Veermakers Opens its First Showroom in Paris

Swedish design house Veermakers continues its international expansion with the opening of its first showroom in Paris. Located in the heart of Le Marais, the new space brings together furniture, architecture and art in a carefully curated environment that reflects the brand’s dedication to craftsmanship, materiality and timeless design, rooted in the traditions of Scandinavian cabinet making.

Veermakers was founded in 2017 by Swedish interior designer Louise Liljencrantz — whose work I have admired for a very long time — together with K.F.K. Cabinet Makers and Kristin Rudenstam. Following years of creating bespoke interiors for an international clientele through Liljencrantz Design, a shared passion for craftsmanship, materiality and timeless design led to the creation of the brand.

Through her award-winning studio, Liljencrantz has earned international recognition for a refined aesthetic and commitment to lasting quality — values that sit at the heart of everything Veermakers creates. All pieces are meticulously handcrafted in the brand's own workshops in Stockholm and Fiskars, where skilled artisans and master cabinetmakers transform carefully selected materials into furniture designed to endure for generations. Conceived as a hybrid between a design gallery and a private residence, the showroom presents the Veermakers universe in its entirety for the first time. Open by appointment, it offers visitors an immersive experience where furniture, materials and art interact in a setting designed to evolve through rotating exhibitions and new product launches.

The opening marks an important milestone for Veermakers, creating a permanent destination for architects, interior designers, collectors and private clients seeking contemporary design of the highest quality.

“With the Paris showroom we finally have the opportunity to present Veermakers’ pieces the way they are meant to be experienced - up close, where the craftsmanship, materials and details truly come to life. For me, design is about creating objects with longevity, both in quality and expression. The showroom allows us to present our entire universe and create a dialogue between furniture, art and architecture that reflects our Scandinavian roots.” —Louise Liljencrantz, co-founder, creative director and designer of Veermakers.

The Paris showroom brings together the majority of the Veermakers collection in a single curated setting for the first time. Signature pieces such as the SSU Coffee Table in solid walnut, the MAR Dining Table with its deep high-gloss finish, the hand-carved SKS Side Table in mahogany, and the enduring Strict Bar Stool are shown alongside recent additions including the Reed Library Table and Pin Console Table. The opening also introduces several new pieces — among them the Yoshino Wall Lamp, the Hoovs Side Table, and the Set Dining Chair, Veermakers' first upholstered dining chair.

Created specifically for the space, a number of bespoke interior elements — including a custom kitchen and built-in sofa — demonstrate the brand's ability to create complete interior environments where architecture, furniture and craftsmanship merge seamlessly.

Every Veermakers design is developed by Louise Liljencrantz in close collaboration with master cabinetmakers — a dialogue between design and making that runs through every stage of production. Working across workshops in Sweden and Finland, highly skilled artisans combine traditional techniques with modern precision, using carefully sourced materials to produce pieces that are as enduring as they are distinctive.

"Quality is not something added at the end of the process — it is built into every decision, from material selection to the final finish. It is this close attention throughout production that gives each piece its integrity and longevity." —Kalle Kemppainen, Head of Production and Cabinetmaker at Veermakers.

As part of its vision to create a meeting place for art and design, Veermakers will host a rotating programme of exhibitions curated by Louise Liljencrantz. The inaugural exhibition features works by Swedish artist LG Lundberg (b. 1938) — a selection of oil-on-canvas interpretations of the Swedish archipelago, rich in light, colour and atmosphere, that establish a natural dialogue with the furniture collection while bringing a distinctly Scandinavian presence to the space. All works are available for purchase throughout the autumn.

With its first Paris showroom, Veermakers creates a new destination where Scandinavian craftsmanship, contemporary design and art come together in an intimate and thoughtfully curated environment.

Louise Liljencrantz, co-founder, creative director and designer of Veermakers

Photograpy: © Clément Vayssières

Veermakers

65 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris
Opening  September, 2026 — by appointment only

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Framing the Landscape: SONO by Atelier Carle

Set in the landscape of Wentworth-Nord, Quebec, SONO is a secondary residence by Montreal-based Atelier Carle, oriented toward northern light and framing a sweeping panorama across the site. Three long concrete walls, varying in height and scaled to the landscape, form the approach to the building — anchoring it in time and grounding it within the site. A narrow gap between the walls reveals the entrance. Beyond this threshold, the interior tells a different story. Here, a timber structure and flexible layout signal a home designed to adapt and evolve over a much longer horizon than most.

The brief was a unique one: the clients, two friends wishing to share the same secondary residence, without being obliged to "live together" in every sense. Atelier Carle responded with an architectural sequence that meanders — gradually revealing the whole of the home, room by room, while maintaining a quiet sense of visual privacy and acoustic separation. True to the spirit of the times, it's the kitchen that opens most completely to the landscape, becoming the natural gathering point — for the couple, for guests, and metaphorically, for the surrounding environment itself.

What's interesting about SONO is that its design isn't rooted in regional architectural style or identity. Instead, the practice has focused on something more phenomenological — the connection between how the body perceives landscape in real time, and how architecture can "frame" that experience as it shifts across the day. The spaces unfold in terraces that follow the natural slope of the site, each room offering a different vantage point, with light constantly changing the feel of the space. It's this sensitivity, rather than a fixed formula, that defines Atelier Carle's approach, resulting in an architectural language that responds to its surroundings rather than imposing on them.

