Kurt Romero: Week 4 Blog 3

The national aesthetics for the Danish is their furniture. It has created a huge impact in the market on a global level. People might think that it is just furniture and other countries think the same way. They are correct, however the author in the reading “Networks, Narratives, and New Markets: The Rise and Decline of Danish Modern Furniture Design, 1930-1970” explains the Danish furniture being a lifestyle. What I mean by it being a lifestyle is that people define themselves through these furnitures. The arrangement, design, and colors of the furniture creates an atmosphere giving off a sense of style that “help us define who we are”. This has influenced throughout Denmark and the United States. Like what we talked about in class, the United States imitates their ideas or concept of these furnitures to express their own lifestyles. When buying these different furnitures, people give it a second thought of what helps express their style. People take time in appreciating it. However for other countries, making furniture doesn’t see the traditional values it holds. They create furniture for the business and the competition. Like what we talked about in class about imitation, the appreciation of furniture has become lost over time.

Question: How can the Danish uphold the traditions of producing furniture today?

Work Cited

Hansen, Per H.. “Networks, Narratives, and New Markets: The Rise and Decline of Danish Modern Furniture Design, 1930-1970”. The Business History Review 80.3 (2006): 449–483. Web

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