Scandinavians are exceptionally gifted in design. They are world-famous for their inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production. The marriage of beautiful organic forms with everyday functionality is one of the primary strengths of Scandinavian design and one of the reasons why Scandinavian creations are so cherished and sought after. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on over 180 designers and design-led companies, plus essays on the similarities and differences in approach between Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark. Also included is a list of important design-related places to visit for readers planning to travel to Scandinavia.

The book presents a selection of 15 architectural project in the Northern Part of Norway. "Små Spor" (small tracks) wishes to show arquitectural qualities in the North, small " pearls " from all over northern Norway.

Fäviken is an exclusive insight into one of the world''s most interesting restaurants: Fäviken Magasinet in Sweden. Narrative texts, photographs and recipes explain head chef Magnus Nilsson''s remarkable approach to sourcing and cooking with ingredients that are farmed and hunted in the immediate vicinity of the restaurant, and how he creates a seasonal cycle of menus based on them. Magnus runs the restaurant with the same ethos as the farm that the restaurant building once housed. Fäviken is near Järpen, 600km north of Stockholm, in a remote part of the country, an area popular with cross-country skiiers. Fäviken is in a traditional Swedish farm and caters for only 12 people each evening. The menu is the same for all the guests, and each dish is served to all the guests at the same time, introduced by Magnus himself. The text in Fäviken will provide inspiration for chefs and food-lovers all over the world and are fully accessible to the general reader.

Journey into Denmark, Sweden, Finland... This is a photo document book following the footmarks of Nordic designs such as architectures, furnitures, interiors, graphics, and textiles, etc. Masters of Nordic designs created functional and warm feeling daily commodities, modern architectures harmonize with nature, comfortable and beautiful interiors. Many of them focused on the design in lifestyle as not only featuring how they look but the scenery of lifestyle and time. This book features Arne Emil Jacobsen ( Denmark ), Erik Gunnar Asplund (Sweden ), and Alvar Aalto ( Finland ), and visit places of scenic beauty, meeting with people who know those days and follow their real images and achievements. This book also includes a report of Nordic vintage auction and directory of Nordic designer brands.

Scandinavian Modern Houses volume 3 presents some of the most significant Scandinavian private houses built during the twentieth century to elucidate the distinctive character of Nordic architecture. The architects of the houses in this volume are: HELIN & CO., GEHRDT BORNEBUSCH, LUND HAGEM, TERJE MOE, ERIK KORSHAGEN, KNUD HOLSCHER, OLLE ADRIN, ALVAR AALTO, KNUT KNUTSEN, WINGÅRDH.

Den gr¢nlandske dr¢m: Polarparadiset -Et folk på kant med fremtiden Gr¢nland kan om få år blive et af verdens rigeste lande pr. indbygger. Den f¢rste olie er fundet. Mineralindustrien er i voldsom vækst. Rige vandressourcer rummer masser af energi til aluminiumsproduktion. Alle de eksisterende erhverv er i fremdrift væk fra et årtusindgammelt fanger- og fiskersamfund til et moderne industrisamfund. Det er opbruddets tid for et sårbart lille folk, som lever på kandt med fremtiden og står overfor kæmpr udfordringer for at opfylde uddannelsesbehov, udrydde fattigdom, sikre effektiv ledelse og udvikle byerne. Denne bog er skrevet med gr¢nlandske stemmer i front. Det er deres holdninger, håb pg ¢nsker, der giver os et unikt indblik i et fremmedartet samfund, som Danmark st¢tter med milliarder af kroner hvert år. De penge er godt givet ud.

The quality of light in Scandinavia has given rise to some of the most important and influential architecture of the modern period. This book celebrates established icons, newly discovered gems and contemporary masterworks that represent the highest expression of Scandinavian design and response to their environment. Highly refined building techniques combined with the stark contrast between the scarcity of light in winter and the glow of long summer days have provided the context for architectural acts of genius. Just under fifty projects are featured here in detail, ordered according to the way in which different light conditions have imparted particular qualities to the buildings.

