77 HISTORY OF DANISH AESTHETICSArt as rebellion
Danish designer and au-
thor Poul Henningsen
invented the PH-lamp
for a glare free and uni-
form lighting experience.
A revolutionary writer,
Henningsen was typi-
cally ‘modernist’ in his
thinking, rebelling against
current norms in art and
politics, which he viewed
as staid and out of fashion.10 MODERNIST
AR T MOVEMENTSPost-Impressionism
Fauvism
Cubism
Futurism
Vorticism
Constructivism
Suprematism
De Stijl
Dada
SurrealismHomeDemocratic
design principles
Democratic ideals were
central to the movement.
Furniture that was eco-
nomical and affordable
for the masses, and that
minimised materials in
its production, became a
popular form of protest
over the excesses of pre-
vious eras. Hans Wegner’s
Wishbone chair of 1949,
like its namesake, is so
minimalist in design it’s
almost skeletal.The golden age
of Scandinavian
design
Design conferences held
in Copenhagen, Stock-
holm, Oslo, and Helsinki
in the 1940s promoted
‘Scandinavian design’ as a
unifying design principle
across the Nordic coun-
tries of Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, and Ice-
land. Scandinavian design
reached worldwide ac-
claim following the Design
in Scandinavia exhibition,
which toured 24 Ameri-
can and Canadian cities
between 1954 and 1957.77 HISTORY OF DANISH AESTHETICSArt as rebellion
Danish designer and au-
thor Poul Henningsen
invented the PH-lamp
for a glare free and uni-
form lighting experience.
A revolutionary writer,
Henningsen was typi-
cally ‘modernist’ in his
thinking, rebelling against
current norms in art and
politics, which he viewed
as staid and out of fashion.0 N ST
T V NTSPost-Impressionism
Fauvism
Cubism
Futurism
Vorticism
Constructivism
Suprematism
De Stijl
Dada
SurrealismHomeDemocratic
design principles
Democratic ideals were
central to the movement.
Furniture that was eco-
nomical and affordable
for the masses, and that
minimised materials in
its production, became a
popular form of protest
over the excesses of pre-
vious eras. Hans Wegner’s
Wishbone chair of 1949,
like its namesake, is so
minimalist in design it’s
almost skeletal.
The golden age
of Scandinavian
design
Design conferences held
in Copenhagen, Stock-
holm, Oslo, and Helsinki
in the 1940s promoted
‘Scandinavian design’ as a
unifying design principle
across the Nordic coun-
tries of Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, and Ice-
land. Scandinavian design
reached worldwide ac-
claim following the Design
in Scandinavia exhibition,
which toured 24 Ameri-
can and Canadian cities
between 1954 and 1957.