Design by Ikea: A Cultural History by Kristoffersson, Sara

Design by IKEA (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857858146)

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Design by Ikea: A Cultural History by Kristoffersson, Sara

Design by IKEA

$36.95
Design by Ikea: A Cultural History by Kristoffersson, Sara

Design by IKEA

$36.95
Format: Paperback
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Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national identity - one that is bound up with ideas of social democracy and egalitarianism - and its material expression in a pared-down, functional design aesthetic. Employing slogans such as "Design for everyone+? and "Democratic design+?, IKEA signals a rejection of the stuffy, the 'chintzy', and the traditional in both design practices and social structures.
Drawing on original research in the IKEA company archive and interviews with IKEA personnel, Design by IKEA traces IKEA's symbolic connection to Sweden, through its design output and its promotional materials, to examine how the company both promoted and profited from the concept of Scandinavian Design.

Author: Sara Kristoffersson
ISBN-10: 0857858149
ISBN-13: 9780857858146
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2014
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.60d
By Sara Kristoffersson
By Sara Kristoffersson
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Sara Kristoffersson is guest professor of Design History and Theory at Konstfack National University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden. She has published a number of articles on various aspects of design, fashion, art and architecture and lectures widely on these topics at museums and universities, including ﾉcole nationale sup駻ieure des arts d馗oratifs, Paris, France; Parsons School of Design, New York, USA; the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden.

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