2024_ArkDes-fasad_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/tQw0qHqyHvELqdHYdpBQqZ5oFsg=\/1140x760\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes15_2024_ArkDes-fasad_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"380.07421875\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Marco Cappelletti. 2024. <\/i>\n                        ArkDes.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">January<\/p>\n<p>The year began with ArkDes defining the direction for its future work as four research and content directions were <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/arkdes-launches-new-research-directions\/\">presented<\/a>. Under the headings <em>In the North (I norr)<\/em>, <em>Imagine (F&ouml;rest&auml;ll dig)<\/em>, <em>Living Together (Bo tillsammans)<\/em>, and <em>Transformation (Omvandling)<\/em>, the museum&rsquo;s curators and ArkDes Think Tank would jointly drive the development of exhibitions for the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Green plants purifying an industrial site, abandoned houses brought back to life, and a public square made of snow and ice were among the visionary proposals presented when six teams in the innovation project <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/visions-in-the-north-step-2\/\"><em>Visions in the North step 2<\/em><\/a> submitted their research reports. The releases were followed by a seminar discussing the proposals and how long-term sustainable living environments can be created in Boden, G&auml;llivare, Kiruna, Lule&aring;, Skellefte&aring;, and Ume&aring;.<\/p>\n<p>ArkDes also hosted School + Museum 2025, the annual event where educators, teachers, and school leaders meet Stockholm&rsquo;s museums and cultural institutions. The aim is to offer schools a preview of the rich range of exhibitions, educational activities, and school programmes on offer, and to show that museums and museum visits can and should be a natural part of education.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/rTNNub9sgdRB4zzoiEfFcK_29xE=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FSkolskogen-vis04_kollage-team-Beratta-mig-vidare_2000px.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/qWN4jCroHao9_BKnB74ju-6bR2o=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FSkolskogen-vis04_kollage-team-Beratta-mig-vidare_2000px.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/194ZCIo5pQCbroqrKZjbwRfLbLw=\/fit-in\/570x320\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FSkolskogen-vis04_kollage-team-Beratta-mig-vidare_2000px.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/Kcl2GVE2XBttsOINGWhzC3CI2x0=\/570x320\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FSkolskogen-vis04_kollage-team-Beratta-mig-vidare_2000px.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/MBR_CsKloL5bB07z7Dnrb-KL7yA=\/1140x641\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FSkolskogen-vis04_kollage-team-Beratta-mig-vidare_2000px.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"320.625\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Collage: Team Ber\u00e4tta mig vidare. 2025.<\/i>\n                        A visualisation of one of the prototypes in Visions in the North \u2013 an outdoor classroom and meeting place in &quot;Skolskogen&quot;, Svappavaara. \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">February<\/p>\n<p>Gunnar Asplund&rsquo;s design and interiors took centre stage when ArkDes curators brought out rarely shown drawings, sketches, and photographs from the archives in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/unboxing-asplundvecka\/\">Stockholm Design Week<\/a>. The focus was on design treasures from Gothenburg City Hall (1935) and the Skandia Cinema in Stockholm (1925), which were presented and discussed with visitors during <em>Unboxing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why our homes look the way they do. Building regulations are one of them. When the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning presented new building regulations, ArkDes responded by constructing an example apartment designed by architects Tove Dumon Wallsten, Love di Marco, and Gustav Stj&auml;rnstr&ouml;m. Using the apartment as a starting point, ArkDes organised <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/regulations-housing-and-architecture\/\">talks, debates, and <em>Unboxing<\/em> events<\/a> where opinions on regulation shifted back and forth.<\/p>\n<p>What tools do architects actually work with? Three workshops for children highlighted different tools used in architectural practice. The first workshop, starting in February, focused on drawings and their transformation from 2D to 3D. The second explored how architects use clay to create models. The third workshop, running during autumn 2025, focused on visualisation and collage, images used by architects to show what buildings will look like once completed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/YbHbzE6tmvXMH5tiorSTclPTsFM=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FBBR-digitalG.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/Wr4Lf2y6QijkKIR_T60zxoLG5dU=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FBBR-digitalG.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/9_YVlxSwxwXv0to52b32vJVSp7U=\/fit-in\/570x394\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FBBR-digitalG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/hwNMKwnvNIhb1D2cWE00_eDQg-4=\/570x394\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FBBR-digitalG.