Swedish Design : : An Ethnography / / Keith M. Murphy.

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 s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2019
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 15 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Disentangling Swedish Design
  • 1. The Diagram of Swedish Design
  • 2. Building the Beautiful Home
  • 3. In the Design World
  • 4. In the Studio
  • 5. Displays of Force
  • Conclusion. Designing a Social Cosmology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index