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OTTOBRE design® summer 3/2018

Today here in Lapland, the snow lying on the frozen-over river is sparkling in the sunshine and the conditions are excellent for skiing. However, instead of clipping on our skis and popping outdoors to get a boost of solar energy and some color into our cheeks, we are laboring over the last few tasks of our magazine. This morning we were all sitting around the table drinking our coffee and reminiscing about the summers of our childhood. Although some of us are much younger than others, we are all familiar with the shared memories. Most of us spent summers in the countryside at our grandparent’s home or summer cottage. When we were kids, the summer days were usually warm, sweet and sunny. On rainy days we would lounge about in the loft reading whodunits while listening to the patter of the rain. We regarded the occasional thunder showers as exhilarating spectacles and counted the seconds between the flashes of lightning and the claps of thunder. For one of us, the most important memory of childhood was associated with the summer scents, ranging from the delicate charm of the first flowers of the season to the strong aroma of the forest berries in late summer. Because summer here at the Arctic Circle is short and bright, everything feels very intensive. The sun, which shines day and night, accelerates many of the phenomena related to daily life. The grain crops, vegetables and berries ripen in a jiffy, and the inland waters quickly warm up to a temperature that is pleasant for swimming in. Another of us remembers going out fishing on summer evenings on the tranquil lake next to the cottage, occasionally just languishing in the gently rocking boat and listening to the symphony of nature: the cries of the night birds, the splash of jumping fish, and the clopping of the oars against the sides of the boat. The inviting smell of smoke from the wood-heated sauna would drift over the lake. Before heading back to the cottage, grandpa would dig out a couple of sandwiches from his ruck-sack and recount some of his childhood stories. Oh what bliss! We’re often asked where we get our ideas from for the magazine. Nature deserves most of the credit for that too. It’s an endless source of inspiration, just like life on the whole. We are driven by our curiosity to discover new things as well as by our interest in the past, by the hands-on knowledge of how things were done before we could turn to the Internet for advice. Grandma would patiently teach us how to sew a zipper and then praise us for work well-done. New vistas are continually opening up when we explore the know-how that has been passed on from one generation to another over the decades and centuries. Ideas are found by living and doing; they won’t appear out of nowhere but you have to look for them. Wishing you an idea-rich summer with our latest issue, Rovaniemi, Arctic circle, April 7th Your Ottobre team