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/oAPwpkwCV8wlUbjpmVaKbve20lA=\/1140x789\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FBBR-digitalG.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"394.72964169381\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Drawing of the example two-room apartment. Love Di Marco. 2025.<\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">March<\/p>\n<p>AI is rapidly becoming part of both working life and everyday life, but what does this development mean for the design field? To explore the question, ArkDes organised its first <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/design-bar-ai-fun\/\">Design Bar<\/a> in March, themed AI-fun!.<br>\nSince March 2025, <em>Design Bar<\/em> has been a recurring event at ArkDes, highlighting the power of design in sustainable societal development in an informal setting.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/weird-sensation-feels-good-tours-to-hong-kong\/\"><em>Weird Sensation Feels Good<\/em><\/a> was shown in <em>Boxen<\/em> at ArkDes. Since then, the groundbreaking exhibition on the design phenomenon ASMR has travelled to venues including the Design Museum in London. On 14 March, it opened in Hong Kong at Gate 33 Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Practice-based research, research conducted close to real-world practice and together with those working within it to address concrete challenges, continued across several projects at ArkDes. <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/verket\/\"><em>VERKET<\/em><\/a> is a practice-based research project aimed at finding innovative ways for obsolete industrial infrastructure in Ulricehamn to become a resource for the entire city. On site in Ulricehamn, the VERK-SAM team presented its proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Further practice-based research took shape when teams were selected and presented for the project <em><a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/transformation-repurpose\/\">Transformation<\/a><\/em>. The aim of <em>Transformation<\/em> is to explore ways to promote transition within the building and real estate sector through speculative architecture. Three teams were selected to work with Ume&aring; University&rsquo;s campus, Alvik Strand in Stockholm, and Gamlestaden in Gothenburg.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/3R-GH0FnltMH9z2gn7pEYePX0ZU=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FDagvattenpark-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/-SstKzfr9_RxCEQH0m8t366uOGY=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FDagvattenpark-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/a24SFQpTrOwb1aMFiIC18_GJl9o=\/fit-in\/570x320\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FDagvattenpark-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/0rAsHfdl_M3lx-CWpaZ6_mlObFM=\/570x320\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FDagvattenpark-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/VOOOwiA7MJ9yvOsJLTZzu6cmM44=\/1140x641\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FDagvattenpark-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"320.625\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Sketch: Team VERK-SAM. 2025.<\/i>\n                        Existing structures of the wastewater treatment plant are repurposed and transformed into a stormwater park.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/IlEsv8TkeCMNyjNQB9Rs7CY7i2I=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F250311-Design-bar-ArkDes_Torget_2024_Konstfackstudenter-moter-Ketnote-Jayden-Ali_Foto-Serafima-Korenivskaia_03-scaled-e1772704766977.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/RqX45yNXTrxqywWHFrn7p2kzusM=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F250311-Design-bar-ArkDes_Torget_2024_Konstfackstudenter-moter-Ketnote-Jayden-Ali_Foto-Serafima-Korenivskaia_03-scaled-e1772704766977.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/NKVaFM0yMPsnPR3CfwOxCSO8vEg=\/fit-in\/570x487\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F250311-Design-bar-ArkDes_Torget_2024_Konstfackstudenter-moter-Ketnote-Jayden-Ali_Foto-Serafima-Korenivskaia_03-scaled-e1772704766977.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/iTnlNWwIGsKH8u1wlGQPDnFTZFc=\/570x487\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F250311-Design-bar-ArkDes_Torget_2024_Konstfackstudenter-moter-Ketnote-Jayden-Ali_Foto-Serafima-Korenivskaia_03-scaled-e1772704766977.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/N7a5S16k463-4zZftFLR1PCvvqY=\/1140x974\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F250311-Design-bar-ArkDes_Torget_2024_Konstfackstudenter-moter-Ketnote-Jayden-Ali_Foto-Serafima-Korenivskaia_03-scaled-e1772704766977.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"487.17457114026\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Sima Korenivski. 2024.<\/i>\n                        Students and faculty from Konstfack and keynote speaker Jayden Ali discuss narratives and perspectives at Torget, October 2024.\u00a0\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">April, May<\/p>\n<p>During Stockholm <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/culture-night-at-arkdes\/\">Culture Night<\/a> in late April, ArkDes remained open until 02, offering workshops, a childbirth preparation class, and <em>Unboxing<\/em>, with a programme inspired by the exhibition <em>Designing Motherhood<\/em>, which explores how design has influenced human reproduction over the past 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of <em>Unboxing<\/em> events running throughout 2025, architects and designers were given the opportunity to engage more closely with the museum&rsquo;s collection and the objects that inspire them. These discoveries were presented and discussed with ArkDes visitors when Fredrik Paulsen, Thomas Sandell, Gert Wing&aring;rdh, and &Aring;sa Jungnelius took part in the collection exhibition and <em>Unboxing<\/em> programme.<\/p>\n<p>Together with former guest researchers Elisa Maria L&oacute;pez and Marisa Cortright, as well as invited architects and researchers, the museum organised a <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/conference\/\">seminar<\/a> addressing two pressing themes: <em>Living Together (Bo tillsammans)<\/em>, and <em>Transformation (Omvandling).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/iAgf9262WfQAnuRUpzRgOBWmszY=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FARKM.2022-06-06-1-1-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/Jx-8TxPBfamt9nh8yrfATuz8h6o=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FARKM.2022-06-06-1-1-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/BbLfZJDG18fJZYL9Z49SNwZJhlI=\/fit-in\/570x371\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FARKM.2022-06-06-1-1-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/cF4_aBAxe6FCQ02QJMVNmEjc3Gw=\/570x371\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FARKM.2022-06-06-1-1-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/BoMJJWHuQdjVg2tnFEGdCyFwMoI=\/1140x743\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F02%2FARKM.2022-06-06-1-1-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"371.8359375\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Thomas Sandell\u00b4s sketchbook. Sketches of furniture. 1996. ArkDes collection.<\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/-97meVDgyubLJakkQ7x7VDOwR_I=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2F3Q0A8062-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/ZyzcegozZwZ3yRYleSTQVH-P-U0=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2F3Q0A8062-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/mL_4qV5bHqNF5d_x2UJZbtpfdAs=\/fit-in\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2F3Q0A8062-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/Wudaa-3nIPzKLDvoqspmEE3abOM=\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2F3Q0A8062-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/OW62S1NlpJETtIk1Kc54bWYBFbY=\/1140x760\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2F3Q0A8062-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"380.07421875\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Sima Korenivski. 2025.<\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">June, July, August<\/p>\n<p>Troll Tivoli! At <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/utsikten-mycket\/\"><em>Utsikten<\/em><\/a>, the design group Mycket created an unusual amusement park for children and young people. Swing rides swayed, carousels spun, and the tombola tumbled, but the tivoli was far from finished. Throughout the summer, visiting children helped to build and expand the trolls&rsquo; magical world.<\/p>\n<p>The practice-based research project <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/commoning-the-heritage-norrahammar\/\"><em>Commoning the Heritage: Norrahammar<\/em><\/a> aimed to support J&ouml;nk&ouml;ping Municipality in developing tools and knowledge for managing and developing culturally significant environments. In June, the interdisciplinary team TEJA, consisting of architects and artists, was selected for its understanding of the specific challenges of the former industrial site and its experience working with site-specific prototypes and spatial staging.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/designing-motherhood-things-that-make-and-break-our-births\/\"><em>Designing Motherhood<\/em><\/a> entered its final phase. The exhibition explores how design has influenced human reproduction over the past 150 years and includes objects that have enabled, facilitated, and prevented our arrival into the world. At ArkDes, the originally American exhibition was expanded with Swedish content. After Stockholm, it travelled on to the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.<\/p>\n<p>In August, ArkDes opened applications for grants from the <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/about\/einar-mattsson-foundation\/\">Einar Mattsson Foundation for Building and Real Estate Research<\/a>, administered by ArkDes. Applicants could apply for funding of up to SEK 500,000 within three priority themes: circular management of existing buildings, adaptability for long-term use of properties and buildings, and efficient energy and media consumption in management. Of 58 applications, two grants were awarded, one examining how older school buildings can be viewed as a resource for modern pedagogy, and another exploring more flexible use of single-family housing from the 1970s onwards.