@paulg I had this exact question a while back. Found this helpful and comprehensive:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/13517575/Scandinavian-Design-Myth-or-Reality …
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@charlesjo@paulg Actual conversation: "so Henrik, I have this left over wood from building the sauna... Any ideas?" -
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@charlesjo (by the sword if necessary) -
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@charlesjo And cleaves your head from your neck with effortless efficiency :) -
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@charlesjo I said 'efficient'
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@paulg design is politics. scandinavian design is reflection of scandinavian politics. Appreciation of nature, equality, functionality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg It's probably best understood as symbiotic - "We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us." - Churchill.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg we're also creating more unicorns than others: skype, spotify, soundcloud, king, mojang, avito, mysql, klarna ;) - 1 more reply
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@paulg My finnish friend said years ago that it's there because everything there has to work well, or people die with the cold.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg people have argued that welfare had enabled Swedes to take time for creative activity. Swedish pop music success is also impressive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Related: Swiss Modernism. I think engineering principals of mass production had influence. See Jan Tschichold’s “New Typography.” -
@paulg Also, we’re in golden age of UI design. Why golden? Because the engineering and aesthetic design principals now have great overlap.
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@paulg haven't figured it out but it feels self-enforcing. People get used to great taste, so the standards for new things gets higherThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg It's so cold and barren here and dark for 6 months so we have nothing better to do. No beach, no sun, no lures, no fun ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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