A collection of artistry in everyday spaces that caught my attention during my recent trip to Sweden.
After leaving the plane, I noticed bold stripes on the tarmac. While intended as a functional measure, the markings held an aesthetic appeal as a bonus. I took a quick photo and didn't think too much about it. But by the time I got to the train station, I felt that these design surprises might be a recurring theme. Sure enough, they were, and so this post came to be. Take, for instance, this corridor:
What could've been a boring passage was brought to life by extra shapes accentuated by light fixtures, all wrapped in a nice color scheme. And it continued outdoors, too.
Strong visuals on representative locations, such as city halls, are relatively common. However, during this trip, I saw thoughtful designs applied to everyday places like entrances to every other house:
Clean geometric shapes, flowing lines, mosaics, paintings, and lightning continued to improve pretty much every place where I stepped. Sometimes quite literally.
Any usually ordinary environment got elevated into something special. Be it elegant cutlery in a restaurant or captivating tiles in my hotel's bathroom, once I saw it, I could not unsee it.
Even some flowers arrangements in public gardens; in the image below, workers plant 25,000 cacti in Norrköping's Carl Johan's Park. They've been doing this since 1926, each year is a different theme.
The feast for the eyes continued with the general cleanness around. With the cities, it's like with people: even the best dress goes only so far without a bath.
Recognizing the subtle beauty was fabulous in every small detail of the surroundings, as in entire cities. It definitely enhanced my journey.
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