Scandinavian Design

Scandinavian design is a patch work of the northern European nation state that it will form a cultural and regional which is very distinct from the rest of the Europe. Except Finland it had common economic and cultural history and also linguistic roots.

A unique character, where geographies and environment conditions are reflected, is possessed by the Scandinavian countries. A democratic approach had been originated and developed to design by designers in Scandinavia, where social idealology and enhancement of the quality of life through appropriate and affordable products and technology is seeked.  

Scandinavian design means the countries which are of the Northern Europe: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland which it emerged during the 1950s.  The typical Scandinavian design is the beauty radiated through the light color, the ample of the wood and also the minimalism and functionality.

New Scandinavian design

During the 1980s the interest of the classical Scandinavian designs waned. Where the 90s experienced a renaissance of the traditional ideas and concepts that will represent the Scandinavian design from a new angle. We also can see traditional approaches such as the intricate hand-made designs, which these are perfect functionality and democratic unity of shapes which were combined with the tendency to treat the objects as individual units of designs

Characteristics of Scandinavian designs

There are three pillars of Scandinavian designs which are good design for everyone, beauty despite functionality and also optimal use of available resources.  The  designs  are  kept  simple and also  stylized  to the  local  nature  environment.  We can see that the Scandinavian people have developed a responsive understanding which was about natural materials that allows then to use the available resources   sensibly and sparingly.  The  primary  material  that  the Scandinavian  used  was  wood , which  was  followed by the  granite , clay, leather, metal, linen , wool and  also  furs, the Nordic  Colour  palette tend to be  light and pale.  The nature aspect was the inspiration for the Scandinavian design.  It was  for  that  reason that the  Nordic  designers  such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen and also Tapio Wirkkala are considered  the  pioneers  of  the  Organic  modernism.

The Scandinavian design became the late industrial relatively, which it was compared to the rest of Europe. 

Here we also  can see that the Scandinavian design has be designed also in the interior where in my  opinion I  find  it  interesting and  I  also  see that the Scandinavian design looks modern as nowadays interiors.  I like  also the fact  of  the designs  of  the chairs which  looks  modern  but  are  in the style  of  the Scandinavian  design.

We also can see that the Scandinavian design was basically a style where the material of the wood was most  of the  material  that we can see. 

Scandinavian design

The Story Of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics - Smashing Magazine. 2015. The Story Of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics - Smashing Magazine. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/13/the-story-of-scandinavian-design-combining-function-and-aesthetics/. [Accessed 9 January 2015].

Author: Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Title of the Book : Scandinavian Design, Published: Taschen