Kaunis Koti (Finnish: Beautiful Home) was the first interior design magazine in Finland which existed between 1948 and 1971.
| Categories | Interior design magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Four to eight times annually |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Final issue | 1971 |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
History and profile edit
Kaunis Koti was established in 1948 as the first professional Finnish magazine on interior design.[1][2] Its first issue featured homes of Rut Bryk and Tapio Wirkkala.[1] Later issues also published articles on homes of leading figures, including that of architect Jorma Järvi.[3] The magazine came out 4 to 8 times a year.[4] It adopted a rational modernist approach towards home decoration.[1]
Eila Jokela was among the editors-in-chief of the magazine.[5] Cover pages of Kaunis Koti mostly featured scenes from everyday life, nature and people.[4] The magazine published informative advertisements, and the first commercials for home pools appeared in the magazine in 1966.[1][2] It folded in 1971 when it merged with another interior design magazine Avotakka.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Minna Sarantola-Weiss (2009). "Representations of the Finnish Home in the Interior Decoration Magazines of the 1960s and 1970s". In Hanna Johansson; Kirsi Saarikangas (eds.). Homes in Transformation: Dwelling, Moving, Belonging. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. pp. 43–44, 61. ISBN 9789522220882.
- ^ a b "Kaunis Koti -lehti 1959 vuosikerta: 6 kpl". Huuto.net (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Pirjo Sanaksenaho (2021). "The 1950s and 1960s Modern Home: Magazines as research material". Architectural Research in Finland: 14. doi:10.37457/arf.110605.
- ^ a b Ella Järvinen (2018). "Painettua kauneutta": Kaunis koti -lehden kansikuvat aikansa kuvastajina 1948-1971 (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Jyväskylä.
- ^ Gay McDonald (December 2010). "The Modern American Home as Soft Power: Finland, MoMA and the 'American Home 1953' Exhibition". Journal of Design History. 23 (4): 401. doi:10.1093/jdh/epq038.
- ^ Veera Moll; Hanna Kuusi (2021). "From city streets to suburban woodlands: the urban planning debate on children's needs, and childhood reminiscences, of 1940s–1970s Helsinki". Urban History. 48 (1): 129. doi:10.1017/s096392681900083x. S2CID 210583521.