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/OeIi7V1k5f5M83eOYRP6k4Lu2sA=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes65_2024_Designing-Motherhood_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/SbCB0awVEiktH-hAJXJqyaqFh1A=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes65_2024_Designing-Motherhood_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/VU_5cElIEXQSSIUVAYyS4dsDCC4=\/fit-in\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes65_2024_Designing-Motherhood_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/WWd9vMJ1mNNhUln8ShHaBcnsREs=\/570x380\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes65_2024_Designing-Motherhood_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/3wED8WvJY9voipEbeTMIn6VsauI=\/1140x760\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes65_2024_Designing-Motherhood_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"380.07421875\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Marco Cappelletti. 2024. <\/i>\n                        Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">September<\/p>\n<p>Two guest researchers began their residencies at ArkDes, each investigating specific questions related to the museum&rsquo;s collections. Anna Livia V&ouml;rsel studied <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/town-halls-municipal-buildings-city-halls\/\">municipal buildings from the 1930s to the 1970s<\/a>. Jelrik Hupkes researched <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/projects\/edvin-engstroms-villas\/\">Edvin Engstr&ouml;m&rsquo;s villas<\/a> and how interwar small-scale housing architecture emerged from the ideals of the growing welfare state.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the nightclubs Trocadero and Tunneln in Malm&ouml; as a starting point, architect Abelardo Gonzalez visited the museum for a <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/nightclub-architecture\/\">conversation<\/a> with event organiser Lars Hector and artist Tommie X about the venues that shaped the city&rsquo;s nightlife in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>During the autumn, opening hours for ArkDes Research Services were extended, and the digitisation of all objects previously shown in ArkDes&rsquo; new collection exhibition was completed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/d7-o5qg0bRCKjWYxbwe8kAV7PzQ=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FMRC9308-Modifica-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/0rk4CuWihzPqUvyxrgkHabi69aY=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FMRC9308-Modifica-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/tYF9oBYYZPj_2RLvwql5Ri_Ao2k=\/fit-in\/570x411\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FMRC9308-Modifica-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/9Pg6f1o8OIAZnW_F57UkiOToNJU=\/570x411\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FMRC9308-Modifica-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/ZsYhFFGo9SQpzGQEsmZG2nlZUiY=\/1140x823\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FMRC9308-Modifica-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"411.69140625\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">View of Worldglimpsing: Roleplay and the Design of Alternate Realities, 2025. Courtesy of ArkDes \u00d7 Nieuwe Instituut. Photo: Marco Cappelletti \/ Marco Cappelletti Studio. 2025. CC BY.<\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">October<\/p>\n<p>A new temporary exhibition opened. <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/worldglimpsing\/\"><em>Worldglimpsing: Roleplay and the Design of Alternate Realities<\/em><\/a> is an immersive experience where design meets live-action role play and gaming. The exhibition presents experimental works using game simulations, digital environments, sculpture, sound, and video to explore role-playing, gaming, and world-building as artistic and political acts. Visitors are invited to test identities, social structures, and future scenarios that challenge the boundaries of what design can be.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition on <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/the-womens-building-forum\/\"><em>The Women&rsquo;s Building Forum (Kvinnors Byggforum)<\/em><\/a>, the collective of female architects and planners who from the 1980s onwards challenged prevailing norms in housing design, opened. At ArkDes, the apartment shown by <em>The Women&rsquo;s Building Forum <\/em>at the exhibition <em>Boplats80<\/em> in Stockholm in 1980 was recreated. It presents a form of housing focused on encounters, activity, and colour, a vision that provoked the architectural establishment and sparked decades of activism to introduce women&rsquo;s perspectives into housing design.<\/p>\n<p>How future cities should be built to withstand future risks was the theme of the conference <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/living-city-2025-register-for-this-years-conference-at-arkdes\/\">Living City 2025<\/a>, organised by ArkDes on behalf of the Council for Living Cities in collaboration with Formas. Current research and inspiring examples were presented to 1,400 participants, both on site and digitally.<\/p>\n<p>We live in an age of floods and cloudbursts. During October, ArkDes organised a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/prepared-lift-houses-and-resilient-societies-in-the-age-of-climate-change\/\">talks and events<\/a> on how society can be built to cope with climate change. On Torget, architect Ulf Mejergren created a temporary, site-specific installation: a house mounted on a scissor lift, able to be raised above the water level.