Designing Liners: A History of Interior Design Afloat - Softcover

Wealleans, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415374685 ISBN 13: 9780415374682

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This in-depth history of the interior design of ocean liners surveys the transient history of interior design in relation to the development of passenger shipping, from commissioning by the line owners, methods and sources for the original creation of designs through to its construction, use and influence. It is a short-lived branch of architecture and design, lasting an average of fifteen years. As the design and taste mirrors and reinforces cultural assumptions about national identity, gender, class and race, not only did the interiors of ocean going liners reflect the changing hierarchies of society and shifting patterns in globalization, but the glamour and styling of the liners were reflected back into the design of interiors on land.

Combining design history, architecture history, material and visual cultures, Designing Liners is a richly multidisciplinary work for those studying or researching this application of interior design.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Welleans is Professor at the School of Art and Design History at Kingston University. Her research interests include the history of luxury in interior design and decoration, particularly in relation to ocean liners. Anne has published widely on aspects of twentieth century visual and material culture. She has written for a range of journals and contributed to programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415374685
• ISBN 13: 9780415374682
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216