a City for You

Alexander is an artist, living in Helsinki, with a big interest in light as a material. He is currently participating in Nobel Week Lights with his artwork "Sender - Receiver", a 4 channel projection, inspired by photosynthesis and sunlight (in short). And this was exactly where we recorded the episode, inside Östasiatiska Museet, onto which the artwork is projected. We have talked about: 💡City a...

This week we have had a chat with Carl, who works as an Editor in Chief for Osqledaren magazine of the KTH Student Union. The focus of this episode has been Stockholm - during day and nighttime, as always - with a very gentle, almost unnoticeable, tint of politics. Some of the points we have touched upon: 💡Vancouver, Canada being similar to Sweden — similar climate, similar friendly people, the s...

Ali was born and raised in Iran and moved to Sweden 5 years ago. We have met through Refugees Welcome Stockholm , where we were both volunteering. In short, what we have discussed is: 💡Cultural diversity, taking Iran and Sweden as examples 💡Learning about being a responsible citizen 💡Enjoying small amount of light and complete darkness 💡A small being a trigger to memories 🌏 Now it's your turn...

Amelia describes herself as a Canadian who grew up in Toronto and then felt like she has outgrown that place. Now she enjoys living in cities where she can walk to places. She has a fascination with the plant world and she shares that fascination through her art too (some of which you can find here: skeletonparkartsfest.ca/next-door-2021/). Things we have covered in our chat: 💡First impression of...

In that episode we are talking with Julia from Moscow who has moved to Stockholm. Before that she was working in KB Strelka, Moscow, who are doing strategic planning projects in Russia. We will talk about: 💡Cities affecting people 💡Magical lighting in Stockholm 💡Light memories of million Moscow orange lamps 🌏 Now it's your turn! ❶ To help my project grow give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on a p...

Diana is a Mexican-German, who had a busy city life as a child and then moved to the village in Germany. Diana will share her ideas on danger and how she deconstructed those when living in Sweden, despite the fact that she saw more things happening in Stockholm but Diana mentioned that it might be because she dares to go out at night here. Our conversation is rich with thoughts and self-reflection...

Take a listen to our conversation with Hannes, who I have met through KTH university, or some of the welcoming events, to be precise. He is from the Southern Germany, from a little village of 1000 inhabitants, now studying Masters in Architecture in Stockholm. For him a city is overwhelming, but also a place to explore the unexpected. It is about exploration. While people act like catalysts for th...

Today we are talking with Isabel, a lighting designer at White Arkitekter, born and raised in the South of Chile. She is currently running a research project on sustainability and lighting design, which is also linked to Sustainable Lighting podcast that Isabel is running together with Maha Shalaby. Some of the points we have touched upon: 💡Parametric studies on daylighting & CO2 emissions 💡...

Saskia presents herself as a half-Swedish, half-Australian with art being her main passion. She runs " Stockholm Art Guide "  account and is currently working in the art gallery. Saskia and I have met through Galleri Frihamnstorget (run by Blivande ), where both of us have been working. She has been to " A House " before it became a co-working space (check Reels video on Instagram to hear tin...

This is a collage episode with different people replying to two "a city for you" questions: ❓ What is a city for you? ❓ What are you for the city? The drop-in city talks happened at the (Not You Average) Fall Fair in 2 Oct 2021 in Järnvägsparken, next to the Central station in Stockholm. This was a great experiment to hear what 11 strangers have / want to say about a city with no preparation and...

This episode is not an informative one whatsoever! BUT it is an exciting one (for me at least) as here: 💡 I share some of the key thoughts I have identified from the previous 99 episodes 💡 I explain the updated format of the next season! It is me who sets a question for the next guest of the 101 episode (which I have forgotten to read out when recording this episode, ops). The question is: ❓ Ho...

First of all, I wanted to note that this is the episode number 99, making it quite exciting for me by default. This week I have chatted with Isabelle , a born and raised Stockholmer, a travel blogger who enjoys sharing her journeys through text and photographs. Rough and quick summary of what we have discussed: 💡Swedes not meeting other people's eyes (do you agree?) 💡Feeling safer in the light...

В этом эпизоде подкаста у нас в гостях Татьяна — инженер и психолог из Питера, для которой вечер ощущается, как надвигающаяся сказка. Выпуск пронизан любовью с родному городу Татьяны, которого она сравнивает с Евгением Онегиным (красивый, начитанный, вальяжный, но с характером немного не повезло). Если вам хочется заранее знать, о чём мы будем упоминать в эпизоде, то вот моя попытка сжать разговор...

