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Modernism in Design Pb

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Modernism in Design Pb

Contributors:

By (Author) Paul Greenhalgh

ISBN:

9780948462115

Publisher:

Reaktion Books

Imprint:

Reaktion Books

Publication Date:

1st October 1990

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

745.2

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

248

Description

This title includes essays by Tim Benton, Gillian Naylor, Penny Sparke, Wendy Kaplan, Clive Wainwright, Martin Gaughan, Guy Julier, Mimi Wilms, Julian Holder and Paul Greenhalgh. Ten new and important essays on design cover Modernism's fortunes in Germany, Italy, Sweden, Britain, Spain, Belgium and the USA; they range in subject matter from world fairs and everyday domestic objects to American West coast architecture and French and Italian furniture.

Reviews

The object of this book is to diffuse myths. If modernism has, in the past, been both absurdly praised and absurdly damned, Modernism in Design seeks to lift it out of this cycle, and to demonstrate that the modern movement could offer neither Jerusalem nor Babylon ... In this, the book succeeds admirably. Designer's Journal While this collection of essays is aimed primarily at design historians and students of design history, hard-pressed practising designers and architects should make room for it on their bookshelves. Design

Author Bio

Paul Greenhalgh is Deputy Curator, Department of Ceramics and Glass, at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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