Finnish modern design : utopian ideals and everyday realities, 1930-1997 / Marianne Aav ...[et al.] ; Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, editors.
Contributor(s): Aav, Marianne
| Stritzler-Levine, NinaPublisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press [in association with] The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts,, 1998Description: 411p. : ill.(some col.), col. facsims., map, plans, ports. 29 cm001: 8798ISBN: 0300075049Subject(s): Design - FinlandDDC classification: 745.449489 FIN
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 745.449489 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 081024 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This beautiful book examines the design achievements of Finland over the past seven decades, focusing on the central and decisive role played by Modernism. It discusses the work of such renowned architects and designers as Alvar Aalto and Kaj Franck, as well as of manufacturers, including Arabia and Marimekko.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition which was held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts between Feb. 26 and June, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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CHOICE Review
Finnish Modern Design is an unusual example of an exhibition catalog in that it has ten substantial essays that occupy two-thirds of the text. Nine indigenous authors treat such aspects of Finnish design as furniture, glass, jewelry, and architecture in the context of issues of nationalism, internationalism, tradition, Romanticism, modernism, and new theory. Leading essays by Jari Ehrnrooth ("The Ambivalence of Finnish Culture") and Harri Kahla ("The Other Modernism: Finnish Design and National Identity") introduce the reader to the nature of these issues and demonstrate the ways in which Finnish modern design is, and is not, an expression of nationalism. In short, this is an important and insightful publication on a subject not been previously treated in English. Following the text there are fine color photographs of the 143 objects in the exhibitions, concise catalog information, selected histories of Finnish companies in the applied arts, and a bibliography. All levels. J. Quinan; SUNY at BuffaloThere are no comments on this title.