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SVEN
MARKELIUS
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER
Sven Markelius was the predecessor of the modernist movement in Sweden,
“Swedish Functionalism”. Of his more important works were
the Swedish Pavilion at the 1939 World Exhibition in New York and
“Kungsträd Gården” (Kings Garden) in Stockholm.
In the 1960’s, he was a member of the distinguished committee
of Architects for the United Nations Building in New York. As chief
town planner for Stockholm (1944-1954) he participated in the re-shaping
of Stockholm City and laid plans for some of the first suburbs outside
of Stockholm.
Markelius designed his own furniture for most of his projects and
for this purpose he designed many famous prints that represent some
of the best Swedish textile designs from this era.
Sven Markelius contributed with the one design, “Set Square”,
depicting an important tool for Architects. The design consists of
triangular fields in four different scales composed in a complex repetition
of light and dark, big and small. The variation gives the composition
a depth and movement that is further strengthened when viewed at a
distance. Here printed on a Cotton drill. |
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