American Design - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087070740X ISBN 13: 9780870707407

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, 2008

Synopsis

American design, like much of American culture, perennially oscillates between populism and elitism, between the revolutionary beauty and availability of Tupperware and the elusive exclusivity of Tiffany's. This book traces the development of American design from the "armory practice" of early American machinists through mid-century "design for modern living" to the branded, consumer-oriented design of the present day, including work by Charles and Ray Eames, Raymond Loewy and Frank Gehry, among many others. Paola Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of United States design culture, while an essay by Russell Flinchum illuminates the masterpieces of Modern American design that are superbly reproduced in this volume's plate section.
Paola Antonelli is Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Russell Flinchum teaches in the Design Criticism program at the School of Visual Arts and lectures for the Department of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. He has been the Archivist of the Century Association Archives Foundation since 1999.

About this title

About the Author:

Russell Flinchum is a professor of design critism at the School ofVisual Arts, New York. He curated the exhibition Henry Dreyfuss, Directing Design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, in 1997, and is the author of Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer: The Man in the Brown Suit. He has been the archivist of the Century Association Archives Foundation since 1999. Paola Antonelli is Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 087070740X
• ISBN 13: 9780870707407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Flinchum Russell