Art Consulting Scandinavia:Applied Arts/Design/Crafts

HÄNNINNEN - SISUSTUSARKKITEHTI (Interior Architect) MUOVITUOLISTA RAITIOVAUNUUN (From Plastic Chair to Tram). Olavi Häninen - Sisustusarkkitehti 1920-1992 (Interior Architect 1920-1992)

Author: Kruskopf, Erik
Country: Finland
Language: English Captions / Finnish text / Swedish resume
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 144
Illustrations: 47 Color Illustrations. 109 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9524681196
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bio.
Code: 7195

Price: $95.00

Olavi Hänninen (14 December 1920, in Lapinlahti – 16 June 1992) was a Finnish designer and interior architect. Hänninen's design projects ranged from furniture to trams and churchsilverware, including total interior designs for many public facilities.His modernist designsalso included tables and chairs, and he was well recognized for his work on the Palace Hotelinteriors together with Antti Nurmesniemi and Olli Borg.Hänninen designed a renowned plastic chair with metal structure for the hotel's cafe. In the 1970s his designs included the new Valmet Nr I trams for Helsinki City Transport.Before starting his own design office in 1961, Hänninen worked at architect Viljo Revell's offices in the early 1950s, where one of his tasks was to design selected interiors for the Palace Hotel building completed in 1952. In 1957, Hänninen received a gold medal at the 11th Milan Triennale for his design of a dwelling exhibition in the Finnish Pavilion. In 1977 he received the State of Finland Award for Industrial Design. He was also an honorary member of the Finnish Association of Interior Architects.

ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS. Sagas, History and Art

Author: Jónas Kristjánsson
Country: Iceland
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 145
Illustrations: 38 Color Illustrations. 40 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9979804823
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 2355

Price: $69.50

This fascinating book presents the treasury of Iceland’s medieval literature against a background of the country’s history and political development. The vigor and beauty of these manuscripts are revealed in a wealth of color and monochrome photographs, and choice translated excerpts from the sagas and poems give the reader tantalizing samples of the works themselves. They are the national treasures of Iceland, reproduced for the layman to enjoy.

ICONS.

Author: Abel, Ulf & Vera Moore
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 218
Illustrations: 75 Color Illustrations. 284 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight:
ISBN: 9171007180
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 4913

Price: $130.00

More than 320 icons make up one of the most important collections of Russian icons outside Russia. In 1933, the Swedish banker Olof Aschberg, donated 245 icons to the Nationalmuseum. He added to the donation in 1952 with another thirty. The museum has also made considerable acquisitions of its own in recent years. Approximately a third of the museum’s icons date from before 1700; the rest are of later date or made in Greece or the Balkans. The fact that the Nationalmuseum is now able to publish a catalogue raisonné of the collection of these icons, can be seen as a relection of the recent revival of cultural relations with Russia, a revival that is of significance, not least, for Sweden’s own cultural awareness. Als includes translations of all inscriptions into English.

IDEOLOGY/FORM/MATERIAL THE COLLECTIONS OF DESIGN MUSEUM HELSINKI.

Author: Leppänen, Helena, Alla Svenskberg, Leena Svinhufvud, Merja Vilhunen eds
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 2018
No. of pages: 194
Illustrations: 289 Color Illustrations. 26 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 6”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9789529878826
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl. Cat. of exh.
Code: 6810

Price: $89.50

An introduction to the vivid history of Design Museum Helsinki and its collections of 75,000 objects, 40,000 drawings and over 125,000 photographs. This book features a wide selection of leading works of Finnish design, including innovations and international achievements, as well as many lesser-known yet historically important examples. Includes furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles and not only from Finland, but also from the other Scandinavian countries and abroad.

IKEA THE BOOK. Designers, Products, and Other Stuff

Author: Bengtsson, Staffan
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 2010
No. of pages: 444
Illustrations: 360 Color Illustrations. 20 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 7”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9789185689064
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 6601

Price: $145.00

''Not for the rich but for the smart'' - a perfect motto for IKEA, the company that has spent half a century democratizing good design. This monumental, lavishly illustrated book - almost 500 full-color pages as full of beauty, bright ideas and cool surprises as a visit to IKEA itself - is the first complete presentation ever of the phenomenon that is the world's most successful furniture enterprise. It's an incredible resource for anyone interested in contemporary design and consumer culture. This book tells IKEA's story from its origins as a mail-order company. It details breakthroughs like the invention of the hex wrench and the flat pack, which let the cutting-edge retail giant serve almost 600 million customers in 25 countries in 2009. Chapters showcase the hit parade of the most popular pieces over the decades (the Billy bookshelf has sold millions), and interviews with some of the chain's top designers reveal their surprising passion for the store and its visionary founder, Ingvar Kamprad. This first-edition book itself is destined to be a collector's edition: impeccably printed in Europe, it is published with three different cover colors (pink, green and brown, each with its own ISBN). After a year or so, IKEA will offer its 78n mass-produced version in a smaller trim size and lower print quality. Like the vintage IKEA catalogs now selling on eBay, get this while you can.