Scandinavian Design
Skandinavisk design
About the Reading list
Ashby, Charlotte (2017) Modernism in Scandinavia, Art, Architecture and Design, Bloomsbury Visual Arts: https://www-bloomsburycollections-com.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/monograph?docid=b-9781474224345
Björk, Christian (2022) The Myth of “Democratic Design” and Why the Concept Never Should Be Used Again.* Parole Compendiums* https://www.parole.cc/compendiums/design-dna/the-myth-of-democratic-design-and-why-the-concept-never-should-be-used-again/
von Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria (2024) "Total Work of Art. A Nordic Aesthetic and Way of Life", In Nordic art & way of life: art world, artists, themes, eds. Pettersson, Susanna & von Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria, Mercatorfonds, Brussels, p. 137-153.
Brunnström, Lasse (2018) Swedish design: a history. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 250 p.
Duncan, Carol (1995) ‘The Art Museum as Ritual’. In Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums. Routledge, London. p. 7-20.
Fallan, Kjetil (2023)w “The way north” in Fallan, Kjetil, et al. Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960-1980. 1st ed., New York: Routledge.
Göransdotter, M. and Redström, J. (2018) ‘Design Methods and Critical Historiography: An Example from Swedish User-Centered Design’, Design issues, 34(2), pp. 20–30.
Halén, Widar & Wickman, Kerstin (eds.) (2006) Scandinavian design beyond the myth: fifty years of design from the Nordic countries, Stockholm: Arvinius/Form.
Hansen, P., (2006) Networks, Narratives, and New Markets: The Rise and Decline of Danish Modern Furniture Design, 1930-1970. Business History Review, 80(3): 449-483. 35 p.
Kristoffersson, Sara (2014) Design by IKEA: a cultural history. London: Bloomsbury. E-book. 150 p.
Pallasmaa, Juhani (2014) ‘Museum as an Embodied Experience’. In The Multisensory Museum: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Touch, Sound, Smell, Memory, and Space. ed. Levent, Nina and Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham. p. 205-212
Reference literature
Ashby, Charlotte (2017) Modernism in Scandinavia. Art, Architecture and Design, Bloomsbury. (Available as e-book via the University Library).
Fiell, Charlotte & Fiell, Peter (2013). Scandinavian design. [New ed.] Köln: Taschen. 700 p.