Design

Garner Philippe

ISBN 10: 3822829374 / ISBN 13: 9783822829370

Published by Taschen, 2003

About this Item

RO60149939: 2003. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 176 pages. Texte en anglais, allemand, français. Couverture souple. Nombreuses photos et illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs, in et hors texte. Rares rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 740-Dessin, arts décoratifs et mineurs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design
• Publisher: Taschen
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822829374
• ISBN 13: 9783822829370
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Condition: bon
• Seller catalogs:
  • LES ARTS

About this title

Synopsis

This volume provides an illustrated survey of the 1960s. It reviews the period through certain all-important themes identifying the impact of new thinking on every area of design.

Review

During the decade many associate with the Beatles, hippies, and flower power, designers in Europe, Asia, and the Americas were fundamentally rethinking modernist principles. Sixties Design is a documentation and analysis of that era during which belief in modernist design began to crumble. As modernism--the foremost design mode of the 20th century--reached its golden years, it came to be considered by many an autocratic, almost fascistically impersonal movement that strove to raise the standards of large groups by ignoring the peccadilloes of individuals. At the same time, the modern era and its designers are responsible for remarkable innovations that have forever changed the way we live, work, and play. The book captures an interesting moment during which modernism and its refutations began to coexist.

Author Philippe Garner breaks the book up into five sections. In each he addresses a different aspect of the designed '60s, and his insights add dimension to the hundreds of illustrations. He makes connections between the cold war and Jane Fonda's erotic antics in a fur-lined spaceship from the movie Barbarella--with photo-documentation to boot--and he provides a startlingly lucid and economical analysis of Swedish modern furniture design in the context of minimalist principles and the craft revival. From Florence Knoll's office designs to Oscar Niemeyer's unparalleled "master plan" city, Brasilia; from Richard Avedon's fashion photography to Neal Armstrong's space walk, Sixties Design offers countless vistas from which to rethink a decade too long associated with paisleys and free love. --Loren E. Baldwin