The interest for architects and designers from Norway continues to grow. Exhibition projects such as 100% Norway have consolidated the countryÆs position as a design nation that is making great progress. In Design By Nature - a sequel to Norway Calling (2009) Staffan Bengtsson considers the Norwegian design world''s new and different relation to landscape and nature.

There are still roads that are not merely designed to get you to your destination as quickly as possible. National Tourist Routes are beautiful drives with that little bit extra. The routes are carefully selected by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and each of the 18 routes has its own history and character. Bold, innovative architecture is a unique feature of the National Tourist Routes in Norway. The book provides an overview of Architecture and Design along 18 National Tourist Routes.

This superbly illustrated volume is a showcase for the very best in Swedish wooden architecture from the last four years - including the winner of the prestigious 2008 Timber Prize.The projects featured range from a cowshed, a riding school, and an exhibition gallery to an apartment block, and a single-family housing development - but they all have something in common, they all use wood as a defining feature and are of an exemplary architectural standard.Each featured project is accompanied by detailed descriptions and drawings from the architects themselves, as well as stunning full-colour photographs of the finished article.For students and practitioners alike, this volume will be a source of remarkable inspiration.

Dette er bogen om Danmarks, Nordens, efter manges mening, verdens bedste restaurant, NOMA - om maden, historien og manden bag det hele, k¢kkenchefen René Redzepi. Bogen har allerforrest et håndmalet kort over Norden, der kan foldes ud. Et forord af kunstneren Olafur Eliasson efterf¢lges af historien om Noma og portræt af René Redzepi ved journalist Rune Skyum-Nielsen. Renés egen dagbog er en k¢kkenchefs interessante overvejelser. Herefter f¢lger de mange smukke billeder af den internationalt anerkendte danske fotograf Ditte Isager, og endelig får man som læser bogens opskrifter og portrætter af Nomas dedikerede råvareleverand¢rer.

Viewed from above, Greenland offers an endless vista of whiteness interrupted only by scattered ponds of azure-colored melt water. Ninety percent of Greenland is covered by ice; its ice sheet, the largest outside Antarctica, stretches almost 1,000 miles from north to south and 600 miles from east to west. But this stark view of ice and snow is changing--and changing rapidly. Greenland''s ice sheet is melting; the dazzling, photogenic display of icebergs breaking off Greenland''s rapidly melting glaciers has become a tourist attraction. The Fate of Greenland documents Greenland''s warming with dramatic color photgraphs and investigates Greenland''s climate history for clues about what happens when climate change is abrupt rather than gradual. Geological evidence suggests that Greenland has already been affected by two dramatic changes in climate: the Medieval Warm Period, when warm temperatures in Northern Europe enabled Norse exploration and settlements in Greenland; and the Little Ice Age

The companion book to Nordic Architects highlights the contemporary talents working in a region that has been famous for product, furniture, and industrial design since the reign of Gustaf. In design as in architecture, recent progress has been defined by a clean aesthetic, craftsmanship, and empathy for the human experience. These traditions have prefigured the latest trends in Western design, such as universal access and the burgeoning of eco-friendly design. But other recent movements, like the emphasis of intellectual conceit over form- making, have perhaps caught designers off guard.

The ''Contemporary Architecture'' series will include small, single-subject books focused on the international architecture in the period ranging from post-World War II to the present. This volume on Finnish Architecture.

Steven Holl has set up a documentation centre for the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859 -1952) on HamarA y, in northern Norway. This unconventional building reflects the author''s no less unusual personality. The centre in the barren landscape of HamarA y, where Hamsun lived and worked, the silence and solitude, challenge visitors to involve themselves with him and his work. The book records the connection between Hamsun, the architecture and the landscape. Photographer Iwan Baan relates the landscape and the building to each other, and historical documents illustrate Hamsun''s contradictory life and influential work, et al. the novel Hunger (1890), with which Hamsun achieved his fame. In 1920 the poet was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.