Clean lines, functionality and sophisticated form have characterized Scandinavian design for decades. This school is known for its innovation, sometimes with a touch of whimsy where you least expect it. Designs are often closely related to nature. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are all known for their practical yet aesthetic creations. Nevertheless, despite sharing common cultural roots, each of these Scandinavian countries has its own unique identity. Explore 400 pages of full-color photographs illustrating the latest in Scandinavian architecture and product design. ? A great overview of the best in new Scandinavian design ? This extensively illustrated guide provides a source of inspiration for designers and a documentary record of this design movement.
Aalto
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (18981976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his native country, but by the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. Aalto turned to ideas based on Functionalism, subsequently moving toward more organic structures, with brick and wood replacing plaster and steel. He also designed buildings, furniture, lamps, and glass objects.
Aalto
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Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects by Gustav Stickley, ISBN 0486250008
Make authentic reproductions of handsome, functional, durable furniture: tables, chairs, wall cabinets, desks, hall tree, more. Construction plans with drawings, schematics, dimensions, lumber specs reprinted from 1900s The Craftsman magazine.
Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects by Gustav Stickley, ISBN 0486250008
Scandinavian furniture > Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects by Gustav Stickley, ISBN 0486250008
Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg, ISBN 0385722672
Championed by Margaret Atwood in the lead essay of "Anchor Books' Lost Classics, Doctor Glas" is a Scandinavian masterpiece first published in 1905 that brilliantly juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siecle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a physician confronting a chilling moral quandary.
Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg, ISBN 0385722672
Scandinavian furniture > Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg, ISBN 0385722672
Making Miniature Furniture by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486407195
This clearly written guide enables woodcrafters to make charming, sturdy and functional 1/2-scale furniture. Step-by-step instructions, diagrams and photographs make it easy for hobbyists to create a gateleg table, candlestand, American Empire chest of drawers, and many other items. Over 80 black-and-white line illustrations. 27 halftones.
Making Miniature Furniture by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486407195
Scandinavian furniture > Making Miniature Furniture by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486407195