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Twentieth-century style & design
- Title
- Twentieth-century style & design / Stephen Bayley, Philippe Garner, Deyan Sudjic.
- Author
- Bayley, Stephen.
- Publication
- New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA680 .G36 1986q Oversize | Off-site |
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- Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm
- Summary
- "The twentieth century is the first century of self-conscious, total design at every level of our living and environment. Care and vision in the application of design have come to be demanded in every aspect of modern life - from our kitchens and bathrooms, to our factories and workshops, from our clothes and domestic objects, to the packaging of pocket calculators or the structuring of plastic dining chairs. Twentieth-Century Style and Design is a major survey, lavishly illustrated throughout. It traces the concerns of designers of this century in four chronological sections: the pioneers from 1900 to 1915; ornament versus pure form of the twenties and thirties; austerity and reconstruction in the forties and fifties; and experiment versus continuity in the sixties to the present. Although each section is divided according to the type of design - decorative arts, industrial and domestic design, and architecture and the urban environment - the emphasis is on the all-embracing nature of design in the twentieth century. The authors are all leading authorities actively involved in the promotion of contemporary arts. Combining their knowledge and experience, they have produced a book which is essential reading for those involved with architecture and design and for anyone interested in this increasingly pervasive aspect of today." -- Book Jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Twentieth-century style and design.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Books.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 306-307.
- Contents
- [Table of Contents] -- Introduction / Philippe Garner -- 1. PIONEERS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY DESIGN 1900-1915 -- Architecture and Urban Design -- Decorative Arts -- Industrial Design -- 2. THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES -- Architecture and Urban Design -- Decorative Arts -- Industrial Design -- 3. THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES -- Architecture and Urban Design -- Decorative Arts -- Industrial Design -- 4. THE SIXTIES TO THE PRESENT -- Architecture and Urban Design -- Decorative Arts -- Industrial Design -- Select Biographies -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
- ISBN
- 0442230087
- 9780442230081
- LCCN
- 84003706
- OCLC
- ocm10505118
- 10505118
- SCSB-1166248
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library