Monsterland

Language: English or Swedish
Artist, Author: Hans Arnold
Graphic design: Jörgen Nordkvist
No. of pages: 68
Format: 226x160 mm
Binding: Soft cover
Published in 2007
ISBN English 978-91-85689-04-0, Swedish 978-91-85689-03-3
Retail price ca.: 195 SEK / 20,5 EURO

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Take a trip to Monsterland and go on a journey you will never forget. Hans Arnold has created a unique world inhabited by vampires, ghosts, ordinary bloodsuckers, etc. You won’t get bored in their company.

Monsterland should become a Bible for all monster fans and every thrillseeker’s favourite bedtime story. But don’t forget to watch your back. The creatures from Monster Bay, Frankensteinville, and International Blood Import Inc really come into their own after eleven at night…

Hans Arnold is an illustrator and artist, best known for his surrealist pictures. He was born in 1925 in the little Catholic town of Sursee in Switzerland. During his long career he has illustrated everything from daily and weekly papers to record covers and story books. His work has been exhibited extensively around Sweden and the rest of Europe.

Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth

Language: English
Editor: Widar Halén, Kerstin Wickman, Ulf Beckman
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 232
Format: 170x240 mm
Binding: Soft cover
Published in October 2006
ISBN 978-91-85213-30-6
Retail price: 345 SEK / 37 EURO

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Fifty years of Scandinavian Design (paperback edition)

During the 1950s “Scandinavian Design” or “Scandinavian Modern” became a “must” in modern homes, both Euro-pean and American. The launching of the concept was a pan-Nordic campaign, including a number of big and successful exhibitions, touring the world. And the establishment was the result of an intense cultural and commercial effort, promoted by both Scandinavian and American curators, museums and media. The fascinating story of this success has not been written in one book before – but here it is. It was published in connection with the big exhibition “Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth”, sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers in the event of the 50th anniversary of “Scandinavian Design”. In the book, as in the travelling exhibition, the icons of ”Modern Scandinavian” is shown, along with the latest interpretations of the concept by young designers from the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The texts are written by Scandinavian design historians as well as experts from the USA, Germany and Great Britain.

Function Rules
– a Swedish Approach to the Glamour of Design

Language: English or Swedish
Author: Susanne Pagold
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 192
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in October 2006
ISBN English 978-91-85213-32-0, Swedish 978-91-85213-28-3
Retail price ca: 415 SEK / 44 EURO

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SWEGD
Swedish Graphic Design 2

Language: Swedish Graphic Design 2
Language: English
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 452
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in October 2006
ISBN 978-91-85213-26-9
Retail price: 425 SEK / 45 EURO

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Swedish graphic design is footed in a central European modernist tradition of simplicity clarity and typographic exactitude. Nevertheless, the influence from the English and American graphic traditions is equally strong, and today all Swedish graphic designers of skill are working well with-in the international top standard requirements. In this book, 86 Swedish graphic designers and graphic design agencies are presented with highlights from their production. An introduction by Jelle van der Toorn Vrijthoff, International President Alliance Graphique Internationale.

SHIFT: Design as usual – or a new rising?

Language: Language: English
Graphic design: Jörgen Nordkvist
No. of pages: 140
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Soft cover
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-91-85213-21-4

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Which are the shifts in the design world that stand out most clearly? How can design be linked to business growth? How is society at large changing in the early 21st century? In FutureDesignDays’ Shift: Design as usual – or a new rising? Lars Dencik, Professor of Social Psychology at Roskilde University, addresses the changing conditions of our times and sketches out what it means to be a human being in an era of shifts.

The theme Shift is also interpreted from different perspectives in articles on architecture, design, fashion, modern media and graphic design by Maria Ben Saad, Andy Chen, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Fredrik Hallberg, Carl Fredrik Hultenheim, Mats Pehrson, Cilla Robach, Rick Sundberg and Kerstin Wickman. The cover illustration and the full-page spread entitled “Global Irony” carry the signature of New York-based artist Mats Pehrson.

