Mid-century modern design : a complete sourcebook /
By: Bradbury, Dominic [author.].
Publisher: London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2020Description: 544 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780500023471; 9780500023471:; 0500023476.Subject(s): Design -- History -- 20th century | Industrial design -- History -- 20th century | Interior decoration -- History -- 20th century | Furniture design -- History -- 20th century | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Midcentury modern (Architecture)DDC classification: 747.09045 Summary: This definitive survey of one of the most popular, collectable and dynamic periods of international design offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject. It covers mid-century furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics and posters, as well as architecture and interior design, exemplifying post-war optimism and energy, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of 'good design'.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-538) and index.
This definitive survey of one of the most popular, collectable and dynamic periods of international design offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject. It covers mid-century furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics and posters, as well as architecture and interior design, exemplifying post-war optimism and energy, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of 'good design'.