Interior Design Since 1900: Fourth Edition: 0 (World of Art) - Softcover

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Massey, Anne

 
9780500204603: Interior Design Since 1900: Fourth Edition: 0 (World of Art)

Synopsis

A one-volume guide to the world’s most iconic and important interiors, from William Morris’s home in London to the retail and leisure spaces of the contemporary globalized world.

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About the Author

Anne Massey is a design curator, researcher and writer. She has organised exhibitions at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as well as contributing to exhibition catalogues published by the Haus de Kunst, Munich; the V & A; the Whitechapel Gallery and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. She studied the history of modern art and design at Northumbria University, where she also awarded her PhD. She has worked as Professor of Design and Culture at several UK universities and was the founding editor of Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture. She is presently Professorial Fellow at the University for the Creative Arts.

From the Back Cover

Interior design experienced an extraordinary amount of changes in taste and style during the twentieth century. From William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement to expressionism, postmodernism, and green design, Interior Design Since 1900 charts them all. Featuring more than two hundred color illustrations of interiors from around the world, this book reveals the fundamental changes in style that occurred throughout the century. The 1900s saw the emergence of professional designers and a growing appetite to redesign homes to keep up with popular fashion. In recent decades, the focus has shifted toward public spaces and sustainable design. In this survey, Anne Massey explores the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts of these developments. This book has been a classic introduction to interior design for almost thirty years. The new, fourth edition is brought up-to-date with a chapter on transnational design, encompassing mid-century modernist work in Singapore and Sri Lanka, as well as more recent interior spaces, including luxury hotels in Dubai and a contemporary art museum in Cape Town. Through this book, Massey shows how a shared language of design and cutting-edge technology are reshaping interiors around the globe.

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