Computer Colonne
1975 · Cotton, plain weave; screen printed
218.4 × 130 cm (86 × 51 3/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Astrid Sampe
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Textile
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39
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Good Design: 5th Anniversary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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Astrid Sampe was a Swedish textile designer whose printed and woven cottons and linens defined postwar Scandinavian modernism. Working with geometric and organic patterns rendered in bold, saturated colors, she developed a visual language that rejected both functionalist austerity and decorative excess, establishing a model for democratic industrial design. Her fabrics retained a craftsman's rigor despite mass production, influencing generations of designers across Northern Europe.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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