In southern Sweden, a former schoolhouse has become a minimalist live-work space for the designer @ingegerdraman — responsible for iconic Ikea collections, including the limited-edition 2016 Viktigt rattan-and-bamboo furniture and accessories line, as well as pared-down crystal vessels for the Swedish glassmaker Orrefors — and her partner of more than 50 years, Claes Söderquist, an artist and experimental filmmaker.

When the couple first saw the building, its interiors were painted in dowdy shades of yellow and green, but they were instantly struck by its pleasing proportions: The two-story structure, with white lime mortar-covered brick walls and a traditional red tile roof, is a near-perfect rectangle. In the years since, with help from the Stockholm-based architecture firm @claessonkoivistorune, they have transformed the space into a starkly graceful home, as much a tribute to Japanese aesthetics as to modern Scandinavian style, warmed by artifacts from their bohemian life together and examples of Råman’s ceramics and glass.