To coincide with Stockholm Design Week, the city's 19th century Gamla Riksarkivet played host to The Archive exhibition exploring the "shared aesthetics and values" of Japanese and Scandinavian design.
It marks one of the few times that the listed building, which was erected in 1890, has been open to the public and the first time that it has served as the backdrop to a design-focused installation.

A chocolate brown table with wooden lattice legs, designed for Ariake by Norm Architects, is complemented by the brand's self-titled armchairs with alternating leather and fabric seats.
On the opposite side of the room, these same lattices are found in wooden screens and the armrests of the Braid sofa, also designed by Norm Architects.
The next room along is anchored by two collections of coloured porcelain, created by 2016/Arita with a series of international designers.
Here, a dark wooden Friends & Founders shelf displays the collaboration with Studio Wieki Somers, in which a series of plates, pots and cups are tinted in white and cobalt blue ombré.
Across from this, a sleek Arita cabinet stands open to reveal an all-red collection of tableware created by Japanese designer Shigeki Fujishiro in homage to his culture's preoccupation with the colour.

The collection was presented elsewhere at Stockholm Design Week as part of a standalone exhibition at design shop Asplund.
Among the other more than 2oo events taking place across the city that week was an exhibition...