Designed in Sweden

"Designed in Sweden banishes the persistent image of bendy pale-wood chairs, nice-but-dull checked blankets and the flat pack giant IKEA as the standard-bearers for a nation's design aesthetic," wrote David Nicholls in the London Telegraph about the touring Swedish design show documented in this pocket-sized but incredibly comprehensive publication. From the sleek silhouettes of lustrous art glass to the cool contours of sculptural furniture, Designed in Sweden showcases the dynamic developments that characterize new Swedish design. Although the style was once regarded as subdued, the atmosphere surrounding Swedish design today is charged with the exhilarating intensity of a Bergman film," enthused a writer for The Museum of London.