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1930 - 1939
Decorative Arts 1920s (Varia)
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Charlotte Fiell (Author)
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Peter Fiell (Author)
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Taschen (Editor)
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1930 - 1939
Decorative Arts 1930s & 1940s (Varia)
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Charlotte Fiell (Author)
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Peter Fiell (Author)
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Taschen (Editor)
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1940 - 1949
Friedrich Kiesler: Designer
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Tulga Beyerle (Author)
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Harald Krejci (Author)
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Monika Pessler (Author)
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Don Quaintance (Author)
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Frederick Kiesler (Contributor)
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Hatje Cantz Publishers (Editor)
Previously unpublished material relating to Austro-American artist/architect Friedrich Kiesler's (1890-1965) innovative furniture designs and prototypes from the 1930s and 40s are showcased in this comprehensive volume. Also included are letters, diary entries, and photographs that chronicle the New York cultural environment in which Kiesler lived and worked, and provide rarely documented insight into the role he played in the contemporary design scene. Shortly after emigrating to New York in 1925, Kiesler became an important mediator between European and American positions in the fields of design and architecture. In the following years, he designed furniture and exhibitions, and articulated the fundamental principles of a critical theory of functional architecture and design. Concepts that are being thoughtfully revisited by today's designers--flexibility, dynamism, and multifunctionality--were constant elements in Kiesler's theoretical constructs, as evidenced in this volume.
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1940 - 1949
Furniture and Interiors of the 1940s
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Anne Bony (Author)
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Flammarion (Editor)
The 1940s marked a period of transition in interior design: the quarrel between ancient and modern was outdated, the combination of function and art was essential, and interior designers were more focused on new creations rather than on post-war reconstruction. The style of this period exhibits all the contradictions that arise from a society that was in a general state of shock, unsure of what the future would hold. Exemplary cabinet making marks the period, featuring famous names like T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbing and George Nelson from the United States. In France, Adnet, Arbus, Dominique, Kohlmann, Jallot, and Leleu produced sumptuous ensembles, with beautiful detailing. Furniture and Interiors of the 1940s features the work of numerous designers in 300 archival images and recent color photographs that shed new light on this transitional period in design, as it evolved both in Europe and in the United States.
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1940 - 1949
Good Design: An exhibition by Max Bill, 1949
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Zurich Design Museum eds. (Author)
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Lars Muller (Editor)
In 1949, architect, sculptor, painter, graphic artist, and proponent of Concrete Art, Max Bill curated an exhibition whose aim was to instigate a fundamental discussion of the forms and content of product design. The exhibition's impact extended around the world, influencing the Swiss Werkbund's "Good Design" campaign and the founding of the Ulm School of Arts and Crafts. All 100 display panels from the original exhibition have survived intact and are reproduced here.
Introduction by Claude Lichtenstein. 6.25 x 9.5 in.
95 illustrations
English/German
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1950 - 1959
Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity
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Amos Klausner (Author)
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Catherine Bailey (Introduction)
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Robin Petravic (Introduction)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
Durable, honest, and handsome, Heath ceramics are design icons. Much collected, these signature tableware and tiles are still made according to the artisanal tradition that Edith Heath conceived in the mid-1940s, when she founded the company it is one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries in Sausalito, California. Now the remarkable history, legacy, and craft of these ceramics, as well as the story of the woman who created them, are told for the first time in word and hundreds of archival and newly commissioned images. Heath's work has been an inspiration to numerous luminaries in diverse fields. Among those contributing their insights to the book are dwr.com founder Rob Forbes, restaurateur Alice Waters, design maven Agnes Bourne, and many more. Heath Ceramics is the celebration of this classic pottery that is still part of today's design scene.
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1950 - 1959
Decorative Art 50s (Decorative Art)
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Charlotte P. Fiell (Author)
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Taschen (Editor)
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1950 - 1959
Design in the Fifties: When Everyone Went Modern (Art & Design)
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George H. Marcus (Author)
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Prestel (Editor)
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1960 - 1969
Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s
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Cara Greenberg (Author)
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Harmony Books (Editor)
This highly praised celebration of '50s design recalls the wonders of boomerang-shaped coffee tables, the funky curvaceousness of biomorphic furniture, the industrial sleekness of cool metals, and other design delights. "Will undoubtedly foster a new appreciation of furniture from the '50s."--Chicago Sun-Times. 125 4-color photographs and 100 black-and-white photographs.
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