Scandinavian Design

Traditional Dala Horse

The Bauhaus Building, Walter Gropius, 1925

Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier, 1928.

Eileen Gray and Le Corbusier 1927

Chaise by Le Corbusier 1928

Erik Gunnar Asplund, Stockholm 1917

The Riihitie House, Alvar Aalto 1935

Finn Juhl 1942

Finn Juhl 1942

Verner Panton 1960

Swan, Arne Jacobsen,1958.

Eggs, Arne Jacobsen,1958.

Orrefors Glass, 1956

Sweden

Sverre Fehn

Poul Fraer Hansen

Serjo Bay

The Red House

Serjo Bay

Sverre Fehn

Home office of Marten Claesson

Ice Hotel, Northern Sweden

Sydney Opera House - Jorn Utzon, Engineered - Ove Arup.

Nordic Light, Design House Stockholm

Volvo Concept car 2006

Kinnarps Dufalite Worktop

Bench F for Arup Associates

Bench F for Arup Associates

Bench F for Arup Associates

Bench F for Arup Associates

Bench F for Arup Associates

Bin, Materia

Hanger, Materia

Gobble, Materia

A Kinnarps ‘House’

A Kinnarps ‘House’

Mayflower, Klaessons

Longo, Klaessons

Longo, Klaessons

Lobby, Klaessons

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2007

Plint, Materia

Avec, Klaessons

Kinnarps Interior

SAS Stockholm

Kinnarps Inspiration

Kinnarps Interior

Scandinavian Design

Some definitions of Scandinavian design

• Scandinavian Design emerged in the 1950s as a design movement characterised by simple, uncomplicated designs, minimalism, stylisation, functionality, and low cost mass production.

• Swedish design is a byword for safety and quality

• Designs have a clear practicality and honesty• Give a warmth and human touch to the

stripped back simplicity and machine made efficiency of modernism.

Some Statitics

Swedes Do It Better!

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