Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories Contributor(s): Fallan, Kjetil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847889123 ISBN-13: 9781847889126 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Design | Industrial - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) |
Dewey: 745.2 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 322 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Scandinavian design is still seen as democratic, functional and simple, its products exemplifying the same characteristics now as they have done since the 1950s. But both the essence and the history of Scandinavian design are much more complex than this. Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories presents a radically new assessment, a corrective to the persistent mythologies and reductive accounts of Scandinavian design. The book brings together case studies from the early twentieth century to today. Drawn from fields as diverse as transport, engineering, packaging, photography, law, interiors, and corporate identity, these studies tell new or unfamiliar stories about the production, mediation and consumption of design. An alternative history is created, one much more alive to national and regional differences and to types of product.Scandinavian Design analyses a century of design culture from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and, in so doing, presents a sophisticated introduction to Scandinavian design. |