This is still not a design blog - Stig LindbergStig Lindberg was one of the most loved and influential Swedish designers of the 20th century. I grew up in a world where his design was the standard, for example the Domino ashtray shown here, and did not reflect on it or have a distance to it. I just associated this world to the 50's and 60's.
I visited our Nationalmuseum and the exhibition about him and his work. Oddly enough, I was amazed at how many things shown at the exhibition I did not expect to come from him. For example the beautiful, and seemingly un-Lindbergian, Shmoo (Sw: Gnurglor) objects (do you remember the original Shmoo, in Li'l Abner?). And conversely, how many things not shown there that I missed. His very special deck of cards for example, that I used to play with together with the girl next door.
Lindberg has also been celebrated in a thematic issue of the cultural journal Västerbotten in 2005, see the photo.
Read also Klimakteriehäxan's blog (see Favorites), Sept 13, about this exhibition.
Had they been selling that deck of cards I had been a cumstomer for sure! Thanks for inviting readers to my blog!
ReplyDeleteYes so would I. I didn´t see it in the museum shop. But maybe I was to hurried :-)
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