Stockholm's Nationalmuseum has reopened its doors after a five-year restoration, with a range of furniture, lighting and tableware created by contemporary Nordic designers to complement its interiors.
Built in 1866, the Nationalmuseum was closed for renovation in 2013, during which time many of its staff quarters and storage areas were expanded and converted into public space, including the new restaurant and café area, comprised of three large rooms.
The institution commissioned five Swedish designers to work with 21 local manufacturers to furnish the new interior spaces, as part of its initiative to promote Nordic design, called NM& ? En Ny Samling/A New Collection.
TAF Studio designed a series of Nordic-style dining chairs to furnish the dining hall area Gabriella Gustafson and Mattias Ståhlbom from TAF Studio, Carina Seth Andersson, Stina Löfgren and Matti Klenell oversaw the creation of 82 objects for the museum, ranging from furniture and lighting to tableware and textiles.
The team of designers travelled through the Nordic countries to gather research and inspiration from local manufacturing techniques, in a bid to create interiors that "highlight the process of making and celebrate the unfinished, in a house already filled with artistic masterpieces."
Swedish designer Stina Löfgren created a blue decorative hanging mobile for the museum, with toy company JR Work Shop
"In line with the museum's public mission and vision to make art and de...