Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41447

Type

conference item

Titre

The cheerful aspects of colouration of home: Children’s Rooms and Kitchens During the Post-War Reconstruction Period

Langues

English

Auteurs

Herneoja, Aulikki

Date

2008

Pages

8 p.

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Québec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

colours / houses / interior architecture / interior design / 20th century

Pays mentionnés

Finland

Résumé en anglais

Colours spread the intangible aspects of happiness. Is tudied the interior colourations of homes during the post-war reconstruction period in Finland from 1948 to 1955. For this study, Iadopted a material-based approach with qualitative research methods and applied a theory-guided content analysis. The children’s room and the modern standardised kitchen were theyoungest and most quickly developing spaces of the home. In children’s rooms bright primary colours communicated the optimism of the future. The children’s room should be bright, protected and happy. The purpose of happy colours in the kitchen was to increase the enjoyment of the matron while working there. During the post-war reconstruction period everything had to have a purpose.

Ressource intégrale

yes

Document joint

77-mpHJ-112.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)