RE:FORM
Contemporary Swedish Crafts

Language: English
Graphic design: Jörgen Nordqvist
No. of pages: 176
Format: 170x240 mm
Binding: Soft cover
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-91-85213-12-2
Retail price ca.: 295 SEK / 31,5 EURO

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Swedish and Scandinavian design are famous for being modernist, strict and blond. Crafts from the Scandinavian countries show the same influences but are created by artists with a profound understanding of the technical possibilities and the aesthetic potential of the natural materials. This Swedish and Scandinavian style was established internationally back in the fifties by illustrious figures like Tapio Wirkkala from Finland, Sweden's Tyra Lundgren, Denmark's Vibeke Klint and others. These were craftspeople who cre-ated simple, natural forms in which the material appeared almost in its original state in a way that the rest of the world experienced as almost shockingly exotic.

Now things have changed. Towards the end of the century there was growing protest against the purity and functionality of Swedish crafts. The international anti-design movement had been active since the 1960s and the bound-aries between art, architecture and design were increasingly eroded. There was a hunger for desire while emotional content increased and ornamentation which had been banished since the early years of the 20th century made a comeback.

Santiago Calatrava:
The Architect’s Studio

Language: English
Graphic design: Matilda Plöjel
No. of pages: 88
Format: 140x185 mm
Binding: Soft cover. Incl. CD
Published in 2004
ISBN 978-91-85213-03-0 Retail price ca.: 250 SEK / 28 EURO

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Designed in Sweden

Language: English
Author: Bradley Quinn
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 114
Format: 105x148 mm
Published in 2004
ISBN 978-91-85213-16-0, 978-91-85213-15-3 Retail price: 240 SEK / 26 EURO

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From the sleek silhouettes of lustrous art glass to the cool contours of sculptural furniture, Designed in Sweden showcases the dynamic developments that characterise new Swedish design. As a forward-thinking generation make a radical departure from traditional forms, today’s designers are pioneering an exciting new vision that promises to revolutionise Swedish design forever. Compelling, insightful and far-reaching in content, Designed in Sweden is an essential guide to the nation's most directional designers.

‘I’ve always thought of the Swedes as the “quiet” ones of European design. Not any more. Designed in Sweden shows that they’re crackling with confidence and originality and suggests that Swedish is the design force to watch.’
– Fiona Rattray, Independent

‘Designed in Sweden banishes the persistent image of bendy pale-wood chairs, nice-but-dull checked blankets and the flat pack giant IKEA as the standard bearers for a nation’s design aesthetic.’
– David Nicholls, Telegraph

‘Designed in Sweden showcases the tone of the fresh and forward new generation of Swedish designers – playful and witty in design as well as in choice of material. A great surge of new talent.’
– Roberta Holm, Wallpaper*.

SWEID
Swedish Industrial Designers 1

Language: English
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 320
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-91-85213-10-8
Retail price: 395 SEK / 42 EURO

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With the publication of Swedish Industrial Designers 1, Arvinius Förlag answers a much-expressed need for a forum enabling Swedish designers – both the youngest provocateurs as well as established design houses and well-known veterans of the industry – to present themselves, their ideas and their skills. At a time when design is increasingly recognized as the door to new markets and when Swedish designers are more in demand than ever.

SWEID 1 belongs to a series of five books. A selection of Swedish industrial design, graphic design, architecture, illustration and photography. The series illustrates the current trends and creative interpretations within their fields of artistry.

SWEILL
Swedish Illustrators 1

Language: English
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 752
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-91-974413-3-9
Retail price: 495 SEK / 52,5 EURO

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A selection of the best Swedish illustrators of today, many of them working internationally. Covering a wide field, from advertising, book illustrations, fashion to portraits and cartoons etc. An opening part of the book will discuss the style of Swedish illustrators and their work internationally. Each one of the participating 168 illustrators is represented with a chosen pictorial suite on two to five double pages. SWEILL 1 is not only a handsome book – registers, cv’s, lists of commissions and addresses will help you find the competence you’re looking for.

