Design: stockholm

Kerstin Wickman

More than most cities, Stockholm is full of distinctive design that lets you know, anywhere you look, what city you’re in. Take the sidewalk trash cans, streetlights and lamp posts; the signs, and billboards; the pattern on the paving stones at Sergelstorg, all unique elements of this emblematic city. Even the sounds are special, like the ticking of the pedestrian crossing signals, the rattle of the subway trains and the automatic voice that calls out the next stop. This exhibition catalog, Design: Stockholm, curated by design historian Kerstin Wickman, explores the development of Swedish design from the early 1940s into the contemporary design of today. A brilliant look at the influence Stockholm has had on Swedish design in general and explores how design concepts come into being.

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