Tack vare tidningen kom jag fram till det konceptet som jag vill ha för mitt kafe här i Georgetown. Jag hade nog först tänkt mig att hålla det lite mer lantligt ala Ölandskafe men har nu bestämt mig för en lite mer industriel touch på det hela med lite mer moderna inslag men ändå med en bas av återanvända material. Eftersom Asien är "the land of copying" kan jag inte avslöja mer än så med risk för att andra ska kopiera det som jag vill göra. Jag vill ju trots allt att mitt kafe ska vara något unikt! Så det blir att ge sig till tåls tills kafeet har öppnat. Ser verkligen fram emot nu att få börja inreda!
Apparently it is very trendy with Scandinavian design in Singapore right now. I wanted to buy an interior design magazine the other day to get some inspiration for my cafe and got hold of a magazine with an issue dedicated to Scandinavian interior and design. It's always fun to read about Scandinavian design from an outside perspective. You always discover new things and see it with different eyes when someone who didn't grow up with it, writes about it . Scandinavian design is developed in a certain environment and culture in the Northern part of the world, and in a way that is suitable for a life there. But I don't think that many people in Sweden think of why we like certain colors , shapes and designs. We just simply do. For example, my husband told me the other day about what he believes is the reason why people in Sweden like prints such as Marimekko, which for many people may be perceived as childish and as something that belongs in a children's room. My husband says that Swedes like this because in our society, we don't have hierarchy between adults and children. In Sweden we do not distinguish so much between adults and children but instead view adults as a big humans and children as small humans, and with the same rights in society. The big humans are not higher in the hierarchy than the little humans, but are instead coexisting in the society, side by side. What the little human thinks and feels is as important as what the big human thinks and feels. And this is the reason according to my husband, why the prints in Sweden becomes more fluid and why some prints that in other cultures would be seen as belonging in a children's room, looks just as good in a living room in Sweden. Because the living room in Sweden is a place for both big humans and small humans. He also thinks that Swedes appreciate this type of prints since the focus in the society is to have fun and enjoy life. One can say that we see it as something positive in Sweden to affirm the child within us. And so, this is a theory of the Swedes from a Malaysian perspective. Let's see if you agree with it? Below is an example of the Marimekko print that were featured in the magazine that I bought the other day.
Thanks to the magazine, I also came to realize the concept that I want for my cafe here in Georgetown. I first imagined it to be a bit rustic like a lot of the cafes look like on the Swedish island Öland, but I have now decided a more industrial touch to it with more modern elements but still with a base of recycled materials. Since Asia is " the land of copying " I can't reveal more than that, with the risk of others copying what I want to do. After all, I want my cafe to be something unique! So everyone just have to be patient until the cafe is opened. I'm really looking forward now to get started with the interior!
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