Bøger om Esbjørn

Finn Juhl (1912-1989) var én af dansk møbelkunsts mest originale designere. Han vandt verdensry med sine indretninger for FN's hovedkvarter og gennem sine internationale udstillinger. På Triennalerne i Milano i 1950'erne fik han intet mindre end fem guldmedaljer og det var i disse år han vandt international berømmelse for sine møbler. Finn Juhl opnåede som rumkunstner verdensry med sine indretninger for FN's hovedkvarter i New York, og som udstillingsarkitekt var han manden bag de store udstillinger af dansk brugskunst i udlandet, der skabte begrebet "Danish Design".Denne klassiske Finn Juhl bog er skrevet af forfatteren Esbjørn Hiort, som havde et nært venskab med Finn Juhl. Bogen tegner således et fuldstændigt portræt af denne møbelkunstner, der var blandt de ledende figurer bag udviklingen af begrebet "Danish Design".Bogen udgives i en dansk og en engelsk udgave. Den blev første gang udgivet i 1990.

Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was first and foremost famous for his furniture. In the 1940s, he broke with the established furniture tradition and designed a number of creations that regenerated Danish furniture design. At the Milan Triennials in the 1950s, he was awarded no fewer than five gold medals and won international acclaim for his furniture. But Finn Juhl was not only an excellent furniture designer: he worked with all aspects of the architect's profession. He gained international recognition as an interior designer for his work on the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. As an exhibition architect, he was the man behind the major showings of Danish applied art abroad which created the concept “Danish design" and paved the way for the Danish furniture industry's export triumphs in the 1960s. This book presents a full-length portrait of Finn Juhl as an artist designer, architect and cultural figure.