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True Nordic: how Scandinavia influenced design in Canada

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True Nordic presents a comprehensive look at more than nine decades of Nordic and Scandinavian influence on Canadian craft, design and industrial production.

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Design in Canada : fifty years from teakettles to task chairs

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This book published in collaboration with the Design Exchange in Toronto showcases over fifty years of contemporary product design in Canada.

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Design in Canada : fifty years from teakettles to task chairs

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The first major book of its kind, "Design in Canada" is a richly illustrated, fascinating portrait documenting more than fifty years of contemporary product design in this country. From the radical Project G stereo that every well-appointed "bachelor pad" had to have, to the wedge-shaped Contempra phone that quickly convinced homeowners to replace their boring black telephones, Canadian design has entered our homes and shaped our lives. For the first time, we can look at these products through the eyes of the cutting edge designers who created them, and celebrate their achievements.

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Thor Hansen: crafting a Canadian style

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In the global marketplace where so much design is cookie-cutter and sameness prevails, it is timely to consider the work of Thor Hansen (1903-1974). Today, Thor Hansen is little known but from the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s, the Danish émigré was a popular artist, designer and tireless promoter of the craft movement in Canada. He carried out his mission via corporate industry, independent of government support. Largely self-taught, he completed his most important work as art director for the British- American Oil Company. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada.