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The Language of Wood

The Language of Wood – Wood in Finnish Sculpture, Design, and Architecture (Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1987, 2nd edition 1994) is the catalogue for an exhibition that marked the 70th anniversary of Finnish independence. The exhibition committee and the exhibition design was led by Juhani Pallasmaa.

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The Language of Wood – Wood in Finnish Sculpture, Design, and Architecture is the catalogue for an exhibition that marked the 70th anniversary of Finnish independence. The exhibition was jointly produced by the Museum of Finnish Architecture, the Museum of Applied Arts (currently Designmuseum) and the Museum of Contemporary Art and it was on display between 21 August and 4 October in 1987. The catalogue was published by the Museum of Finnish Architecture in 1987. the exhibition committee and the exhibition design was led by Juhani Pallasmaa.

The book opens with three essays: Wooden god by Salme Sarajas-Korte, Wood and everyday aesthetics by Pekka Suhonen, and Architecture of the forest by Juhani Pallasmaa. The rest of the book contains of photographs thematised into sections such as wood in the Finnish lifestyle, shapes, texture, motion, image, milieu and so forth. The photographs depict art, furniture, design objects, household utensils, archeological finds, both historical and contemporary architecture and other cases where wood has been used as the primary material. The book concludes with three examples of wood in Finnish literature: Kalevala canto 44, an excerpt from Seitsemän veljestä by Aleksis Kivi, and Edith Södergran’s poem My childhood’s trees. All the texts are in English.

Our copy currently in stock is the 2nd edition (1994) of this beautiful catalogue and it is in very good condition. Please note that the product pictures are from our earlier copy.

Weight 1126 g
Dimensions 22,5 × 24,4 × 2,1 cm
Editor(s)

Kain Tapper, Salme Sarajas-Korte, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Eija Rauske, Juhani Pallasmaa, Simo Heikkilä, Tapio Periäinen

Publisher

Museum of Finnish Architecture

Publishing year

1987, 1994

Edition

2nd

Language

Images

colour & b&w photos

Binding

Softcover

Condition

Number of pages

227

ISBN

951-9229-52-3