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 | | Chapter II contains a background and includes philosophical ideas and aesthetic movements in Europe which have influenced the Swedish Society of Arts and Crafts (in Swedish "Svenska Slöjdföreningen", abbreviated SSF) which was later renamed the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design (in Swedish: "Föreningen Svensk Form"). |
 | | It considers its activities: the Arts and Crafts movement in England, the Swedish national romantic movement, Deutscher Werkbund in Germany, and Swedish moulders of public opinion and new ideas, like Ellen Key and Carl Larsson and Gregor Paulsson. |
 | | Keywords: arts and crafts, art and technology, industrial art, arts décoratifs, industrial design, history of design, household wares, architecture and engineering, housing problem, home furniture, romanticism, Deutscher Werkbund, Slöjdföreningen, Svensk Form, Swedish grace, IKEA, taste, social aesthetics, Sozial Ästhetik, functionalism, reformation of museums, exhibitions, fairs, departement stores, supermarkets, adult education. |
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