The logo for the real estate company Wallenstams is an ant carrying a conifer leaf, a design inspired by Proverbs 6:6: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” In other words, the insect symbolizes how hard work is necessary to achieve success.
The company commissioned Swedish artist Torgny Larsson to create a group of sculptures based on its logo to be displayed in front of its Stockholm office. Larsson wanted not only to convert the logo to a three-dimensional form, but to also create large-scale versions of the red wood ant (Formica rufa). This type of ant is native to Europe.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Astrid Lindgren’s House | 2020 | 1km | site_ao | ||
| Stockholm Meteorological Station | 2020 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| The First Grave of René Descartes | 2019 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Östermalm Echo Dome | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| ‘In Between’ | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Newton’s Apple | 2019 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Stockholm Observatory | 2019 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Berzelius Park | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| A Japanese Video Game Arcade, Hidden in the Back of a Swedish Pool Hall | 2019 | 0.7km | site_ao | ||
| Margareta Krook’s Statue | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Scharmer’s Small Solar Telescope | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Lego Swedish 1-M Solar Telescope | 2019 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| Lego Åhléns City | 2018 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| Site of the Unsolved Murder of the Former Swedish Prime Minister | 2017 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Stockholm’s 360-Degree Library | 2017 | 0.6km | site_ao | ||
| Stockholm’s Museum of Video Games | 2018 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| Parkaden (Car Park) | 1km | site_brutalism | |||
| Arkitekturskolan KTH (today: A House Stockholm) | 1967 | 0.3km | site_brutalism |
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