New Scandinavian Design

Five world-renowned Nordic designers come to San Francisco for first-of-a kind traveling lecture series hosted by American Institute of Graphic Arts, San Francisco Chapter, the California College of the Arts (CCA) and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. Sponsored by the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

May 5, 2005
7:00 pm lecture
Morgan Auditorium
491 Post Street at Mason, SF
reception to follow

Tickets:
$10 AIGA and SF MOMA members, $20 non-members
students from Academy of Art University and California College of the arts Admitted free with ID

Riding a wave of major international interest and acclaim, a young generation of Scandinavians is producing ground-breaking new designs with a pace and ingenuity that rivals that of Scandinavia‚s golden age during the 1950s. To address this vital moment in the world of international design, awarding-winning creative director Raul Cabra and Metropolitan Home magazine editor and writer Katherine E. Nelson will host a traveling lecture series that will cater to the growing North American fascination with the dynamic Scandinavian design scene. The presentation will debate hot cultural issues introduced in the celebrated book New Scandinavian Design co-edited by Cabra and Nelson and published in January 2005 by Chronicle Books.

For this compelling traveling lecture series, Cabra and Nelson have assembled an extraordinary group of five designers, one from each Nordic country. This articulate and distinguished panel includes Dane Ole Jensen, a designer and ceramicist for Royal Copenhagen, Finn Kivi Sotamaa, an architect and furniture designer, Icelander Hrafnkell Birgisson, a product designer, Swede Monica Förster, a furniture designer, and Norwegian Cathrine Maske, a glass designer.