Designs and Patterns from the Atomic Age: Coloring Pages and Stationery - Softcover

Harper, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692635335 ISBN 13: 9780692635339

Publisher: North Berkeley Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book will let you time travel to the Atomic Age of Design. In the 50's and 60's these irregular shapes and patterns represented hope on the forefront of a new era of technology. Later, they evoked a calming sense of longing and nostalgia for simpler times. Includes 60 Images: 20 full sheets, 10 stationery pages, 10 envelopes, and 20 4 1/2 x 6 frameables. Maybe you saw these themes featured on TV shows, propaganda films, and the various stylings from the Fallout franchise. These mid-century modern designs have delighted Americans during some of the most tense chapters of our history. Modern life is full of pressures and stresses. Today, we face decisions and doubts that our forebears did not confront. These happy and cheerful patterns can be a retreat to calm and center yourself. A perfect coloring book the whole nuclear family.

About this title

About the Author

Kate Harper is a greeting card and gift designer in Berkeley, California. She is also an adult education instructor and has taught a variety of art classes throughout the San Francisco bay area. Kate has a B.A. in Art Therapy from Indiana University and an M.A. in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University, in Cambridge Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: North Berkeley Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692635335
• ISBN 13: 9780692635339
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 116