NORTHERN COMFORT: THE NORDIC ART OF CREATIVE LIVING
edited by Gestalten and Austin Sailsbury, Gestalten, $74
The environs of some of the world’s northernmost countries – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Åland and the Faroe Islands – are marked by a remoteness and, often, a hostility that seems stifling. Yet, in it, the Nords have found something altogether different: a near-Xanadu to feed and fuel their personal and creative energies. How and why are the driving questions behind Northern Comfort, which taps into the ideas and values of this reputed ‘Nordic dream’. The effect is twofold. The tome is moreish, not only for the delectable pieces of insight into the better-known hygge, the Danish practice of cosiness, and the lesser-known lagom, the Swedish pursuit of balance. Also included are…
