Absolut Art launches a collaboration with Swedish fashion designer Ida Sjöstedt and the illustrator Stina Persson, giving art lovers an insight into the fashion world.

Ida Sjöstedt has produced four outfits from the upcoming collection for the summer of 2019, there fashion illustrator Stina Persson has given her personal interpretation of Ida's creations in the form of illustrated artwork. These where launched during Stockholm's fashion week in August, in a limited and signed edition Absolut Arts webshop.

- Because I think it's great fun with art, it felt terrific to work both with Absolut Art and Stina in this unique collaboration. In the work of Stina I shared with you my inspiration fashion creator - the light, the delicate, feminine. Stina the same sense of aesthetics and ways to interpret the feminine as I have. I have made several cooperation in various sectors and as a creative person feels inspiring and developed to get an insight into the different creative processes, says Ida Sjöstedt.

- In my work as an artist and illustrator influenced and inspired me a lot of fashion. Not like that much of the clothes themselves, but the colors, patterns and shapes inspire me enormously. The has been exciting to collaborate with Ida and Absolut Art to launch ours illustrations into an art interested audience, says Stina Persson.

The artwork are available on Absolutart.com and at the Grand Hotel in conjunction with Stockholm fashion week when Ida Sjöstedts S / S 2019 collection unveiled. Even now, you are reporting your interest in Absolutart.com and have the opportunity to buy neither the week before launch. The works are sold at Absolutart.com from the 28 of August, the day before the fashion show.

During Formex in August 2018, the Swedish design brand Maze Interior extends the popular Pythagoras shelving system. This fall, Maze Interior, will launch a new addition to the popular collection and it will be their smallest shelf so far - Pythagoras XS. Pythagoras XS is suitable for even the smallest spaces and will be featured in the new color, Dusty Apricot.

With its timeless and minimalist form, Pythagoras has quickly become a design favorite in both Scandinavian and international homes. When the Swedish designer Gustav Rosén created Pythagoras 2016, he combined timeless design, playfulness and functionality. With Pythagoras XS, it is possible to combine these elements further and the new shelf is created to be used in small spaces or to highlight what you love most.

With its playful design, Pythagoras XS fits many different environments. Either you use it for storing your spices in the kitchen or keeping your keys in the hall or using it for storing your favorite perfumes in the bathroom. As with the rest of the Pythagoras collection, each pair of brackets can be customized, and different design expressions can be created to make each shelf unique.

- Many people today live in smaller apartments and adapt their homes after the concept of “Compact living”. And for those persons, this is the ultimate shelf. There is not a room or environment that Pythagoras XS wouldn’t fit in. Stylish, elegant, trendy and charming, it can be whatever you want it to be, says Lotta de Visscher, Creative Director at Maze Interior.

The Pythagoras series is produced in Småland (Sweden) and in order to have a production with minimum environmental impact, the consoles are entirely made of recycled metal, all in line with the “Slow production” philosophy. Pythagoras XS will be available for purchase from October 2018. The shelf will be sold as a set of brackets and shelves in six different color and material combinations.

Product information

Material: Recycled powder coated metal wire & painted MDF.
Dimensions: H: 65/125 mm, (depending on placement of brackets), W: 420 mm, D: 127 mm
Colors console: Dusty apricot (new), white, black and brass matte.
Colors shelves: Dusty apricot (new), white, black, natural oak and walnut.
Price: 1 shelf and 2 consoles 40,5 EURO.

Maze Interior
Since 2003, the Swedish company Maze Interior has made minimalistic and functional decor for a stylish and smart home environment. In close cooperation with Swedish craftsmen, all production takes place locally in Sweden, which makes it possible to have quality control of the production and also environmental awareness from idea to product, all in line with Maze's vision, slow production. Slow production is about producing and providing long lasting design, decent wages and good working conditions which makes as little impact on the environment as possible. www.mazeinterior.se

About Gustav Rosén
Gustav Rosén looks at design through an engineer's eyes. He studied design and product development at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and graduated in 2009. Since 2014, he is running his own design studio focusing on the design of lamps and furniture.

https://www.mazeinterior.se/