A Scandinavian Design Strategy for Beating the Winter Blues

Typically, at this time of year when the holidays are over but there's still plenty of winter ahead, I start to resort to common coping mechanisms to deal. Namely, denial and escapism (in my mind, I swear I live in Miami). But recently, the Scandinavian craze and the general assumption that Swedes/Norwegians/Danes do it best have inspired me to reconsider the power of embracing the season I can't avoid--and even invite it inside.