Finnish modern design : utopian ideals and everyday realities, 1930-1997 / Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, editors ; [contributions by] Marianne Aav [and others]. - [Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.] : New Haven [Conn.] : Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts ; Yale University Press, ©1998. - 411 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts between Feb. 27 and June 14, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-409) and index.

The ambivalence of Finnish culture / Jari Ehrnrooth -- The other modernism : Finnish design and national identity / Harri Kalha -- Architecture and modern identity in Finland / Taisto Mäkelä -- Objects for everyday life : aspects of Finnish design since the 1980s / Susann Vihma -- Opportunities and ideals in modern furniture design in Finland / Pekka Korvenmaa -- National and international aspects of Finnish glass / Kaisa Koivisto -- Simplicity and materialism in the design of Finnish jewelry and metalwork / Marianne Aav -- Finnish textiles en route to modernity / Leena Svinhufoud -- Finnish ceramics : from everyday objects to art / Marianne Aav and Harri Kalha -- Finding a place in a new world order : Finland, America and the "design in Scandinavia" exhibition, 1954-1975 / Hildi Hawkins.

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