Swedish design

Murphy, Keith M.

Swedish design an ethnography/ Keith M. Murphy - London, Cornell University Press. 2015: - x, 254 p. - Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.) . - Expertise: cultures and technologies of knowledge .

Introduction : disentangling Swedish design --
The diagram of Swedish design --
Building the beautiful home --
In the design world --
In the studio --
Displays of force.

Swedish designers are noted for producing distinctive and elegant forms; their furniture and household goods have an especially loyal following around the world. Design in Sweden has more than just an aesthetic component, however. Since at least the late nineteenth century, Swedish politicians and social planners have viewed design as a means for advocating and enacting social change and pushing for a more egalitarian social organization. In this book, Keith M. Murphy examines the special relationship between politics and design in Sweden, revealing in particular the cultural meanings this relationship holds for Swedish society"--Publisher's description

9780801479663


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Design -- Anthropological aspects -- Sweden
Material culture -- Sweden -- Philosophy.

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