Swedish Architecture in Wood
– The 2004 Timber Prize

Language: English or Swedish
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 176
Format: 215x235 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in 2004
ISBN 978-91-85213-08-5
Retail price: 420 SEK / 44,5 EURO

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Part of the jury citation for Universeum, Gothenburg, recipient of the 2004 Wood Prize reads: “The use of the material is uncompromising, pared-down and consistent, manifest-ing a desire to explore its outermost limit.”

This book is a presentation of Universeum together with the other nine nominees of the year, chosen from a total of 151 entries. The selection shows the foremost achievements of Swedish wooden architecture in the past four years, ranging from big structures like Wingårdh Arkitekt-kontor’s Universeum to the same practice’s little Kvarnhuset in Västra Karup, from White Arkitekter’s Naturum, the en-trance of the Fulufjället National Park, to Tham Videgård Hansson’s Villa Karlsson on the island of Tidö-Lindö. Or from Kjellander & Sjöberg’s student housing in Kista to Danish Bruun & Corfitsen’s studio houses at the Water-colour Museum in Skärhamn. Architecture in Wood is profusely illustrated by photographer Åke E:son Lindman and with descriptions and draw-ings from the architects themselves. A beautiful and finely crafted work of documentation, in equal measure informative and inspiring.

SWEGD
Swedish Graphic Designers 2004

Language: English
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 472
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hardcover
Published in 2004
ISBN 978-91-97441-30-8
Retail price: 395 SEK / 42 EURO

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Swedish graphic design is footed in a central European modernist tradition of simplicity, clarity and typographic exactitude. Nevertheless the influence from the English and American graphic traditions is equally strong, and today all Swedish graphic designers of skill are working well within the international top standard requirements. In this book, 87 Swedish graphic designers and graphic design agencies are presented with highlights from their production. An introduction by Lars Nittve, head of the Museum of Modern art in Stockholm, about Swedish graphic design from 1950 until today.

CATWALK
Swedish Fashion Illustration/
Dessin de mode suèdois

Language: English, French and Swedish
Graphic design: Gabor Palotai Design
No. of pages: 120
Format: 120x200 mm
Binding: Soft cover
orange, blue, yellow or pink
Published in 2002
ISBN 978-91-97441-32-2
Retail price: 230 SEK / 24,5 EURO

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Fashion illlustration is back on the glossy pages of inter-national magazines, and Swedish artists can be found among the most successful illustrators in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and the whole range of new lifestyle magazines.

At the “Catwalk”, a selection of Swedish fashion illustrators from the 1940’s till today is presented with their artwork and short biographies. Complementary the book contains a couple of texts about the history of fashion illus-tration, about Swedish illustrators working internationally today, and about a young artist’s debut as fashion illustrator in the New Look Paris of 1947. The texts are written by Lotta Lewenhaupt, senior editor at Swedish Elle, Laird Borrelli, American fashion historian, and Kerstin Thorvall, Swedish fashion illustrator and novelist.

Fields of Flow series

Title: Kapitulationens estetik
Language: Swedish
ISBN 978-91-72656-80-2
Title: Den bundna friheten
Language: Swedish
ISBN 978-91-7265-682-6
Title: The Aesthetics of code
Language: English
ISBN 978-91-72836-14-3
Title: Att bestämma sig utan grund
Language: Swedish
ISBN 978-91-85213-00-9
Title: Produktion till varje pris
Language: Swedish
ISBN 978-91-97441-38-4
Title: Taste at Work
Language: English
ISBN 978-91-85213-23-8
Title: Magiskt kapital
Language: Swedish
ISBN 978-91-85689-07-1
Title: The Vicissitudes of Corruption
Language: English
ISBN: 978-91-71788-39-9
Title: Bakom den gröna lacken
Language: Swedish
ISBN: 978-91-85689-12-5EURO

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This series presents some of the results of the research project Fields of Flow (Art & Business), which is financed by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The goal of the project is to promote meeting places and discussions be-tween actors, scholars as well as professionals, in the aes-thetic, economic and technical fields. The program rests on a research collaboration between the Royal Institute of Technology (Professor Claes Gustafsson), the Stockholm School of Economics (Professor Sven-Erik Sjöstrand) and Stockholm University (Professor Pierre Guillet de Monthoux).