Item:
FORM Swedish Design Magazines, 1956 (Numbers 2, 3-4 and 10) SOLD
Author:
Svenska Slojdforeningens Tidskrift/Swedish Society of Industrial
Design.
Description:
FORM is the leading Swedish publication dealing with furniture
and interior decoration, textiles, pottery, glass, metalwork, etc.
It is published by Svenska Slojdforeningen, the Swedish Society of
Industrial Design.'
Set of three vintage issues - each is in Swedish, with an English
summary of the articles and features, and contains a treasure trove
of Scandinavian design. Some of the articles in these issues cover
Wallpaper (by Lena Larsson), Modern Swedish China, Patrik Nordstrom,
Hotel Design, Artek, Knives Spoons & Forks, Chandigarh, Wilhelm
Kage in Japan (by Arthur Hald.)
Just some of the great designers and companies included in fantastic
ads and pictures are: Gustavsberg, Johansfors, Gunnar Nylund, Karl
Erik Ekselius, Erik Hoglund, Gullaskruf, Sigurd Persson, Boda, Orrefors,
Kosta, Gense, Folke Arstrom, Bruno Mathsson, Flygsfors, Yvenge Ekstrom,
Carl Malmsten, Artek, Vicke Lindsrand, Georg Jensen, Rorstrand, Nisse
Strinning, Gunnar Ander, Karl Mathsson. All of the major Swedish Modern
furniture and lighting manufacturers and many of the lesser-known
are represented.