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish Television&rsquo;s major architecture series <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/arkdes-expands-on-svts-major-new-series-how-sweden-was-built\/\"><em>How Sweden Was Built (S&aring; byggdes Sverige)<\/em><\/a> premiered. Across ten episodes, Gert Wing&aring;rdh, Mark Isitt, and Petra Mede explored how modern Sweden took shape. To offer deeper engagement, ArkDes organised thematic guided tours linked to the series, and Unboxing events during October, November, and December focused on its themes.<\/p>\n<p>In connection with the series, ArkDes also invited upper secondary school classes from across Sweden to participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/news\/living-streets-a-design-competition-for-upper-secondary-schools\/\">design competition on living streets<\/a>. The task was to develop a prototype for a sustainable, healthy, and vibrant street without the car as a starting point. The jury included Gert Wing&aring;rdh and Mark Isitt. The winning proposal will be shown at ArkDes in May 2026.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/A1xxXPS4txuFh9KfmdDopqKgRkU=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2F4-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/bjO-wNdhIjNt9qJDh5yuQS3U4HI=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2F4-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/xJIc9BSBn3neSI1NuIaEJ6V0rkM=\/fit-in\/570x411\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2F4-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/hX7PciT4HwzyD2ESoNyE5079I6w=\/570x411\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2F4-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/tvURLKR7EaRqlSCpFslbWxannvc=\/1140x822\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2F4-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"411.0234375\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: \u00c5sa Liffner. 2025. <\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/R_b6wlGIbdn7X-GmO5b7hE88oV8=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FArkdes_webb_foto_oskar_omne_001-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/TnMJh_ai3unpeBDNagydSJ5akYg=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FArkdes_webb_foto_oskar_omne_001-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/fTf24zLlDf9H6nRgxNbSeQOAKoY=\/fit-in\/570x427\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FArkdes_webb_foto_oskar_omne_001-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/23HST9NB2--MCTaqoDQVsuBmdQc=\/570x427\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FArkdes_webb_foto_oskar_omne_001-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/MeNGwthbXRjEmzeC9U4iLcsZYzU=\/1140x855\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FArkdes_webb_foto_oskar_omne_001-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"427.5\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Oskar Omne. 2025.<\/i>\n                        Ulf Mejergren&#039;s lift house \u2013\u00a0 a radical response to the challenges of climate adaptation.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">November<\/p>\n<p>During the autumn school holiday, ArkDes organised a family programme with workshops and guided tours of the museum&rsquo;s collection. In the workshop <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/calendar\/workshop-make-an-animal-mask\/\"><em>Make an Animal Mask<\/em><\/a>, children created face masks inspired by the themes of the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/worldglimpsing\/\"><em>Worldglimpsing<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ArkDes hosted the event <em>Garden City (Tr&auml;dg&aring;rdsstaden)<\/em>, attracting a large audience to Skeppsholmen. During the event, which included Sweden&rsquo;s Minister for Housing Andreas Carlson, the history of the garden city was discussed alongside lessons for the future of suburban villa areas.<\/p>\n<p>A new feature was launched on the ArkDes website, making the digitised collection searchable on arkdes.se, complete with images and information.<\/p>\n<p>When the year&rsquo;s most fragrant exhibition opens, it is a sure sign that Christmas is approaching. The theme of the year&rsquo;s Gingerbread House Exhibition was <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/gingerbread-house-2025\/\">Love<\/a>, and 151 entries were submitted by bakers competing in the categories <em>Up to 12 years<\/em>, <em>Architects, designers and bakers<\/em>, and <em>Everyone else who bakes<\/em>. The jury consisted of designer Anton Alvarez, architect Rahel Belatchew, and pastry chef Hilma Str&ouml;mberg.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/PoTgDQLCZ5Zek2z3i4TQ1Vcj-sI=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F11%2FArkDes_9622-scaled-e1764320124168.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/00dut19y63Yj244jpqwo3qju5FM=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F11%2FArkDes_9622-scaled-e1764320124168.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/PU6ZGTDdKr2sj31-HzapBp091NI=\/fit-in\/570x485\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F11%2FArkDes_9622-scaled-e1764320124168.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/c1CWxqGnND5z7tr6qy9KSwZ8PZ0=\/570x485\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F11%2FArkDes_9622-scaled-e1764320124168.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/b1wncgqRaWGZzXJevGQ1If6XADU=\/1140x971\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F11%2FArkDes_9622-scaled-e1764320124168.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"485.85237258348\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Lennart Weibull. 