Feeling Functionalism: Literature and the Affective Experience of Scandinavian Design
Name of applicant
Malene Breunig
Title
Associate Professor
Institution
University of Southern Denmark
Amount
DKK 877,000
Year
2025
Type of grant
Monograph Fellowships
Summary
This monograph rethinks Scandinavian functionalism through literature. Beyond ideals of order and progress, it explores how literature reveals the moods, atmospheres, and everyday experiences shaped by design. By tracing how functionalist spaces affect feelings, social life, and belonging, the study challenges design histories and offers a new understanding of design as lived culture.