Friday, October 16, 2009

Stig Lindberg... the book...




I finally got my hands on the copy of this Swedish treasure - Stig Lindberg book (Stig Lindberg - Tusenkonstnaren).
Squealing with excitement like a total Scandinavian design junkie (that I am) I've gone over all the pages several times... wishing I could read Swedish. It's Ok tho... because I see it the way a kid would - as an amazing picture book. Hard to imagine that this tremendous body of work belongs to one man. Feeling very inspired now:) 

16 comments:

mairedodd said...

what an awesome book! i love your work...

Carolyn Gavin said...

oooh what a treasure to have...!

lisa stubbs said...

Ooooo it looks fabulous very inspirational! ( I have a friend in Sweden, she's a translater in Stockholm, if you want to know what certain bits say she'll translate no problem! just send me the bits of text!)

Rebecca said...

I have this book myself, it's absolutely fantastic. Stig Lindberg was such a genius, I love his stuff!
It's too bad that you cannot read the text, it tells the story of his life.

Nicole Follow the White Bunny said...

This book looks great, I love scandinavian design.

ninainvorm said...

Ooh... I can only imagine how super inspiring that book must be! He's definitely one of my very favorite designers ever. Enjoy your book!

read me... said...

Helen, I'm squealing for you too... L U C K Y Y O U !!

Amber Alvarez said...

Jealous!!!

Heather Moore said...

Oh, it's a beauty! I'm going to get mine out and look at it again now too.

Hope your wrist is doing ok? Carpal tunnel is no fun.

madame chocolat said...

just love your blog! thank's for showing this great book.

Tesa/Therese said...

I´m a really big fan of Stig Lindberg too. Hugs from Sweden

Simon said...

Hi, I'm from Sweden if you need help with translation, I can help you :)

orange you lucky! said...

Thanks Simon! It's so sweet of you to offer:)
It's too much to translate tho... and if I do get ambitions... I'll be sure to ask:)

Anonymous said...

Hi Helen, I am a long time collector of Stig Lindberg (have a look at my website www.kirkmodern.com) I was lucky enough to see the retrospective in Stockholm and interview the curator. I have a translation of some of the catalog if you are interested I could send it to you.

Mascara Jones said...

Wow! I didnt know there was a Stig book! Im putting it on my xmas list immediately!! Thanks so much for this post!

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