An introduction to design and culture in the twentieth century
Sparke, Penny1986
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This comprehensive study of the development of design during the twentieth century provides an ideal introduction to art and design for students.
Main title:
An introduction to design and culture in the twentieth century / by Penny Sparke
Author:
Imprint:
London Routledge 1986
Collation:
269p. illustrations
Contents:
Preface - Introduction: the context of modern design - Proto-design, 1900-1917 - Mass production and the mass market - The technological revolution in Britain - Mass production and design in the USA - The expanson of the British market - Art and industry - New products: innovation and the applied arts - The age of electricity - The new products and society - Theory and design in the twentieth century - Architects and engineers in the mid-nineteenth century - Individualism and standardization at the turn of the century - The machine aesthetic - Good form - The crisis of modernism - Promoting design: The arts and crafts heritage - The Deutscher werkbund - The design and industries association - Good design - The Scandinavian hotel - 1918-1945: Democracies and dictatorships - From nationalism to internationalism - Great Britain - Sweden - The USA - Germany - Italy - The industrial designer: Art and industry in the USA - The British consultant designer - From mass taste to mass style: Surveying mass taste - Art deco - Streamform - Contemporary - Pop-theory to practice - New materials, new forms: iron and steel - Aluminium - Plastics - Modern design from 1945 to present: The admass society - Postwar reconstruction - Italy - Finland - West Germany - Japan - Design and mass culture - Educating designers: Nineteenth-century experiments in design education - The Bauhaus - The new Bauhaus and Institute of Design - The Hochschule fur Gestaltung at Ulm - Design education in postwar Britain - Design and the company: Art and manufacture in the nineteenth century - Industry and the designer in the twentieth century - The Italian manufacturers and design: Olivetti and Cassina - Japanese industry and the designer - Anti-design: The end of the American dream - Design for need - Designing for multi-level production in India - Radical design in Italy - Conclusion: Design and culture in the twenieth century - Glossary of proper names - Bibliograpghy - Index.
ISBN:
0047010142 (hbk 0047010150 pbk)
Dewey class:
745.4 ANI
Local class:
745.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
131773
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Penrith Gallery | 745.4 ANI | LE (Set: 06 Feb 2016)Not for loan (Set: 06 Feb 2016) |