序在现代设计发展史中,北欧学派举足轻重,而芬兰设计又是北欧学派的中坚力量。人们在研究为什么芬兰这样一个只有五百万人口的小国能代代产生世界级设计大师时,都不会忘记设计教育和设计个性的培养在这个国家的重要地位。实际上,百年芬兰现代设计史也就是芬兰赫尔辛基艺术设计大学的百年发展史。除建筑大师阿尔瓦·阿尔托(Alvar Aalto)以外,几乎所有芬兰著名设计师均毕业于这所欧洲最大的现代设计高等学府。室内建筑与家具设计系现任教授约里奥·威勒海蒙(Yrj(?) Wiherheimo)就是其中的一位,他在1999年初的一次演讲中,以自己的学习经历和设计生涯现身说法,深入剖析了现代设计的含义和芬兰设计师对设计的解释,文中提到的安第·诺米纳米(Antti Nurmesniemi)和约里奥·库卡波罗(Yrj(?) Kukkapuro)都是目前仍在工作的老一辈设计大师,也都是威勒海蒙教授的老师。有趣的是,这两位前辈大师都对中国设计传统有浓厚兴趣,尤其库卡波罗教授已多次访华并建立起与中国同仁的合作。威勒海蒙教授的讲演中不仅论及学习和工作 Order In the history of modern design, the Nordic school plays a decisive role, while the Finnish design is the backbone of the Nordic school. People studying why Finland, a small country with a population of only 5 million, can produce world-class design masters from generation to generation, will not forget the importance of education in design education and the cultivation of individuality in this country. In fact, one hundred years Finland’s history of modern design is also a century-old history of Helsinki University of Art and Design. With the exception of the architect Alvar Aalto, almost all of the famous Finnish designers graduate from the country’s largest modern design institute of higher learning. One of them, Yrj? Wiherheimo, the incumbent professor of interior architecture and furniture design, was one of his lectures in early 1999, with his own learning experience and his own design career coming out with a deep analysis The meaning of modern design and the Finnish designer’s interpretation of the design, all of which are still working, are mentioned in the article, Antti Nurmesniemi and Yrjuk Kukkapuro The older generation of design masters, are also Professor Weiler Haimeng teacher. Interestingly, both the great masters of this generation have a keen interest in the Chinese design tradition. In particular, Professor Kapolouro has visited China many times and established cooperation with his Chinese colleagues. Professor Wheeler’s speech addresses not only study and work