Kjetil Fallan is Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo.Christina Zetterlund is Associate Professor of Design at Linneaus University, Växjö and curator for the project (Re-)learning the Archive at The Design Archive in Pukeberg. Anders V. Munch is Professor of Design Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.

"The period focus, the networked approach, and the comparative, pan-Nordic focus are all much needed. The focus on this period, as a foundational one for still ongoing discussions about consumption and ethics, will ensure this collection contributes to new scholarly directions inside and outside the Nordic countries."--Charlotte Ashby, Birkbeck, University of London"[This book] rethinks an important and transformative – yet understudied – period in Nordic design, by focusing on discourses, institutions, and practices. Abounding with remarkable, lesser-known case studies, the book offers a valuable historical account of how these transformative discourses connect to key topics in current design practice: co-designing, design as activism, and design transitions towards a sustainable future."--Ingrid Halland, The University of Bergen/The Oslo School of Architecture and Design

• Introduction: Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960–1980Kjetil Fallan, Christina Zetterlund and Anders V. MunchPART I: Transforming Discourse1. The Way North: Merging Ideology and Methodology on the Road to Ecological DesignKjetil Fallan2. The Total, Global, Living ’Environment’: A Key Concept in the Danish Design Debate around 1970Anders V. Munch and Hans-Christian Jensen3. Students of Architecture as Environmental Activists: Two Sister Exhibitions about the Environmental Crisis in Sweden and Norway, 1968–1969Beata Labuhn4. Exhibition as a Critical Tool: A Conversation with Gunilla Lundahl on Exhibitions, Making Change and ParticipationChristina Zetterlund5. Nordic Revival: Crafting Rural Development in Finnish and Norwegian Design DiscourseMalin Graesse and Kaisu Savola6. Sami Mobilisation: Institutions and Exhibitions in the 1970sAnna Westman KuhmunenPart II: Transforming Institutions7. Exhibiting New Cultures of Design: Representing the Cultural and Social Meanings of Design in Three Nordic ExhibitionsPeder Valle, Sabina Maria Rossau and Leena Svinhufvud8. On a Stormy Sea: Design Education and Politics in FinlandPekka Korvenmaa9. Voices of Rebellion: Interviews with Former Students at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts 1969Vibeke Riisberg, Anders V. Munch and Patricia Fie Nielsen10. Harmful or Useless? Victor Papanek and the Danish Design Students’ ProtestsAnders V. Munch, Alison J. Clarke, Vibeke Riisberg and Lene Kiærbye PedersenPART III: Transforming Practices11. Designing Together: On Histories of Scandinavian User-Centered DesignMaria Göransdotter12. Between Craft and Commerce: Norwegian and Danish Textile Design in a Time of ChangeTone Rasch and Trine Brun Petersen13. Sewing and Sisterhood: Elverhøj, the First Collective Craft Store in CopenhagenTau Lenskjold14. Knowledge to the People: The Professionalisation of Graphic Design in the Norwegian Book Publishing IndustryThomas T. Nordby

Kjetil Fallan is Professor of Design History at the University of Oslo.Christina Zetterlund is Associate Professor of Design at Linneaus University, Växjö and curator for the project (Re-)learning the Archive at The Design Archive in Pukeberg. Anders V. Munch is Professor of Design Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.

"The period focus, the networked approach, and the comparative, pan-Nordic focus are all much needed. The focus on this period, as a foundational one for still ongoing discussions about consumption and ethics, will ensure this collection contributes to new scholarly directions inside and outside the Nordic countries."--Charlotte Ashby, Birkbeck, University of London"[This book] rethinks an important and transformative – yet understudied – period in Nordic design, by focusing on discourses, institutions, and practices. Abounding with remarkable, lesser-known case studies, the book offers a valuable historical account of how these transformative discourses connect to key topics in current design practice: co-designing, design as activism, and design transitions towards a sustainable future."--Ingrid Halland, The University of Bergen/The Oslo School of Architecture and Design

• Introduction: Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960–1980Kjetil Fallan, Christina Zetterlund and Anders V. MunchPART I: Transforming Discourse1. The Way North: Merging Ideology and Methodology on the Road to Ecological DesignKjetil Fallan2. The Total, Global, Living ’Environment’: A Key Concept in the Danish Design Debate around 1970Anders V. Munch and Hans-Christian Jensen3. Students of Architecture as Environmental Activists: Two Sister Exhibitions about the Environmental Crisis in Sweden and Norway, 1968–1969Beata Labuhn4. Exhibition as a Critical Tool: A Conversation with Gunilla Lundahl on Exhibitions, Making Change and ParticipationChristina Zetterlund5. Nordic Revival: Crafting Rural Development in Finnish and Norwegian Design DiscourseMalin Graesse and Kaisu Savola6. Sami Mobilisation: Institutions and Exhibitions in the 1970sAnna Westman KuhmunenPart II: Transforming Institutions7. Exhibiting New Cultures of Design: Representing the Cultural and Social Meanings of Design in Three Nordic ExhibitionsPeder Valle, Sabina Maria Rossau and Leena Svinhufvud8. On a Stormy Sea: Design Education and Politics in FinlandPekka Korvenmaa9. Voices of Rebellion: Interviews with Former Students at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts 1969Vibeke Riisberg, Anders V. Munch and Patricia Fie Nielsen10. Harmful or Useless? Victor Papanek and the Danish Design Students’ ProtestsAnders V. Munch, Alison J. Clarke, Vibeke Riisberg and Lene Kiærbye PedersenPART III: Transforming Practices11. Designing Together: On Histories of Scandinavian User-Centered DesignMaria Göransdotter12. Between Craft and Commerce: Norwegian and Danish Textile Design in a Time of ChangeTone Rasch and Trine Brun Petersen13. Sewing and Sisterhood: Elverhøj, the First Collective Craft Store in CopenhagenTau Lenskjold14. Knowledge to the People: The Professionalisation of Graphic Design in the Norwegian Book Publishing IndustryThomas T. Nordby