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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Oct 2014

    Why did scandinavian design happen? Influential designers who happened to be there? Or is it an inevitable consequence of the culture?

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      1. Nick Worswick‏ @nworswick 17 Oct 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @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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      2. James 'Crypto Listing Fees' Clark  🎃 😱 🤦🏼‍♂️‏ @mr_james_c 17 Oct 2014
        Replying to @charlesjo

        @charlesjo @paulg Actual conversation: "so Henrik, I have this left over wood from building the sauna... Any ideas?"

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      4. James 'Crypto Listing Fees' Clark  🎃 😱 🤦🏼‍♂️‏ @mr_james_c 19 Oct 2014
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        @charlesjo (by the sword if necessary)

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      6. James 'Crypto Listing Fees' Clark  🎃 😱 🤦🏼‍♂️‏ @mr_james_c 19 Oct 2014
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        @charlesjo And cleaves your head from your neck with effortless efficiency :)

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      8. James 'Crypto Listing Fees' Clark  🎃 😱 🤦🏼‍♂️‏ @mr_james_c 19 Oct 2014
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        @charlesjo I said 'efficient' 😕

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      1. Mikko Koskinen‏ @Kobrako 18 Oct 2014
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        @paulg design is politics. scandinavian design is reflection of scandinavian politics. Appreciation of nature, equality, functionality.

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      1. Sean Deverell‏ @SeanDeverell 17 Oct 2014
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        @paulg It's probably best understood as symbiotic - "We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us." - Churchill.

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      2. Anton Johansson‏ @agaton 18 Oct 2014
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        @paulg we're also creating more unicorns than others: skype, spotify, soundcloud, king, mojang, avito, mysql, klarna ;)

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      1. Susanna Bonner‏ @SannaBonner 17 Oct 2014
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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.

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      1. Johannes Gehrs‏ @jogehrs 17 Oct 2014
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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.

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      2. Stewart Smith‏ @stew_rtsmith 17 Oct 2014
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        @paulg Related: Swiss Modernism. I think engineering principals of mass production had influence. See Jan Tschichold’s “New Typography.”

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      3. Stewart Smith‏ @stew_rtsmith 17 Oct 2014
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        @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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      1. Karri Saarinen‏ @karrisaarinen 18 Oct 2014
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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 higher

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      1. Johan Ö‏ @Uberstedt 17 Oct 2014
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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 ;)

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