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Mid-Century Modern

Complete

Auteur:Dominic Bradbury

Uitgever:Thames & Hudson

ISBN: 978-0-500-51727-7

  • Hardcover
  • Engels
  • 544 pagina's
  • 8 sep. 2014

Mid-Century Modern Complete is a survey of one of the most popular, collectable and dynamic periods of international design. With over 1000 illustrations, this is a must-have for any design aficionado, collector or reader seeking inspiration for their home.

The book 'Mid-Century Modern. Complete' offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject – furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics and posters, as well as architecture and interior design, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of ‘good design’.

Nearly 100 major and influential creators of the mid-century period are highlighted from Scandinavia, Western Europe, America, Japan, Brazil and Australia. They include icons such as Saul Bass, Robin Day, Charles and Ray Eames, Marimekko, Isamu Noguchi, Dieter Rams, Lucie Rie and Paolo Venini, as well as architects Alvar Aalto, Philip Johnson, Richard Neutra and Oscar Niemeyer.

/ Ook uitgegeven in het Nederlands

Mid-Century Modern Complete is a survey of one of the most popular, collectable and dynamic periods of international design. With over 1000 illustrations, this is a must-have for any design aficionado, collector or reader seeking inspiration for their home.

The book 'Mid-Century Modern. Complete' offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject – furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics and posters, as well as architecture and interior design, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of ‘good design’.

Nearly 100 major and influential creators of the mid-century period are highlighted from Scandinavia, Western Europe, America, Japan, Brazil and Australia. They include icons such as Saul Bass, Robin Day, Charles and Ray Eames, Marimekko, Isamu Noguchi, Dieter Rams, Lucie Rie and Paolo Venini, as well as architects Alvar Aalto, Philip Johnson, Richard Neutra and Oscar Niemeyer.

An additional illustrated dictionary features hundreds more key mid-century designers and manufacturers as well as important organizations, schools and movements.

The book showcases classic designs as well as little-seen rarities, and unusual objets d’art as well as mass-produced items and includes thirteen specially commissioned essays by renowned experts.

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