White Night Nordic--Walking in Scandinavia Design

Author: Wang Shouzhi
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Nordic culture has a very unique flavor. Professor Wang Shouzhi, a lifetime professor at the Art and Design Academy in Los Angeles, USA, uses his unique insights and broad perspective, along with an easy-to-understand writing style, to express admiration almost bordering on worship for the design and cultural taste of Nordic itself. One of the most culturally influential places in the world today—Nordic—this book will deeply interpret its charm from various aspects such as its unique design, lifestyle, construction, and history, explaining the focal points of its influence on global cultural trends. To outsiders, Nordic design is all very good, but it takes a lot of effort to distinguish between them. Nordic design critic Anni Stenros has once said: In Nordic countries, Danes are a bit more "southern," Finns have a touch of "Eastern flavor," Norwegians are "Northern," while Swedes are basically the backbone. Icelanders have their own style and belong to no one. I think this statement makes a lot of sense. This book will deeply interpret the charm of Nordic culture from various aspects such as its unique design, lifestyle, construction, and history, thereby elaborating on Scandinavian design that combines German rigorous functionalism with humanism rooted in local handicraft traditions.