DESIGNED IN FINLAND 1969
Bror Sjöman [Editor]
Bror Sjöman [Editor]: DESIGNED IN FINLAND 1969. Helsinki: The Finnish Foreign Trade Association, 1969. Original edition. Text in English. Square quarto. Photo illustrated wrappers. 76 pp. Illustrated articles and period advertisements. Tricvial wear overall, but a nearly fine copy.
9.5 x 10.75 perfect bound periodical with 76 pages of editorial content and period advertising. Export publication published by the Finnish Foreign Trade Association with all design and production values expected to meet the absolute highest standards of the day.
Contents include:
- Finland At The XIV Milan Triennale: H. O. Gummerus
- Forward In Furniture
- Packaged Holiday Home: S-B Sandberg
- Holidayland Interiors: Carita Lindholm
- Holiday Home Textiles: Jatta Tujunen
- The Magic That Is Sauna: Marjatta Herva
- The Sun And Sports Look: Jatta Tujunen
- Pineland Holiday: Kerttu Niilonen
- Keep The Home Young: Marjo H. Wiberg
- Young Fashion Formulas: Kerstin Fried
- Man On A Shopping Spree: Diana Tullberg
- Jewellery In The Modern Mood
- Fun In Form
- Craft Souvenirs: Maija Ahtimo
Includes work by Jussi Peippo, Eero Aarnio, Esko Pajamies, Marimekko, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Timo Sarpavena, Tapio Wirkkala, Nanny Still, Ellis Kauppi, Björn Weckström, Börje Rajalin, Bengt Eriksson, Anna Tauriala, and many others.
From the Design Forum Finalnd website: The Finnish Society of Crafts and Design was founded in 1875, when Finland was still under Russian control. The founders of the society were a group of influential people in the cultural arena and captains of industry. Examples were sought among Europe's foremost schools of industrial arts and crafts.
At first the society maintained a school which taught manual skills and assembled a collection of international industrial arts and crafts. On the initiative of a founder of the society, Professor of Aesthetics Carl Gustaf Estlander, a major new construction project was carried out together with the Finnish Fine Arts Association. The building which resulted from this, the Ateneum, became a museum and institute of education for Finnish fine art and industrial arts.
Gradually the school grew and won an established place as the leading Finnish college in its field. In 1965 it became owned by the Finnish state and it later became a university, the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Today it is the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University. The society also founded the Museum of Art and Design, which after an eventful history became owned by an independent foundation in 1989. Today it is called Design Museum.
The history of the society also includes the famous Finnish sections at Milan Triennales in the 1950s and '60s, the golden age of Finnish design, when many prestigious designers won awards and international fame with their products. The society also actively arranged touring exhibitions of Finnish and Nordic design. The best-known of these toured the USA in the 1950s and Australia and Asia in the 1960s. International activities have therefore always played an important part in the society's work.
After divesting itself of the school and museum, the society turned its efforts in a new direction. At the end of the 1980s, a new, international name was adopted, Design Forum Finland. The core business was to promote design among small and medium-sized industry as well as international operations. Operations settled down in the form of exhibitions in Finland and abroad, publicity and communications, publications, competitions and awards.
In 2015 the Society faced great changes. Design Forum Finland got a new strategy where its activities were mainly aimed at enhancing the use of design in SMEs.