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Enamel pot by Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala, Finland: Sarpaneva is most known for his glass designs for Iittala, but like his colleague Wirkkala he worked across a wide field. The enamel pot with its wooden handle is a modern interpretation of a Finnish classic|Dish by Sigurd Persson for Silver and Stål, Sweden: This humble but perfectly formed stainless-steel item derives from Persson’s work as a silversmith, often making items for churches in fine metals and gemstones|Salad servers by Erik Magnusen for Stelton, Denmark: Plastic was the material of choice through the 1960s and 70s, and Magnusen was one of the best designers in the material. Here function is key while the form is reduced to the bare necessities|Stool 60 by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland: Aalto was first and foremost an architect, and did little product design after the 1930s. But his furniture is still legendary, and nothing is more famous than his three-legged stool from 1933|Artichoke by Paul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, Denmark: Henningsen was the undisputed king of Scandinavian lighting design, with a deep technical knowledge of light emission. The Artichoke is his most advanced creation, and perhaps also the most beautiful|Frost vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala, Finland: Wirkkala was a giant of product design, with no material or product type too complicated for him to cover. His melting ice glass for Iittala was one of his trademark designs|Cutlery by Arne Jacobsen for Georg Jensen, Denmark: Originally made for Jacobsen’s most famous building, the SAS Royal Hotel, the cutlery is equally loved and mocked. It has come to define space age design, featuring in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey|Fabric by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden: Starting as a modernist architect and fleeing Austria in the 1930s, Frank turned against the statement that ornament is a crime, and went on to produce highly decorative furniture and fabrics in Sweden|Unikko flower by Maija Isola for Marimekko, Finland: The red poppy flower has come to symbolise Marimekko, but it originated from a conversation where Marimekko’s founder Armi Ratia banned flower designs as too conventional. Isola answered with this radical flower|Bangle watch by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Georg Jensen, Denmark: With her work for Georg Jensen, Bülow-Hübe injected a new feminism into modern design. She counted Pablo Picasso amongst her many famous admirers|||

Modern Scandinavian Design

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“Design has always been at the heart of Jaguar”

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