Download or read book Swedish Wooden Toys written by Amy Fumiko Ogata and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addresses images of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production. Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (06/18/14-01/11/15) Bard Graduate Center March 2015 Stockholm Summer 2015

Download or read book Toys written by Meryl Doney and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2004-01-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to make toys from many different countries such as bottletop snakes, apple dolls, and minikites.

Download or read book Swedish Design written by Lasse Brunnström and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swedish Design: A History provides a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the development of design in Sweden from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first. Leading design historian Lasse Brunnström traces the move from artisanal crafts production to the mass production and consumption of designed objects, a process by which the role and profile of the designer became increasingly important. His survey, richly illustrated with images of the designed objects discussed, takes in forms of design traditionally associated with Sweden, such as household objects and textiles, while also considering some less-written about genres such as industrial and graphic design. Brunnström questions many established ideas about design in Sweden, notably its aesthetics and its relationship to Sweden's national and political culture. He argues that the history of design in Sweden has been far more complex and less straightforwardly 'blond' than hitherto understood.

Download or read book Sweden America written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toys written by Roads Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toys! assembles one hundred toys that redefined play, photographed and accompanied by text on each toy's success story, with an essay on the art of toy design by Stevanne 'Dr. Toy' Auerbach.

Download or read book World Trade in Toys written by United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Swedish Folk Art written by Kulturhuset (Stockholm, Sweden) and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the richness of folk art in Sweden, from traditional peasant art to modern design. It illustrates the many facets of Swedish style and culture, exploring the ways in which Sweden's traditional heritage and contemporary design and decorative arts are connected.

Download or read book One Hundred Toymakers Who Create Wood Toys for Fun and Profit written by John Lewman and published by Toymaker Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book International Trade in Toys written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Top 10 Stockholm written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in ePub format. Packed with targeted Top 10 lists of "don't miss" treasures and locals-only info, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Stockholm guides visitors straight to the best attractions this lovely, historic city has to offer, including 60 great ideas on how to spend a day in Stockholm-whether it's taking a leisurely boat ride down the Strömma canal, marveling at the splendors of the Royal Palace, or sampling traditional Swedish cuisine. The easy-to-use Top 10 format makes planning in advance and on-the-go a breeze, for historic and cultural destinations, festivals and events, museums and galleries, the best restaurants, walks, and itineraries, and more. And, to save visitors time and money, there's even a Top 10 list of things to avoid.

Download or read book Childhood by Design written by Megan Brandow-Faller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by the analytical practices of the interdisciplinary 'material turn' and social historical studies of childhood, Childhood By Design: Toys and the Material Culture of Childhood offers new approaches to the material world of childhood and design culture for children. This volume situates toys and design culture for children within broader narratives on history, art, design and the decorative arts, where toy design has traditionally been viewed as an aberration from more serious pursuits. The essays included treat toys not merely as unproblematic reflections of socio-cultural constructions of childhood but consider how design culture actively shaped, commodified and materialized shifting discursive constellations surrounding childhood and children. Focusing on the new array of material objects designed in response to the modern 'invention' of childhood-what we might refer to as objects for a childhood by design-Childhood by Design explores dynamic tensions between theory and practice, discursive constructions and lived experience as embodied in the material culture of childhood. Contributions from and between a variety of disciplinary perspectives (including history, art history, material cultural studies, decorative arts, design history, and childhood studies) are represented – critically linking historical discourses of childhood with close study of material objects and design culture. Chronologically, the volume spans the 18th century, which witnessed the invention of the toy as an educational plaything and a proliferation of new material artifacts designed expressly for children's use; through the 19th-century expansion of factory-based methods of toy production facilitating accuracy in miniaturization and a new vocabulary of design objects coinciding with the recognition of childhood innocence and physical separation within the household; towards the intersection of early 20th-century child-centered pedagogy and modernist approaches to nursery and furniture design; through the changing consumption and sales practices of the postwar period marketing directly to children through television, film and other digital media; and into the present, where the line between the material culture of childhood and adulthood is increasingly blurred.

Download or read book Trade Promotion Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Swedish Country Furniture and Household Things written by Hans Keijser and published by Hartley & Marks Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Norwegian Wood written by Lars Mytting and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A surprise best-seller which, apparently, has the power to turn even the most feeble of us into axe-wielding lumberjacks.” —Independent The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it’s a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year. Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but it’s also a thoughtful attempt to understand man’s age-old predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires. An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture, the book also features enough inherently interesting facts and anecdotes and inspired prose to make it universally appealing. The U.S. edition is a fully updated version of the Norwegian original, and includes an appendix of U.S.-based resources and contacts. “A how-to guide as well as a celebration of wood—its scent, its variability, and the way it can connect modern life to simpler times . . . You don’t need to have a wood-burning stove or fireplace to be captivated by the craft and lore surrounding a Stone Age method of creating heat.” —The Boston Globe “The book has spread like wildfire.” —Daily Mail “A how-to book with poetry at its heart.” —The Times Literary Supplement

Download or read book Fodor s Sweden written by Heidi Leigh Johansen and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly outlines the history of Sweden, describes sights and attractions in Stockholm and the surrounding regions, and recommends hotels and restaurants

Download or read book Swedish Carving Techniques written by Wille Sundqvist and published by Fine Woodworking. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides instructions for selecting and using knives and axes to make traditional Swedish woodworking projects such as carved spoons and ladles.

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