Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World traces the full arc of a designer who blurred the boundary between sculpture and seating, placing his furniture within the broader sweep of modernism, craft, and the international rise of Danish Design.
About This Book
Finn Juhl occupies a singular position in twentieth-century design: a trained architect who approached furniture as fine art, yet produced chairs that remain among the most functionally resolved of the Danish modernist canon. This monograph follows Juhl from 1912 through to 1989, situating his practice within the cultural and commercial forces that shaped it — the breakthrough of modernism around 1930, the cabinet-maker collaborations of the 1940s and 1950s, and the eventual rediscovery of near-forgotten works in the 1990s. For designers, historians, and collectors serious about Scandinavian design history, it is an essential account of how one designer's American success helped define Danish Design as a global proposition.
Key Features
- 272 pages of biographical narrative, contextual design history, and documentation of Juhl's furniture and interiors
- Author: Christian Bundegaard
- Published by Strandberg Publishing, as part of their series of scaled-down design classics
What You'll Discover
- How Juhl navigated the tension between fine art and applied design — a distinction he refused to blur, yet consistently tested through his work
- The role of American reception in amplifying Danish Design's international reputation during the postwar decades
- The cabinet-maker tradition of the 1940s and 1950s as a crucible for Juhl's most celebrated furniture forms
- The rediscovery of overlooked Juhl masterpieces in the 1990s, and the critical reassessment that followed
About the Author
Christian Bundegaard is the author of this monograph on Finn Juhl, published as part of Strandberg Publishing's series dedicated to scaled-down design classics. Further biographical details are [Details available upon request].
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 216 x 288 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788794418676
- Publisher: Strandberg Publishing
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, furniture designers, and design historians with an interest in Scandinavian modernism, Danish craft traditions, and the postwar internationalisation of design culture.