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        The Scandinavian design has been so important in the field of art and design, and it gave new thinking to design. The world has taken so much from this design, and it has been extremely instrumental in developing modern designs with so much elegance still keeping an element of simplicity. In interior and furniture, the Scandinavian design is not only simple and sleek, but it is also democratic in nature as well. The beauty of the Scandinavian design is that it has no time limitations, as many other design movements came and vanished away, but this is not the case with this design, because it has great features of elegance and simplicity, which makes it relevant for all periods of time. Even in modern world design, it has so many great features, which are commonly used by designers, and they are happy to use it with confidence. The contemporary art and design have taken so much inspiration from Scandinavian modern design. It was mentioned earlier that very much credit goes to IKEA Company for making Scandinavian design a popular one across the world. The other great thing about Scandinavian design is that it is so flexible that it can easily be sued with other design varieties as well. It can mix with other art styles from China, Iran etc, and the combination of these art styles can be amazing in so many ways (O'Neill 2017)

        The other great thing about Scandinavian design is that it from its starts till today, it has remained as fresh and relevant as it was in the past. It means that it has never got old in its features and characteristics. There was always an element of beauty, elegance and simplicity were there in Scandinavian old and new designs. The designers did come with their own ideas to use Scandinavian design and made it look more beautiful with their thinking, but the real essence of Scandinavian design has always remained the same. In the 1950s, it was so relevant to that time period, and classic designs, and in today’s modern world, it is still relevant to modern art and has its own place in the contemporary design. That’s why, it was said earlier that Scandinavian design movement has its own distinction in design movements’ history, and it will always be an important part of this history making its mark in the future as well (Meikle 2005). Here is an example of Scandinavian design with old and new design rubbish bins:

        Here is a great example of the Scandinavian design that how it remained relevant throughout the history of time. In figure 2, the yellow color bin is from 1939, and the white color bin is from 2018. But when you look at its design closely, one cannot find too much difference apparently. The simple and elegant design with similar features can be seen in both designs of rubbish bins, but the fact of the matter is that there is 79 years difference between the two, but one cannot differentiate them on the basis of their overall design. The latest design has been improved on the technological aspect, but in the design aspect, they are pretty much the same (Budže 2018)

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