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More North is a new gallery and exhibition center devoted exclusively Nordic contemporary art and design. The owners of the gallery served together as trustees of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, decided to create an entirely new resource in New York City – beyond what was already available at Scandinavia House and in New York‘s art museums.

The gallery has 25-foot tall birch trees connecting the ground floor with the lower level children’s gallery. Rather than envisioning a place where children should quietly look and not touch…this space invites children to be children. A blue wood wall with openings shaped as silhouetted trees provides the perfect escape from the noise outside.

The colorful Scandinavian toys are not wrapped in plastic, but spread around the floor of the gallery. The ground floor is an opportunity to mix the design arts with crafts and fine paintings. Rather than separate the competing elements, the gallery balances the display between the disparate arts.

The white walls and the white concrete floor reflex a sense of calm, like sharing the space with furniture, design objects, and children’s toys. Wrapped in floating paper-thin folded metal, the picture gallery is a space to see the art without distraction.