His palette had somewhat more color than that of many previous Scandinavian designers.

One of the show's strengths is the broad representation of Scandinavian designers, for example.

Credit a recent crop of Swiss and Scandinavian designers for making, in Professor Hays's words, "natural wood modern again."

Professor Hays gives credit for the knotty pine revival to Scandinavian designers and Swiss architects like Peter Zumthor, who has integrated natural wood into stark modern designs.

The Lunning Prize, awarded to outstanding Scandinavian designers between 1951 and 1970, was instrumental in both making Scandinavian design a recognized commodity, and in defining the profile of Scandinavian design.

Scandinavian designers, unswerving modernists by birth, transformed free-form, organic shapes into durable and practical glasses, plates and vases.

In 1960, Torun was awarded a gold medal at the 1960 Milan Triennale and also won the American Lunning Prize for design, given annually to innovative Scandinavian designers in their thirties.

As we were researching the Scandinavian designers, I came across Marimekko.

Gareth Williams, modern design specialist at Bonhams auctioneers, says bidders are presently vying for early production furnishings by celebrated Scandinavian designers.

The prize was awarded to eminent Scandinavian designers, two each year, from 1951 to 1970.