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ALL IS CALM

Stepping inside the 1929 villa where designer Kristina Dam has lived with her family for the past few years is a sensory experience. The color palette of the home on Amager Island in Copenhagen, Denmark is soothing and natural; instead of turning up the colour, Kristina has toyed with form and materiality to create a kind of artistic minimalism that could be construed as Japandi, in which the hallmarks of Scandi design blend with a Japanese sensibility.

Kristina’s considerable skill is exemplified in the living zone, which

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