2025. <\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/6HQ0TCMTX-1QTOZ5JEozccEf3rY=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FARKM.1988-104-0736.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/5OoENAyJcCZba19Y912t-luNvjc=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FARKM.1988-104-0736.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/OeiopAMqurjagxrTd1G1cYBTOaI=\/fit-in\/570x612\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FARKM.1988-104-0736.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/xqEpi1uEQQTkcd0XCKckXz-3vms=\/570x612\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FARKM.1988-104-0736.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/eEknLeDhOLFq6dvP1shCH5at5hQ=\/1140x1225\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FARKM.1988-104-0736.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"612.71724137931\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Tabouret, Skandia Cinema, Stockholm. 1922\u20131923. Architect\/designer: Gunnar Asplund. Photographer: Unknown. ArkDes collection.<\/i>\n                        \n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-white theme-default-shadow\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">December<\/p>\n<p>Through a donation from SF Studios\/Bonnier Group, the ArkDes collection was expanded with one of eight stools designed by Gunnar Asplund for the Skandia Cinema in Stockholm in the early 1920s. The museum&rsquo;s collection already includes more than 26,000 drawings, sketches, watercolours, and documents by Gunnar Asplund.<\/p>\n<p>A new name was added to the collection: Joar Nango, architect and artist with roots in S&aacute;pmi. His <a href=\"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/joar-nango\/\">goahti<\/a>, shown at ArkDes between 2024 and 2026, was acquired together with furniture, textiles, and six episodes of the TV series PCA-TV that formed part of the installation.<\/p>\n<p>The ArkDes book was released, summarising the museum&rsquo;s work during the period 2020&ndash;2025. It explores the soul of ArkDes and highlights the work behind the 2024 reopening, the new communicative identity, and the thinking behind the new spatial design and exhibition approach that made both the collection and public activities accessible to a broad audience.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/d0957tdJIsIxqnvlv5zYeFwXfdw=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes04_2024_Joar-Nango_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/tK1oG3FE0rAttViXJG1wn1q7K_U=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes04_2024_Joar-Nango_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/ySUx65Ctepg9jTO3Q4JpFc_LEYU=\/fit-in\/570x379\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes04_2024_Joar-Nango_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/3HPEpE2jSMqiWlbo-2mimjiB9pY=\/570x379\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes04_2024_Joar-Nango_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/a0xbQKgNdfUFSG2UfUGKO6nP7Xc=\/1140x759\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2FArkDes04_2024_Joar-Nango_Foto-Marco-Cappelletti-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"379.8515625\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                            <i class=\"block not-italic\">Photo: Marco Cappelletti. 2024. CC BY.<\/i>\n                        Joar Nango.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"p-2.5 my-2.5 bg-white theme-default-shadow max-w-inline\">\n        <figure class=\"w-full\" >\n    <div class=\"relative\">\n        \n        <picture class=\"w-full\"><source media=\"(max-width:409px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/sEWTGZ_7KHb2CkYdPonWL_nLGN0=\/390x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FArkDes_sammanfogad-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/eUOuKUn1_MCmSDdvOAB21_byyiQ=\/780x0\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FArkDes_sammanfogad-scaled.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/1BB-72MhUNrr1Z_8kVmbQrSwTsg=\/fit-in\/570x179\/smart\/filters:quality(10):blur(9)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FArkDes_sammanfogad-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/2NWturwLYqCY6MbWKmpiwCcFvDI=\/570x179\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FArkDes_sammanfogad-scaled.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images.ohmyhosting.se\/DAlu0qduyhjyiHd0dbeATv-BDbQ=\/1140x359\/smart\/filters:quality(85)\/https%3A%2F%2Farkdes.se%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F12%2FArkDes_sammanfogad-scaled.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full block\" height=\"179.90625\" width=\"570\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <figcaption class=\"text-sm mt-2.5 flex flex-col gap-2.5\">\n                        The publication ArkDes Book, a summary of the museum and its activities during the period 2020\u20132025.\n        <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section>\n    <div class=\"container my-2.5 2:flex justify-between items-start\">\n        <div class=\"max-w-inline w-full p-2.5 inline-content bg-beige text-black\">\n                            <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"lead\">In 2025, the Swedish government decided that from 1 January 2026, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design would be incorporated into the Moderna Museet authority. 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