Main entry:

Bradbury, Dominic, author.

Title & Author:

Mid-century modern complete / Dominic Bradbury.

Publication:

New York : Abrams, 2014.
©2014

Description:

544 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"With over 1,000 illustrations."
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Thames and Hudson Ltd, London--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-538) and index.
I. Media and Masters : Furniture -- Lighting -- Glass and ceramics -- Textiles -- Product and industrial design -- Graphics and posters -- II. Houses and interiors -- III. A-Z of designers and makers.
Introduction -- I. Media and masters : Furniture : Collecting mid-century design / Richard Wright ; Scandinavian furniture: mid-century phenomenon / Judith Gura ; Eero Aarnio ; Harry Bertoia ; Joe Colombo ; Robin Day ; Charles & Ray Eames ; Arne Jacobsen ; Poul Kjærholm ; Carlo Mollino ; George Nakashima ; George Nelson ; Verner Panton ; Pierre Paulin ; Warren Platner ; Gio Ponti ; Jean Prouvé ; Ernest Race ; Jens Risom ; Sergio Rodrigues ; Eero Saarinen ; Joaquim Tenreiro ; Hans Wegner ; Edward Wormley -- Lighting : Lighting design in Italy / Alberto Bassi ; Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni ; Poul Henningsen ; Le Klint ; Vico Magistretti ; Serge Mouille ; Isamu Noguchi ; Jean Royère ; Gino Sarfatti -- Glass and ceramics : Glass design: post-1945 transatlantic aesthetics / Joy McCall ; Mid-century ceramics / Alun Graves ; Hans Coper ; Kaj Franck ; Gustavsberg Pottery (Wilhelm Kåge, Stig Lindberg & Berndt Friberg) ; Vicke Lindstrand ; Gertrud & Otto Natzler ; Lucie Rie ; Axel Salto ; Timo Sarpaneva ; Paolo Venini ; Russel Wright -- Textiles : Utility to contemporary: texiles in the mid-century home / Daniel Heath ; Artist-designed textiles: 1945-1970 / Sue Prichard ; Florence Broadhurst ; Lucienne Day ; Josef Frank ; Alexander Girard ; David Hicks ; Jack Lenor Larsen ; Marimekko -- Product and industrial design : From computers to corporate identity: Cold War-era design / Jana Scholze ; Mid-century product design in Germany / Klaus Klemp ; Corradino d'Ascanio ; Kenneth Grange ; Alec Issigonis ; Jacob Jensen ; Raymond Loewy ; David Mellor ; Marcello Nizzoli ; Dieter Rams ; Richard Sapper & Marco Zanuso ; Ettore Sottsass -- Graphics and posters : Mid-century confluences: type, design and technology / Steven Heller ; The travel poster in the mid-century / Sophie Churcher ; Saul Bass ; Max Bill & Otl Aicher ; Wim Crouwel ; Alan Fletcher ; Adrian Frutiger ; Abram Games ; Charley Harper ; Jock Kinneir & Margaret Calvert ; Herbert Matter ; Max Miedinger ; Paul Rand -- II. Houses and interiors : Collecting the mid-century house / Matt Gibberd ; On restoring modernism: the purist and the pragmatist / Michael Boyd ; Maison Louis Carré, France Alvar Aalto: ; Glass House, Brazil / Lina Bo Bardi ; La Ricarda, Spain / Antonio Bonet ; Stillman House II, USA / Marcel Breuer ; Sculptured House, USA / Charles Deaton ; Palevsky House, USA / Craig Ellwood ; Frank House, USA / Andrew Geller ; Gunnløgsson House, Denmark / Jakob Halldor Gunnløgsson ; Gwathmey House & Studio, USA / Charles Gwathmey ; Glass House, USA / Philip Johnson ; Elrod House, USA / John Lautner ; Millán House, Brazil / Paulo Mendes da Rocha ; Farnsworth House, USA / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ; Kaufmann Desert House, USA / Richard Neutra ; Strick House, USA / Oscar Niemeyer ; Marshall House, Australia / Bruce Rickard ; Rose Seidler House, Australia / Harry Seidler ; Upper Lawn Pavilion, UK / Alison & Peter Smithson ; Spence House, UK / Basil Spence ; Witthoefft House, USA / Arthur Witthoefft -- III. A-Z of designers and makers.

Summary:

This definitive survey of one of the most popular collectible and dynamic periods of international design offers a rich overview of all aspects of the subject. Mid-century furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, textiles, product design, industrial design, graphics, and posters are covered, as are interior design and architecture, exemplifying post-war optimism and energy, use of innovative and affordable materials and forms of mass manufacture, and newly developed precepts of "good design."

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1419713965
9781419713965

Subject:

Design History 20th century.
Industrial design History 20th century.
Furniture design History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Architecture, Modern.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Meubles Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture)
Modernisme (Esthétique)
Design
Furniture design
Industrial design

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287668
Call No.: BIB 228963
Status: Available