Today we are talking to a family with two complementary visions who met in the Dominican Republic and immigrated together to Sweden. An advertising professional, illustrator and a UX designer, Michelle & a software engineer and a triathlete, Guillermo . We are mentioning a handful of super interesting topics in this episode! To mention a few... 💡 enjoying the chaos 💡 cities being spiced up w...

В этом эпизоде мы общаемся с Лерой , которая выросла с Казани, в 12 лет переехала в Москву, где училась в МАрхИ на архитектора (с уклоном на градостроительство), а потом переехала в Стокгольм, где изучала Sustainable Urban Planning & Design — на этой программе обучались уже несколько гостей моего подкаста. Мы поговорим о том, как город "обучает" горожан, о пространствах, в которых можно просто...

This conversation will bring you on a journey in a city that is both a challenge and a solution. Olivia, an urban explorer and a "toilet girl" (you will understand why as you listen), will share her thoughts about Stockholm from a perspective of an urban geographer. We will talk about light highlighting what is important in a city, about learning from people, hostile design, movement patterns at n...

В сегодняшнем эпизоде в нами Анастасия из Одессы, которая уже в самом начале представит свои ощущения от городов, в которых она успела пожить. Наша гостья открыто делится своими субъективными мыслями об Одессе и Киеве, сравнивая эти два города между собой. Анастасия расскажет, что для неё бег по вечерам, почему ей (не) страшно ночью и почему ей нравится принимать холодный душ перед сном. Такой дом...

Today we are approaching accessibility theme from different directions. I like how this theme has naturally emerged out of our conversation with Julia who I have studied together with at KTH. We will be talking about a freedom of making a decision, about New York having everything at your fingertips, about creating a need for a city to be, live music and moving from one place to another. Enjoy whi...

Этот эпизод переплетает Калугу и Стокгольм сквозь призму Анны, с которой мы познакомились на фестивале Gather в 2019, где мы обе были волонтёрами, а сейчас вместе в команде других волонтёров создаем мероприятия Creative Mornings в Стокгольме. Мы поговорим про отражение людей и городе и городе в людях, про Калугу как провинциальный город с хорошими кафе и более низкими налогами, про этикет и про bl...

This episode has clearly been recorded outdoors... Sorry for the massive noises. I still very much wanted to share this episode as our conversation with Victória was so great! Victória is a lighting designer who we have been studying together with at KTH in Stockholm and now she is working in Lisbon (this is an update since we have recorded this episode a month ago!). We have been talking about fr...

Этот эпизод бонусный во многих смыслах. Во-первых, потому что он с Мари, общение с которой является лично для меня каждый раз подарком. Во-вторых, мы уже общались с Мари в рамках этого проекта, она была первой гостьей подкаста, так что если вы хотите послушать её мысли о городе и её ответы на все 5 вопросов о городе, то мотайте вниз до эпизода №1 в вашем подкаст-приложении. И в-третьих, это первый...

This episode raises questions and invites for reflection, I feel. We have been talking with Emily on a warm sunny day (outdoor, hence some sudden noises) about openness and subcultures of certain cities, sensations of being an outsider as opposed to that of self-acceptance. Here we will talk a little about Italy (interesting, as the previous episode in Russian also mentioned this country too), peo...

В этом эпизоде с нами скрипачка и пианистка, Саша и Саша. Этот эпизод окунёт вас в любовь к городу Москве. Мы будем обсуждать понятие родного города, весну, грандиозность ночного Нью Йорка, романтичность и налаженность Москвы (да-да), прогулки у оливковых деревьев и связь между нотами и цветом. Моя любимая аллегория этого эпизода — это представление света как музыки для глаз. Ну красиво же! ОБСУЖД...

Amanda describes herself as a coffee nerd so expect yourself to grab some coffee during or at least after listening to this episode. We will be talking about creating vibes by interacting with people, creating space for those who, perhaps want to be by themselves but around others. I feel like this episode captures the essence of Stockholm in its theme and pace, if it is possible at all. I bet the...

Эта беседа пронизана светом. Валерия говорит о световом дизайне, отталкиваясь от того, что город — это полноценная экосистема. Мне понравилась её фраза «соприкасаться светом с клиентом» — она раскрывает её, обсуждая работу со светом в интерьере. Также, это редкий горожанин, преданный одному городу, хотя в нашем разговоре звучат другие страны. В конце мы немного поговорим про звёзды и то, как они в...