Main entry:

Bush, Donald J.

Title & Author:

The streamlined decade / Donald J. Bush.

Publication:

New York : G. Braziller, ©1975.

Description:

viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
I. Introduction -- II. The science of penetration. The true form of least resistance ; Streamlining in nature ; Biomorphic sculpture -- III. Ideal forms. The prehistory of American industrial design ; The lull before the storm ; Enter the designers ; Technocracy ; Consumer engineering ; A new horizon ; By air tomorrow ; The flying boats ; The fully streamlined airplane ; Ideal forms -- IV. The dynamics of two fluids: The streamlined ship -- V. Flight by rail: The streamlined train -- VI. Terranautics: The streamlined automobile. Optimism rules: The teardrop cars ; The classics ; Production cars -- VII. Architecture: The streamlined Moderne. Architecture and fluid dynamics ; The streamlined Moderne ; Furnishing the Moderne home ; The architecture of fantasy -- VIII. The world of tomorrow. The apotheosis of the designers ; Futurama ; Beyond tomorrow ; The architecture of optimism -- IX. Dynamic continuums. Dynamic functionalism ; The aesthetics of shells ; Symbol vs. function ; Dynamic continuums -- X. Coda. The classical period of modern design ; The classical designs ; The rise and fall of the teardrop ; Streamlined forms as symbols ; Notes on style.

Summary:

Deals with dynamic functionalism in the design of vehicles, buildings, products.

ISBN:

0807607924
9780807607923
0807607932 (pbk.)
9780807607930

Subject:

Industrial design United States History.
Design États-Unis Histoire.
Industrial design
Design
Industriedesign
Stromlinienform
Transportmittel
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226045
Call No.: TS23 .B85 1975
Status: Available