Bøger af Stig Guldberg

The first authoritative monograph on the life and work of the celebrated Danish-American designer Jens Quistgaard - an unsung hero of Danish Modern and Mid-century Modern design Jens Quistgaard (1919-2008), considered one of the founders of Scandinavian Modern style, spent 30 years as chief designer at the American company Dansk Designs, resulting in more than 4,000 products. His design philosophy - that utilitarian, everyday items should function harmoniously - influenced his approach to everything from spoons and pans to crockery and pepper mills, and is as relevant today as it was half a century ago. Quistgaard's work is represented at major museums in Europe and the USA, including Design Museum Denmark, MoMA, New York, and the British Museum, London, with many of his designs still in production to this day. With never-before-seen sketches, archival photography, case studies, ephemera, and an illustrated inventory of his designs, this book delves deep into Quistgaard's life and work to reveal his critical contribution to design history.

I "Et liv uden hænder" fortæller Stig Guldberg om den ulykke, der mistede ham venstre underarm og højre hånd, om den første svære tid som handicappet og om sin viljefaste beslutning om at bevise over for sig selv og omverdenen, at man kan klare hvad som helst – køre bil, knappe knapper, skænke snaps – selvom man mangler begge hænder.Stig Guldberg (1916-1980) mistede som ung mand venstre underarm og højre hånd, da han som sprængningsekspert ved Garderhusarkasernen i Næstved skulle sprænge en skorsten bort under en brand. Senere grundlagde han organisationen "Guldberg-Plan", der arrangerede sommerlejre for handicappede børn, som han drev frem til sin død.