Scandinavian Modern
スカンジナビアン・モダン / late 1940s–1960s / Style / Scandinavian Design
Joins function and mass production to the warmth of natural materials, curves that follow the body, and clear usable form.
Lucid function / Natural materials / Body-following curves / Restrained color
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Not just white rooms and pale wood. Verify climate, the welfare state, craft-industry links and national differences.
- Further study
- Alvar Aalto / Arne Jacobsen / Jens Risom / Greta Magnusson Grossman