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On the cover Hlöðuberg Artist’s Studio (2021) in Iceland, by Studio Bua. Photograph by Marino Thorlacius

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Front 15 EDITOR’S LETTER

16 CONTRIBUTORS

18 CRIMES AGAINST DESIGN Tara Okeke interrogates the humble yet villainous plastic shopping bag – invented by a Swedish engineer

20 OPINION In terms of early architectural education, the UK should learn from Finland, argues Fiona MacDonald

24 OPINION Coastal cities should adapt their industrial harbours to contemporary public needs, says Hanna Harris

27 OPINION It’s time to rethink our reliance on concrete for good, explains Anna Graaf – and Sweden might point the way

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Focus 36 THE ICON INTERVIEW: DORTE MANDRUP Debika Ray meets the Danish architect making waves across the Nordic region and beyond

50 SCANDI MAXIMALISM Riya Patel surveys the Nordic designers bucking the minimalist trend

64 UNDER WATER In Denmark, landscape architects have been rethinking the urban fabric to build flood resilience amid the impacts of climate change

78 WORKING REMOTELY From Iceland to Norway, building in remote rural spots comes with a host of unusual challenges. Ellinor Thunberg explores

93 GALLERY Bragi Þór Jósefsson has been photographing all of Iceland’s outdoor swimming pools – we pick our favourites

Design 104 WASTE NOT Ellinor Thunberg meets the designers using food waste to create furniture pieces and promote circularity

112 FLÉTTA The Icelandic design duo takes discarded materials and turns them into desirable new objects

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120 INTIMATE FASHION Design Museum Helsinki’s Intimacy exhibition showcases a new generation of Finnish fashion innovators

130 Q&A: SIMON SKINNER We meet the Swedish industrial designer interrogating the notion of ‘Swedishness’

138 ICON: RISOM LOUNGE CHAIR Jens Risom’s celebrated chair for Knoll was an early pioneer of circular design