Retro: A Guide to the Mid-20th Century Design Revival - Softcover

Adrian Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857858505 ISBN 13: 9780857858504

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

Synopsis

Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now?

Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases - furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass - twentieth-century expert Adrian Franklin provides the answers.

Spanning the period from the 1950s to the 1980s and beyond, and with international coverage, the book identifies the designers, manufacturers, brands, innovations, technologies and materials that transformed the world and still cast their magic spell.

Authoritative, entertaining and beautiful, Retro is itself an object to be treasured.

About this title

About the Author

Adrian Franklin is a much-published sociologist who has held professional positions in Australia, Europe and the UK. He was co-host and presenter on the hit Australian television show Collectors for six years and is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania.

From the Back Cover

Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now?

Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases - furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass - twentieth-century expert Adrian Franklin provides the answers.

Spanning the period from the 1950s to the 1980s and beyond, and with international coverage, the book identifies the designers, manufacturers, brands, innovations, technologies and materials that transformed the world during the period of mid-century modern and still cast their magic spell.

Authoritative, entertaining and beautiful, Retro is itself an object to be treasured.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857858505
• ISBN 13: 9780857858504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256