Ekstrom Extreme: Norwegian Industrial Design and Furniture Culture

Description

The work of the pioneering designer Terje Ekstrom (1944-2013) contributed a new vitality and independence to the Norwegian design scene of the 1970s and '80s, at a time of cultural and social change. Ekstrom represented a new generation of designers who challenged the ideals of the golden age of Scandinavian design. As this richly illustrated book shows, Ekstrom was both a product of his own time and far ahead of it. Seen as one of Norway's first postmodern designers, his internationally successful Ekstrem chair achieved iconic status due to its unique and visionary qualities, as did his audio equipment design for the renowned Tandberg Radiofabrikk. Including specially commissioned photographs of his workplace and home, this book for the first time tells the story of Ekstrom's design practice, characterised by an eclectic search for originality.

Espen Johnsen is Associate Professor of the history of architecture and design at the department of art history at the University of Oslo; Trygve Ask is Senior Project Manager at Scandinavian Business Seating AS, owner of the office chair brands HAG, RBM and RH; Kjetil Fallan is Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo; Denise Hagstromer is a Swedish-American design historian, and since 2013, Senior Curator at The National Museum, Oslo; Janne Beate Reitan is Associate Professor of Art and Design Education at the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences.