Tjallamalla: supporting emerging Swedish labels since 1994

The word Tjallamalla may not mean much to must of us, but to Anna Nortenius it became the symbol for an entire language. As a child she used to pretend to be able to speak English, and the word Tjallamalla became a key element of this beloved language. Years later, in 1994, the word still felt as an important part of her life, so she decided to open a clothing store by this name, aiming to support and promote emerging Swedish design talent.

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CAMILLA WELLTON – Luxury Fashion With a Green Heart

Camilla Wellton, a pioneer of individual and independent design, is a firm believer that following one’s heart, intuitions and senses, holds the key to an accomplished life. The sharp and precise lines of her designs may be a tribute to pure and quintessential Japanese aesthetics, but her sources of inspiration and choice of fabrics reflect nonetheless the fragile sensibility that we are about to delve into.

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The Slowest Restaurant in Stockholm

Slow Food – by now all of us have heard of this counterattack launched against fast and processed food. But what exactly is Slow Food? Founded in Italy in 1986 by publisher Carlo Petrini, the movement offers an alternative to rapidly growing fast food chains by using only regional, seasonal and traditional products.

Not only is slow food healthy and ecologically safe, but by supporting small, local businesses it is also economically responsible. By now the non-profit member-supported Slow Food Association is spread over 150 countries worldwide, and counts over 100,000 members in a network of 2,000 food communities. Together they fight against the disappearance of, and disinterest in, local food traditions inherent to the rise of a fast living and eating culture.

This is anything but a new trend. It is in fact a return to times when food wasn’t superabundant and genetically modified, but when people found value in the rituals of growing, harvesting and eating their food together.

Caina, in Stockholm’s Nobis Hotel, is one of these authentic Slow Food refuges. Here chef Luciano Aru and gastronomic director Stefano Catenacci serve classic Italian dishes from different regions of their home country, based on seasonal and local ingredients. The small but frequently changing menu ensures the sensitive care and superior quality that Slow Food stands for.

Mouthwatering dishes such as scallops with crispy fennel truffle and extra virgin olive oil, ricotta cheese stuffed ravioli with lemon and rosemary, or beefsteak with garlic fried mushrooms and Barolo wine sauce can all be savoured with a glass of exquisite Italian wine from the restaurant’s selected wine list.

Offering delicious antipasti and authentic Italian cuisine in an elegant but yet warm and welcoming ambience, Caina is a Slow Food oasis for a stress-free lunch break, and also a very nice venue for an intimate dinner among friends.

After a night in the calmly sophisticated atmosphere of White Line Hotels edit The Nobis Hotel,  Caina is ready to ease you into the day with ecologically sound Swedish breakfast including homemade foods, breads and pastries.

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Contributing writer: Julia Schröder

Images courtesy Caina/The Nobis Hotel

I Will Never Talk About the War Again, Psychosis part 1

It’s kind of like seeing that “PART IV” at the beginning of the first Star Wars film; you know there are other chapters coming. So it is when things are signaled as being “parts”, but there is perhaps nothing so ominous as stating that something is “part 1” when no “part 2” is in sight. That’s the way it is though with psychosis, trauma, and even war, as none of these things are ever confined and resolved in the first “part” – that’s even the key to their destructive powers. People can be surprisingly resilient, particularly when a trying event is short-lived. Duration, and never more so than when showing up at the party with second-cousin “Not Knowing”, is the real destroyer.

Like with 90% of “part 1”s, however, this time there will be a follow-up. Stockholm’s Färgfabriken: Center for Art and Architecture is just the first in the long-term global project Psychosis intended to illuminate the human psyche, both from an individual and collective perspective, in terms of political extremism, alternative social structures or the human perception.

I Will Never Talk About the War Again attempts to deal with the umbrella concept of Psychosis in relation to the Balkan Wars and the traumatic post-war society, but without falling into traps of stereotypes and exoticism. Considering the newly found chic of all things, and all angles, related to Eastern Europe on the curated group exhibition scene, it’s increasingly difficult to find a discussion point on any aspect of the region that isn’t being worn into – yes, exactly – stereotypes and exoticism. Can I Will NeverTalk About the War Again succeed in talking about it one more time, but with a fresh conversation point? It very well might. By taking topics like nationalism, homophobia, and xenophobia as complex post war syndromes, but then pointing out that the Balkan situation is also very reflective of what is happening in many other parts of the world today, the exhibition at least puts one more nail in the coffin of dealing with these parts of history from the nostalgia-standpoint.

Curated by Vladan Jeremic, the show features works by Marina Abramovic, Lana Cmajcanin, Chto Delat, Igor Grubic, Zivko Grozdanic Gera, Adela Jusaic, Nikolay Oleynikov, Shadow Museum, Alma Suljevic, and Jaroslav Supek. It’s open, and free to the public, until November 19th.

Not trying, nostalgic, or stereotypical – for something you will want to talk about again and again, make White Line Hotels edits The Nobis Hotel, Hotel Skeppsholmen, and Hotel J your places in Stockholm.

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Contributing writer: Melissa Frost

Photos courtesy Färgfabriken: Center for Art and Architecture

Like a perfect swell, Hotel J is growing

Who doesn’t like staring at water? It must be some primordial leftover buried deep in our psyche, or maybe an elemental connection, as we are, after all, 60% water ourselves. Some people like the excitement of watching a powerful wave crash on the beach, others — like surfers — crave the meditative thrill of riding that perfect swell, and yet others are more than content to relax in front of the lapping waters of a beautiful harbor. If the latter is your idea of nautical heaven, then make it full speed ahead to White Line Hotels edit Hotel J!

As part of a new expansion on the existing hotel, twelve Newport Seaview rooms on the top floor provide their own terraces for guests to enjoy the stunning sea views. When hunger overtakes the desire to never leave that terrace EVER, head down to the new Club House dining room, lounge and bar. Located in J’s Tornvilla, a classic Swedish summer mansion with original features from the late 19th century that mixes its interior design with the relaxed and comfortable style of New England yacht clubs, you might just find the folded napkins start to remind you of ship’s sails…or is that just Nautical Fever talking?