Goldman, JudithBiblio.com
Gura, JudithBiblio.com
Design after Modernism : Furniture and Interiors 1970-2010
2012réf. 97700W. W. Norton & Company. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 208 pp. ; 403 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Bauhaus Postmodernism High Tech and Green Design: Judith Gura explains the important movements forms and furnishings from the 1950s to the present. With the first decade of the twenty-first century behind us it is time to reassess the concept of “modern” a term that dates to the Middle Ages when it signified current or recent events. Not until the eighteenth century did it become a stylistic term; more recently it has generally referred to the aesthetic that evolved from the Bauhaus and flourished in the mid-twentieth century. Though proclaiming freedom from the limitations of style it became as formulaic as most of its predecessors as Modern architecture and furnishings conformed to prescribed specifications: geometric forms industrially fabricated unadorned and studiously ahistorical. Those guidelines are no longer relevant. As Midcentury Modernism has receded into history Modernism has been redefined reenergized and in the process transformed. Today it embraces a cornucopia of design in an almost limitless range of materials: design studios are laboratories for experimentation; design concepts can be as important as finished objects; and furniture has crossed barriers to become a new art form. Tools and technologies never before possible have provided new approaches to decoration and may incorporate influences from the past. The design profession has broadened its horizons; interiors and furniture are being created by architects interior designers furniture makers industrial designers artisans artists and even fashion designers. Design After Modernism offers an overview of developments in design over the past four decades—some evolutionary some expected and some extraordinary. It identifies the diverse influences that have generated new directions in design and illustrates many of the most characteristic most noteworthy and most innovative objects in this rich and variegated mix. All are representative of their time and many of the earlier designs have already gained iconic status. Of the more recent ones whether or not they will be admired in decades to come is something that only time will tell. 400 full-color photographs . 2012. 0393733041 . W. W. Norton & Company hardcover
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