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Shows examples of superior industrial design in appliances, ceramics, glassware, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles, and wood since World War II
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Shows examples of superior industrial design in appliances, ceramics, glassware, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles, and wood since World War II
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Design Since 1945
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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, 1983
ISBN 10: 0876330561
ISBN 13: 9780876330562
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Oversized Paperback. Condition: Good. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Design Since 1945' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983-84. Over 400 works represent four decades of intensely prolific design activity, with the underlyingpremise that everything in the exhibition, was, or continues to be, in production. Biographies of desigers, selected biblio., index. Illus., color/B&W. 251p. Pap. Seller Inventory # 2620248
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Design since 1945
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983
ISBN 10: 0876330561
ISBN 13: 9780876330562
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large-format softcover volume, measuring approximately 11" x 11.5", shows very light shelfwear. Binding is solid. Pages are clean and bright. xxiv/251 pages. ""Design Since 1945" is an exhibition of 418 objects (appliances, ceramics, glass, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles, and wood) installed in the Special Exhibition Galleries. George Nelson designed the installation. The catalogue was edited by and features biographies by Kathryn B. Hiesinger and Geoge H. Marcus, Head of Publications. It includes essays by 17 contributing authors. Contents: "Introduction: Design since 1945" by Kathryn B. Hiesinger; "Design and Theory" by Max Bill, Ettore Sottsass, Jr; "The Design Process" by George Nelson; "Design and Technology" by Niels Diffrient; "Design and Society" by Marco Zanuso; "Design, Invention, and Fantasy" by Olivier Mourgue; "Design for Market" by Philip Rosenthal; "Design and the Consumer" by Herbert J. Gans; "Design and Government" by Paul Reilly; "A Survey of Design since 1945" I. Appliances / introduction by Dieter Rams II. Ceramics and glass / introduction by Timo Sarpaneva III. Furniture / introduction by Hans J. Wegner IV. Lighting / introduction by Achille Castiglioni V. Metalwork / introduction by Carl Pott VI. Plastics / introduction by Bruno Danese VII. Textiles / introduction by Jack Lenor Larsen VIII. Wood / introduction by Jens Quistgaard Biographies of designers by Kathryn B. Hiesinger, George H. Marcus. Seller Inventory # ABE-1742591855833