When European modern furniture rose, although its function was reasonable and its price could be accepted by most people, it used simple geometry to form a rigid, simple, rough and callous feeling. This kind of furniture made people feel disgusted and doubted whether modern furniture could be accepted. When Nordic furniture first met the world at Paris Expo in 1900, it caused a sensation in the design field with its modern and human-oriented exhibits, which made the critics praise it and the consumers favor it. Why does Nordic furniture have such a unique human flavor? We consider the following factors:

1. Family atmosphere

The four Nordic countries are located near the Arctic Circle, with long winter and long night. Because of the characteristics of climate, people often communicate at home, so people pay more attention to the concept of “home” than other countries, and study the “atmosphere of home” more thoroughly than other countries. Therefore, the design of houses, interior, furniture, furnishings and household appliances in northern Europe is full of human feelings.

2. Traditional style

It is the “tradition” of Nordic furniture design to absorb the traditional styles of their respective nationalities. The modernization of furniture with Nordic customs has poured their own traditional national characteristics and traditional styles, instead of radical opposition between the modern and the traditional, so it is easy to make the people of their own country and even other people feel cordial and accepted, and it is inevitable that there will be rich and colorful Nordic modern furniture with national traditional characteristics.

3. Natural materials

People in northern Europe love natural materials. In addition to wood, leather, rattan, cotton fabric and other natural materials have been given new life. Since the 1950s, Nordic furniture has also been made of artificial materials such as chrome plated steel pipe, ABS, glass fiber and so on, but as a whole, the use of natural materials is one of the reasons why Nordic furniture has special human feelings.

4. handicraft

At the same time of modern furniture machining, some furniture is also partially processed by handicraft, which is one of the characteristics of Nordic furniture and one of the reasons why Nordic furniture processing is exquisite and difficult to imitate.

5. Simple shape

The main spirit of minimalism is to abandon triviality, advocate simplicity, emphasize essence, and attach importance to function.

In a word, Nordic furniture did not follow the modernism radical to oppose all traditions when the modern furniture was just rising, but adopted a stable, thoughtful and analytical attitude towards the design reform. This helped northern Europe establish a modern and humane route。