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Living in a modern way : California design, 1930-1965

Title
Living in a modern way : California design, 1930-1965 / Wendy Kaplan, editor ; Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman, curators ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.].
Publication
Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Kaplan, Wendy
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, 1978-
  • Adamson, Glenn
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Description
359 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 32 cm.
Alternative Title
California design
Subjects
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 25, 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Living in a modern way / Wendy Kaplan -- The rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long -- Fusing old and new: emigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman -- Open world: California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg -- At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham -- War and peace: unexpected dividends / Bill Stern -- Serious business: the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson -- Distinctly Californian: modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon -- Developing a language of vision: graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley -- "It has to be sold": the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger.
ISBN
  • 9780262016070
  • 0262016079
LCCN
2011015580
OCLC
  • ocn715286156
  • 715286156
  • SCSB-5602117
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries