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2. Scandinavian design - Wikipedia

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   The Brooklyn Museum's 1954 "Design in Scandinavia" exhibition launched "Scandinavian Modern" furniture on the American market. [1]Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and subsequently flourished in the 1950s throughout the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.

3. Danish modern - Wikipedia

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   Danish modern also known as Scandinavian modern is a style of minimalist furniture and housewares from Denmark associated with the Danish design movement. In the 1920s, Kaare Klint embraced the principles of Bauhaus modernism in furniture design, creating clean, pure lines based on an understanding of classical furniture craftsmanship coupled with careful research into materials, proportions ...

4. Danish design - Wikipedia

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   The forms and materials of Hans Wegner's Wishbone Chair are representative of the movement's aesthetic. In the late 1940s, shortly after the end of the Second World War, conditions in Denmark were ideally suited to success in design. The emphasis was on furniture but architecture, silver, ceramics, glass and

5. Yinka Ilori - Wikipedia

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   Yinka Ilori MBE (born April 1987) is a British artist and designer known for his bold use of bright colours and playful designs for furniture and public spaces. [1] [2] [3] His work includes architecture, interior design, graphic design, textiles, sculpture, and furniture. [4]

6. Furniture - Wikipedia

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   Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks), or to store things (e.g., cupboards, shelves, and drawers). Furniture can be a product of design and can be considered a form of decorative art.

7. Modern furniture - Wikipedia

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   Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. Post-World War II ideals of cutting excess, commodification, and practicality of materials in design heavily influenced the aesthetic of the furniture. It was a tremendous departure from all furniture design that had ...