Design by IKEA : a cultural history /
Kristoffersson, Sara,
Design by IKEA : a cultural history / Sara Kristoffersson ; translated by William Jewson. - 192 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Translated from the Swedish.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides a sustained critical history of IKEA. She 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.
Specialized.
9780857858146 (pbk.) : £19.99
Ikea (Firm)
Furniture industry and trade--History.--Sweden
Furniture design--History.--Sweden
Industry.
Industry.
381.4'56841'0065
Design by IKEA : a cultural history / Sara Kristoffersson ; translated by William Jewson. - 192 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Translated from the Swedish.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides a sustained critical history of IKEA. She 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.
Specialized.
9780857858146 (pbk.) : £19.99
Ikea (Firm)
Furniture industry and trade--History.--Sweden
Furniture design--History.--Sweden
Industry.
Industry.
381.4'56841'0065