"Published on the occasion of the exhibition "True Nordic: how Scandinavia influenced design in Canada held at the Gardiner Museum, October 13,2016 to January 8, 2017 and held at the New Brunswick Museum, March 3 to September 5, 2017 and at the Vancouver Art Gallery, October 21, 2017 to January 21, 2018"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Preface / Kelvin Browne -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Rachel Gotlieb and Michael Prokopow -- Scandinavian design comes to Canada / Rachel Gotlieb -- Everything cold in new again: culture, the circumpolar, and identity in Canadian design, 1964 to the present / Michael Prokopow -- The influence of Scandinavian architecture and design on architecture in central Canada / George Baird -- The idea of north revisited: Nordic myths and modernisms / Mark Kingwell -- True Nordic: how Scandinavia influenced design in Canada: exhibition catalogue. Arrival and consequences 1925-1956. Exchange and adaptation 1956-1990. Persistent variations 1990-present.
Subject Terms:
Design -- Canada -- Scandinavian influences -- Exhibitions. | Design -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. | Design -- Canada -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions. | Furniture design -- Canada -- History -- Exhibitions. | Decorative arts -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. | Decorative arts -- Canada -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.