Netsurfer by Teppo Asikainen and Ilkka Terho, 1995

 

Globlow LED pendant lamp, by Vesa Hinkola, Markus Nevalainen, Rane Vaskivuori, 2000

Cloud, inflatable mobile room by Monica Förster, 2002

 

Snowcrash 1997 - 2003: The Untold Story of Snowcrash, 2021

Jane has written the catalogue essay for Snowcrash, the book that accompanied an exhibition about the avant-garde Finnish design collective and idea laboratory at the National Museum of Sweden from May 2021 - February 2022.

This book tells the untold story of Snowcrash (1997-2003), an international design company founded by Finns and operated by Swedes. Equipped with an optimistic view of the future, they succeeded in designing a collection that connected art with technology, and the real with the virtual world.

‘Snowcrash’ Jane writes, ‘was like an arctic breeze from the land of Nokia, a postcard from a cyber near-future. As well as addressing the design implications of new media, it seemed to promise a new design language born in the pale glow of computer screens and long winters.’

Edited by Ilkka Suppanen, texts by Jane Withers and Gustaf Kjellin
Published by Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, 2021

Photography Jens Andersson and Anna Danielsson

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