Nordic Designers

The companion book to Nordic Architects highlights the contemporary talents working in a region that has been famous for product, furniture, and industrial design since the reign of Gustaf. In design as in architecture, recent progress has been defined by a clean aesthetic, craftsmanship, and empathy for the human experience. These traditions have prefigured the latest trends in Western design, such as universal access and the burgeoning of eco-friendly design. But other recent movements, like the emphasis of intellectual conceit over form-making, have perhaps caught designers off guard.

In informal interviews with 70 of the region's best-known designers, writer and editor David Sokol explores the once and future Nordic identity, the exigencies of local manufacturing, and the competitive global marketplace.

FACTS
Title: Nordic Designers
Language: English
Author: David Sokol
Graphic design: Sandra Praun
No. of pages: 380
Format: 210x260 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in 2008
ISBN 978-91-85689-02-6

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