Design by Ikea: A Cultural History Contributor(s): Kristoffersson, Sara (Author), Jewson, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857858149 ISBN-13: 9780857858146 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Design | Product - Design | Furniture - Business & Economics | Commerce |
Dewey: 749 |
LCCN: 2014008470 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national identity - one that is bound up with ideas of social democracy and egalitarianism - and its material expression in a pared-down, functional design aesthetic. Employing slogans such as Design for everyone and Democratic design, IKEA signals a rejection of the stuffy, the 'chintzy', and the traditional in both design practices and social structures. |