Journal of the Korea Furniture Society (한국가구학회지)

Korea Furniture Society (한국가구학회)
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A Study on the Characteristics of the Swedish Furniture Design since 1980s - In Reference to Changes of Contemporary Design Paradigms -

1980년대 이후 스웨덴 가구디자인의 특성에 관한 연구 - 동시대 디자인 패러다임 변화와 관련하여 -

  • Hong, Min-Jung (Department of Consumer and Housing Studies, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choi, Jung-Shin (Department of Consumer and Housing Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 홍민정 (가톨릭대학교 생활과학부 소비자주거학) ;
  • 최정신 (가톨릭대학교 생활과학부 소비자주거학)
  • Received : 2011.12.29
  • Accepted : 2012.01.16
  • Published : 2012.01.25
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Abstract

This article aimed at understanding the characteristics of Swedish furniture design since 1980s in the reference to the major paradigm changes in the contemporary design field. For this, the authors examined the theoretical background of modern and post-modern design paradigms to identify today's design tendencies. And we used this frame in the analysis of the latest examples of Swedish furniture design. The main characteristics of Swedish furniture design since 1980s included 'furniture as art object', 'the succession of the Swedish Modern (neo-modernism)', and 'conscious design for sustainable development'. These could be viewed as the consequences of the choices that the Swedish furniture industry and designers made during the last decade, that was to take plurality and contradiction as the accompanying values of the traditional Swedish modern design.

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