Mid-century modern complete

I. Media and Masters : Furniture -- Lighting -- Glass and ceramics -- Textiles -- Product and industrial design -- Graphics and posters -- II. Houses and interiors -- III. A-Z of designers and makers

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1. Verfasser: Bradbury, Dominic (DesignerIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York Abrams 2014
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Zusammenfassung:I. Media and Masters : Furniture -- Lighting -- Glass and ceramics -- Textiles -- Product and industrial design -- Graphics and posters -- II. Houses and interiors -- III. A-Z of designers and makers
Introduction -- I. Media and masters : Furniture : Collecting mid-century design / Richard Wright ; Scandinavian furniture: mid-century phenomenon / Judith Gura ; Eero Aarnio ; Harry Bertoia ; Joe Colombo ; Robin Day ; Charles & Ray Eames ; Arne Jacobsen ; Poul Kjærholm ; Carlo Mollino ; George Nakashima ; George Nelson ; Verner Panton ; Pierre Paulin ; Warren Platner ; Gio Ponti ; Jean Prouvé ; Ernest Race ; Jens Risom ; Sergio Rodrigues ; Eero Saarinen ; Joaquim Tenreiro ; Hans Wegner ; Edward Wormley -- Lighting : Lighting design in Italy / Alberto Bassi ; Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni ; Poul Henningsen ; Le Klint ; Vico Magistretti ; Serge Mouille ; Isamu Noguchi ; Jean Royère ; Gino Sarfatti --
Glass and ceramics : Glass design: post-1945 transatlantic aesthetics / Joy McCall ; Mid-century ceramics / Alun Graves ; Hans Coper ; Kaj Franck ; Gustavsberg Pottery (Wilhelm Kåge, Stig Lindberg & Berndt Friberg) ; Vicke Lindstrand ; Gertrud & Otto Natzler ; Lucie Rie ; Axel Salto ; Timo Sarpaneva ; Paolo Venini ; Russel Wright -- Textiles : Utility to contemporary: texiles in the mid-century home / Daniel Heath ; Artist-designed textiles: 1945-1970 / Sue Prichard ; Florence Broadhurst ; Lucienne Day ; Josef Frank ; Alexander Girard ; David Hicks ; Jack Lenor Larsen ; Marimekko -- Product and industrial design : From computers to corporate identity: Cold War-era design / Jana Scholze ; Mid-century product design in Germany / Klaus Klemp ; Corradino d'Ascanio ; Kenneth Grange ; Alec Issigonis ; Jacob Jensen ; Raymond Loewy ; David Mellor ; Marcello Nizzoli ; Dieter Rams ; Richard Sapper & Marco Zanuso ; Ettore Sottsass --
Graphics and posters : Mid-century confluences: type, design and technology / Steven Heller ; The travel poster in the mid-century / Sophie Churcher ; Saul Bass ; Max Bill & Otl Aicher ; Wim Crouwel ; Alan Fletcher ; Adrian Frutiger ; Abram Games ; Charley Harper ; Jock Kinneir & Margaret Calvert ; Herbert Matter ; Max Miedinger ; Paul Rand --
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Houses and interiors : Collecting the mid-century house / Matt Gibberd ; On restoring modernism: the purist and the pragmatist / Michael Boyd ; Maison Louis Carré, France Alvar Aalto: ; Glass House, Brazil / Lina Bo Bardi ; La Ricarda, Spain / Antonio Bonet ; Stillman House II, USA / Marcel Breuer ; Sculptured House, USA / Charles Deaton ; Palevsky House, USA / Craig Ellwood ; Frank House, USA / Andrew Geller ; Gunnløgsson House, Denmark / Jakob Halldor Gunnløgsson ; Gwathmey House & Studio, USA / Charles Gwathmey ; Glass House, USA / Philip Johnson ; Elrod House, USA / John Lautner ; Millán House, Brazil / Paulo Mendes da Rocha ; Farnsworth House, USA / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ; Kaufmann Desert House, USA / Richard Neutra ; Strick House, USA / Oscar Niemeyer ; Marshall House, Australia / Bruce Rickard ; Rose Seidler House, Australia / Harry Seidler ; Upper Lawn Pavilion, UK / Alison & Peter Smithson ; Spence House, UK / Basil Spence ; Witthoefft House, USA / Arthur Witthoefft --
III. A-Z of designers and makers
This definitive survey of one of the most popular collectible and dynamic periods of international design offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject. Mid-century furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics, and posters are covered, as are interior design and architecture, exemplifying post-war optimism and energy, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of "good design."
Beschreibung:"With over 1,000 illustrations."
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Thames and Hudson Ltd, London--Title page verso
Beschreibung:544 Seiten
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32 cm
ISBN:1419713965
9781419713965
978-1-4197-1396-5