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Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the Twenty-First Century

Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the Twenty-First Century

by Judith Gura
Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the Twenty-First Century

Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the Twenty-First Century

by Judith Gura

Overview

A compendium, with more than five hundred full-color illustrations, of the best modern furniture from the Nordic countries.

The five countries known collectively as Scandinavia were the source of some of the most important furniture designs of the twentieth century and the influential concept of “Scandinavian modern.” Today, a new generation of designers continues the tradition, creating pieces that are functional, comfortable, and appealing to look at. This book—the first American summary of modern design in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden in more than two decades—updates the history of design in the Nordic nations and illustrates in full color more than five hundred of the best current furniture from over seventy producers. The Sourcebook also includes detailed product specifications and sources, biographies of important Nordic designers, and a helpful bibliography. It is an invaluable reference for everyone who loves modern furniture, and is an essential tool for interior designers, architects, collectors, and students with a special interest in Scandinavian design.

CD-ROM included: easy-to-use screen resolution files of all the illustrations for use on Mac or PC.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393733877
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 09/03/2012
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 1,065,865
Product dimensions: 8.10(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Judith Gura is a professor at the New York School of Interior Design, where she directs the design history program and is coordinator of public programs. A graduate of Cornell University, she has a master’s degree in the history of the decorative arts from the Bard Graduate Center. She has worked on exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her published works include New York Interior Design, 1935-1985, Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture, Guide to Period Styles for Interiors, Harvey Probber: Modernist Furniture, Artworks and Design, and Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism. She is a contributing editor for Art+Auction, and lectures frequently on interior design and furniture styles.

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Scandinavian furniture is an important element of…design history…it is impossible to imagine its being given a more thorough or…attractive presentation.

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