Just as compelling as the design is the process behind it. SONO was built through close collaboration between the architects, builders, and trades involved — a relationship the firm sees as essential, and one that a traditional fixed-price contract model often struggles to support. For a project of this depth, decision-making couldn't be linear or architect-led alone; it required patience, trust, and enthusiasm from everyone involved, including the clients themselves.

That collaborative spirit extended to the materials too. Working closely with a local carpenter, the team sourced a significant quantity of hemlock from a site adjacent to the project — used throughout the exposed timber structure, and on the north façade for the columns, fascias, and cladding. It's a fitting material choice: locally sourced and ecologically considered, hemlock aligns naturally with the project's broader values. The house itself sits directly on existing bedrock, with no blasting or major excavation required — a final, quiet gesture toward leaving the site as undisturbed as possible.

Credits

Atelier Carle Team: Alain Carle, Isaniel Lévesque, Baptiste Balbrick, James Jabbour, Starr Wang, Sarah Mei Mousseau

General contractor: Metric Construction Inc.

Structural engineer: VCMa Engineering consultants

Geotechnical engineer: Ingénat Engineering consultants

Reclaimed wood: Taylor Lukian

Windows: Shalwin

Millwork: Xavier Collection

Photography by Félix Michaud

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Villa Österlen by Note Design Studio

Well known for product and interior design, Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has gradually expanded to include architecture as a natural extension of its multidisciplinary approach. Located on a sloping site in a village in southern Sweden, Villa Österlen is their second completed architectural project and marks another step in the studio's growing portfolio.

The house sits naturally within the landscape, surrounded by orchards and rolling hills, while offering a modern family both comfort and privacy. It is a project that reflects Note's commitment to architecture grounded in a strong sense of context. Co-founder and interior architect Johannes Karlström explains: "For nearly a decade, we've been moving steadily toward architecture as a larger part of our practice. The ambition has always been to shape complete environments and experiences. Over the years, our role in collaborative projects has grown organically, leading to fully commissioned architectural works such as Villa Österlen."

Working with architecture hasn't changed Note's approach to other disciplines — if anything, it's the other way around. The studio brings its experience in product and interior design into its architectural work, shaping how it thinks about space, proportion, and atmosphere rather than exterior form. "We tend to think more in terms of spatial qualities than exterior form," says Karlström. "Approaching architecture from a slightly different perspective has allowed us to remain curious, naïve, and exploratory throughout the process. There's a certain openness in working on early architectural projects that encourages experimentation and creative freedom."

Villa Österlen follows last year's mountain home in Ottsjö, though the two projects differ significantly both architecturally and in terms of location. Villa Ottsjö is a stand-alone house in the alpine landscape of the Årefjällen region, while the Österlen project is tightly interwoven with a historic village environment — its material choices and overall form strongly influenced by the area's cultural heritage and proximity to the local church.

"This second house is located a thousand kilometres south of our first, in a completely different climate and cultural setting," Karlström notes. "Our next residential project is already underway on the island of Gotland, in an old quarry and former military site. It's exciting to present a series of houses with such distinct identities."

The architecture bears many similarities to a traditional "skånelänga”, a long, narrow building typical of the region. This served as a natural starting point, used as a springboard rather than a blueprint. The house follows the stepped terrain, sitting lightly in the landscape and acting as a harmonising link between the differing orientations of surrounding buildings. Its plastered stone construction paired with a Rheinzink roof echoes the tones and materials of this historically protected area.

"The architecture is minimalistic, which places greater responsibility on the materials. The nearby church became an important reference. Both plaster and zinc age beautifully, and over time the façade will shift in tone while the metalwork develops a matte blue patina," says Jesper Mellgren, the project's architect.

The view over Hanöbukten is a key element of the house, shaping both its architecture and orientation on the site. The oversized skylight on the upper floor frames the landscape in a striking way, while the pivot doors — large, elegant, and beautifully detailed — form an important part of the overall composition.

As with the studio's first architectural project, establishing a clear design direction early proved essential. Much of the later stages focused on detailing, technical adaptations, and preserving the original architectural intent throughout.

The main materials defining the interior are warm Swedish pine combined with stone in the form of Norwegian slate and Bohuslän granite. Chosen for their durability and low environmental impact, significant time was spent developing a special finish for the wood: a soft, milky tone achieved through a mix of oil-based pigments and lye.

"The development of the special wood finish was one of the most demanding parts of the project, but also one of the most successful. The colour works beautifully with the changing daylight. Each room takes on its own character depending on how the sun moves through the house," says Mellgren.

The brief centred the spatial planning around generous social spaces capable of bringing a geographically scattered family together, while still allowing for privacy when needed. The result is a floor plan that balances open communal zones with more private rooms, organised around framed views and gentle transitions between interior and exterior.

Note custom-designed a number of details and furniture pieces for the house — among them a dining table and lamp created specifically for the space. These were designed to complement the Nordic materials of wood, granite, and slate, while giving the home a distinct personal character.

The ceiling is perhaps the most striking expression of the house's materiality and craftsmanship. It creates a solemn, almost sacred atmosphere, while remaining warm and intimate — a quality that carries through every room.

Photography by Erik Lefvander

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