The Röhsska Museum, Sweden's only museum dedicated to design, and the School of Design and Crafts (HDK) are two strong representatives of the subject of crafts and design in Gothenburg. As a book series on the development of Gothenburg over the last 100 years is planned, it is therefore natural that a volume is devoted to this subject. The book will be an anthology with four authors/researchers who have had a strong connection to the Röhsska Museum or otherwise to Cultural Studies in Gothenburg. The basis is a comprehensive history of the Röhsska Museum with a focus on how the attitude to the mission has changed over the years and been decisive for the objects collected and the exhibitions and other activities arranged. The subject is exemplified and deepened in an article about the early purchase of a large collection of Japanese art objects, which came to characterize the view of Japan as an art nation in the Nordic countries. Craftsmanship in Gothenburg is portrayed through a presentation of the collectives that have worked and in some cases still work with exhibitions and sales, and through a conversation between craftsmen from several generations working in different techniques. In recent years, fashion has emerged as an important part of the Röhsska Museum's mission. Maud Fredin Fredholm was a strong representative of clothing design in Gothenburg during the 1950s and 1960s and deserves the detailed presentation that will be included in the volume.