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...potent mulled wine that does wonders against the Nordic chill. There's more to this city of 490,000, though, than street markets and stocking fillers. Home to one of the largest student populations in Europe, this young, stylish metropolis is crowded with cutting-edge fashion and design stores. And its thriving culinary scene - the Swedish Chef of the Year award has gone to a Gothenburg cook five times in the past decade - trumps anything that Stockholm can serve up. Here are some tips for getting Gothenburg to light up your holidays...
Where to Shop Want to de-blandify your Ikea home? Hit the Haga - the city's oldest quarter - and search out a truly unique piece of Scandinavian design. The winding streets here house a dozen antique stores, but the best is Bebop Antik, which specializes in 20th century furniture and furnishings. Run by jazz buff Stefan Tellevi, the shop is crammed with classics, including twisting vases by Swedish glass designer Vicke Lindstrand and minimalist chairs by Denmark's Kaare Klint. 4 Kaponjärgatan; www.bebop.se...
...aspect that truly connects the dwellings, however, also sets them apart: their different arrangements of classic retro and contemporary furniture, each piece of which has been handpicked by the maestro of tight clothes himself. In the third floor's living area, for example, a squishy sectional sofa, designed by Ueli Berger in 1972, is crowned by a spiky Serge Mouille wall light and flanked by a 1952 Harry Bertoia Bird lounge chair and ottoman. Downstairs on the second floor, an acid-yellow Marc Newson kitchen and the red molded fascia of a Raymond Lowey sideboard interrupt a general theme...
...Head costumer Sammi K. Biegler ’08 puts the ensemble in simple kimonos and the higher-ranking characters in increasingly elaborate get-ups (with larger and larger fans to match). As artistic designer and master painter, the always-impressive Courtney E. Thompson ’09 presents a beautiful, uncomplicated set design of a simple Japanese courtyard...
...death was reported by Butte architect and Knievel's graphic design artist Bob Corbett, who said Knievel's wife, Krystal Kennedy, rushed him to the hospital earlier today...