FINNISH MODERN DESIGN. Utopian Ideals and Everyday Reality 1930 - 1997

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Country: English
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 411
Illustrations: 105 Color Illustrations. 258 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 9”
Weight: 5.00
ISBN: 300075049
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Cat. of exh.
Code: 2789

Price: $75.00

The design achievements of Finland over the last seven decades are observed and analyzed in this lavish volume produced through the Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki. Fourteen art historians and cultural scholars probe the issues of modernism in Finnish design with beautiful photographs of individual objects, buildings, and pieces of furniture. The catalog was prepared for an American exhibition, and an appendix includes very informative Selected Histories of Finnish Companies in the Applied Arts. This is an inspiring comprehensive overview of many of the real high points of the Finnish modern movement in design and aesthetic approach.