Josephine Karlsson
My degree project is a tribute to a style era that is a design and cultural heritage stuck in its current context, in our attics or family homes. It is a style era with a powerful ornamentation and a clear language that also risks being lost if we don’t take care of it.
I’m talking about the allmoge.
To look at the style in a new way, I have chosen to combine the ornamented allmoge style with an activity normally associated with a more reduced aesthetic, spa. The program for a modern spa is questioned with inspiration from bathing and health culture, where activities such as cold baths and saunas are in focus. I use the allmoge style as a reference and take inspiration from forms in an attempt to create a story about our time in a true allmoge spirit.