Ulf Hård af Segerstad : Modern Scandinavian furniture

In a modern democracy everyone should have an opportunity to live "the good life" in his own individual way. It is essential then that the market offers the consumer a wide choice of high-quality goods. Furniture ranks high when it comes to indispensible items, and the Scandinavian countries rank high when it comes to furniture production. In Scandinavia manufacturers, designers, medical researchers and function study experts have systematically worked together to determine how good furniture should look and be constructed. The expression Modern Scandinavian Furniture doesn't mean a special style. It refers rather to the relationship we have with our furniture and other furnishings in our home. This volume, containing a large number of colour and black and white photos, is the first book to offer both pertinent and easily grasped information about the important function studies behind the world-renowned Scandinavian furniture. It is also the first book to deal with furniture from each of the four Scandinavian countries—Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden—in a single volume. This beautiful, valuable book also contains a practical and handy furniture buying guide. This advice is offered under the self-evident assumption that our intimate surroundings should be well looked after. Furniture is one expression of our attitude toward life—"and choosing products amounts to choosing a way of life."