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California Design, 1930-1965 : "Living in a Modern Way".

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (368 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262298964
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: California Design, 1930-1965DDC classification:
  • 745
LOC classification:
  • NK835.C3 -- C35 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Corporate Sponsor's Statement -- 1 Introduction: "Living in a Modern Way" (Wendy Kaplan) -- 2 The Rise of California Modern Design, 1930-41 (Christopher Long) -- 3 Fusing Old and New: Émigré Designers in California (Bobbye Tigerman) -- 4 Open World: California Architects and the Modern Home (Nicholas Olsberg) -- 5 At Home with California Modern, 1945-65 (Pat Kirkham) -- 6 War and Peace: Unexpected Dividends (Bill Stern) -- 7 Serious Business: The "Designer-Craftsman" in Postwar California (Glenn Adamson) -- 8 Distinctly Californian: Modernism in Textiles and Fashion (Melissa Leventon) -- 9 Developing a Language of Vision: Graphic Design in California (Jeremy Aynsley) -- 10 "It Has to Be Sold": The Dissemination of California Design, 1945-65 (Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger) -- Map of California, 1930-65 -- Checklist of the Exhibition -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
Summary: The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Corporate Sponsor's Statement -- 1 Introduction: "Living in a Modern Way" (Wendy Kaplan) -- 2 The Rise of California Modern Design, 1930-41 (Christopher Long) -- 3 Fusing Old and New: Émigré Designers in California (Bobbye Tigerman) -- 4 Open World: California Architects and the Modern Home (Nicholas Olsberg) -- 5 At Home with California Modern, 1945-65 (Pat Kirkham) -- 6 War and Peace: Unexpected Dividends (Bill Stern) -- 7 Serious Business: The "Designer-Craftsman" in Postwar California (Glenn Adamson) -- 8 Distinctly Californian: Modernism in Textiles and Fashion (Melissa Leventon) -- 9 Developing a Language of Vision: Graphic Design in California (Jeremy Aynsley) -- 10 "It Has to Be Sold": The Dissemination of California Design, 1945-65 (Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger) -- Map of California, 1930-65 -- Checklist of the Exhibition -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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