Scandinavian design

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The Scandinavian design emerged in the 1950s in the three Scandinavian countries Denmark , Norway and Sweden and in Finland . It is a design movement that is characterized by simple formality, minimalism , functionality and inexpensive mass production .

The forefathers of Scandinavian design include the Finn Alvar Aalto and the Dane Arne Jacobsen , architects and industrial designers who created an independent Scandinavian design language of modernity as early as the 1930s . The Lunning Prize , which was awarded to outstanding Scandinavian designers between 1951 and 1970, was an instrument both to establish Scandinavian design as a recognized commodity and to sharpen the profile of Scandinavian design. Since 2006, the tradition of a pan-Nordic design award has been resumed with the Forum AID Award .

The idea that beautiful and functional everyday objects should not only be affordable for the wealthy, but should also be made accessible to everyone, is a central theme in modernism and functionalism, but was particularly intensively implemented in Scandinavian design in the post-war period. The design became so well known through architects such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen or Verner Panton and especially the IKEA company that one even speaks of Scandinavian living as an overall style of interior design and living culture .

The ideological background was the emergence of a certain Scandinavian form of social democracy in the 1950s, as well as the increasing availability of inexpensive materials and methods of mass production. Scandinavian design often uses pressed wood, plastic, anodized or lacquered aluminum or pressed steel.

The concept of Scandinavian design has been the subject of many academic debates, exhibitions, and marketing programs. Many of the democratic design ideals that were a central theme of the movement have survived and can be found in contemporary design work by Scandinavian and international designers.

Well-known producers and trading companies for Scandinavian design are:

literature

Periodicals:

  • Form - Magazine for Nordic Architecture and Design. (se, en), Mandelgren Magazine AB, formmagazine.com

Web links

Commons : Scandinavian design  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Krondahl: Tema Lunning Prize winners - The Lunning Prize / Lunningpriset . Project Runeberg, 2011. (en)
  2. ↑ cf. en: Forum AID Award , engl. Wikipedia
  3. ↑ cf. Elizabeth Wilhide: Scandinavian living. Callwey, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7667-1780-1 .