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Garden trends for 2026

Garden and outdoor trends for next year. This and more was seen at the fair Spoga+Gafa in Cologne. Here is my report. As city dwellers increasingly turn balconies into dining rooms and backyards into sanctuaries, the garden is no longer…

July 8, 2025

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Merman.

Swedish summer at it’s best. Baltic sea. You can almost see Finland from here…

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Third day in London. Looking at the temporary pavilion at Serpentine Gallery. Loved the colours in the ceiling. Beautiful and solemn.

Also stopped by at the fairly new grocery store Supermarket of Dreams. Loved the name. This food store had pretty loud and cool music. Also about six or seven chefs making all kinds of sandwiches onsite. Small, but nice.

Stop at Selfridges. Always a must. This time they had a music theme. Sounds soooooooo much better on paper. They talked about having music in the elevators and dance sessions in hallways. Nothing of that when we were there. Very, very lukewarm.

And last stop at Mint Gallery as always. I always find nice design here. I think I will use this lamp in my trend report for 2027.

#london

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Serpentine Gallery pavilion by Marina Tabassum. Colours inspired by her gardens in Mogadishu.

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London evening. Chill pill. Vay Cay.

#london

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In London for a few days with @pettasthlm

Arrived early so went to Shoreditch, Brick lane, Columbia flower market, vintage shopping at 2 Columbia Road and the vego lunch at Ottolenghi.

This trip is mainly about retail. Will check out some new places.

And no… I did not get in line for the Billie Eilish pop-up store. Do we need more merch?

#london #retail

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What does the fox say? Wildlife encounter in Stockholm with Juli.

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I went to Spoga+Gafa to look at this garden and outdoor fair. My report is up at: www.trendstefan.se

@spogagafa

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I have been working on a new project since April. Eight trend experts from eight countries in one seminar. Get a global trend perspective. Soon out.

Website in the making so not everything is ready yet. But you can of course keep an eye open for @forecastclub

Look forward to work with these talented people.
@italianbark
@alinaschartner
@judith_color_designer
@jantrendman
@xiaojingchinadesigntrends
@cecilepoignant
@enne_susannab

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Cloudy skies in Roslagen so took an art walk on Norrtälje. Every year the town invite artists and designers to use the creek as a canvas. Usually very cool and innovative. And even though they had streetart, graffiti, crochet… it was a bit lukewarm.

#norrtälje #roslagen #konstiån @visitroslagen

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Art day at Norrtälje. ”Art in the creek”

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For those of you who missed it. My review of 3 Days of Design is out. Will I be invited next year???

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My monthly spread in LGBTQ magazine QX. Talking about Hot, Horny and Scandi as well as drinks and swimwear. And this month’s no, no, no are the people going to the airport with last trip’s tag. Lazy. Get it off as soon as you land. No one needs to know your last destination.

Tags in pic.

#gay #lbgtq #loveislove

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For my Stockholmers. Notice the old name for Hötorget.

#stockholm

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Our first meeting two years ago. Baby Juli is getting older.

#beagle

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More from Spoga + Gafa. These large flower pots are made of recycled consumer plastics. And stackable. Build your own favourite. From Tera.

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Hej, vad gör du här i Köln?

#cologne #streetart

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Pre dinner at Spoga + Gafa in Cologne.

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Happy Midsummer.

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Last pictures from 3 Days of Design. Now heading back to Sweden for Midsummer. Images from Hydro, Material Matters, designers 91 92, the Ukrainian exhibition and American Hardwood.