Finnish modern design : utopian ideals and everyday realities, 1930-1997 : Marianne Aav, Jari Ehrnrooth, Hildi Hawkins, Harri Kalha, Kaisa Koivisto, Pekka Korvenmaa, Taisto Mäkelä, Hannele Nyman, Leena Svinhufvud, Susann Vihma / Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, editors.

Other author Aav, Marianne.
Other author Stritzler-Levine, Nina.
Other author Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Published by the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts ; [New York] : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Description411 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
Subjects
Design--Finland. --History. --20th century. --Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art)--Finland. --Exhibitions.

Contents The ambivalence of Finnish culture / Jari Ehrnrooth - The other modernism : Finnish design and national identity / Harri Kalha -- Architecture and modern identity in Finland / Taisto Mäkelä -- Objects for everyday life : aspects of Finnish design since the 1980s / Susann Vihma -- Opportunities and ideals in modern furniture design in Finalnd / Pekka Korvenmaa -- National and international aspects of Finnish glss / Kaisa Koivisto -- Simplcity and materialism in the design of Finnish jewelry and metalwork / Marianne Aav -- Finnish textiles en route to modernity / Leena Svinhufoud -- Finnish ceramics : from everyday objects to art / Marianne Aav and Harri Kalha -- Finding a place in a new world order : Finland, America and the "design in Scandinavia" exhibition, 1954-1975 / Hildi Hawkins.
General notePublished in conjunction with an exhibition which will be held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts from Feb. 27 through June 14, 1998.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 399-409).
LCCN 97044402
ISBN0300075049 (cloth)
ISBN0300075235 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NK1471.F5 F57 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold