Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk

Rachel Delphia, Jewel Stern, Catherine Walworth,

ISBN 10: 3791354639 / ISBN 13: 9783791354637

Published by Prestel Publishing November 2015, 2015

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This comprehensive book examines the work of celebrated modernist industrial designer Peter Muller-Munk, an international leader in his field during the mid-twentieth century. This groundbreaking book situates Peter Muller-Munk (1904-1967), a German emigre to the U.S., among the most influential designers of his generation. It presents the untold story of a man who rose from anonymity as a young silversmith at Tiffany & Co. to become a crucial postwar designer, promoting the practice of industrial design across the globe through one of the top design consultancies in America: Peter Muller-Munk Associates (PMMA). This generously illustrated book beginswith Muller-Munk's remarkable Art Deco silver and providesnew context for his best-known designs: the streamlinedNormandie pitcher and Waring waterfall blender. But therevelation comes in his previously undocumented work: memorable products like cameras, radios, cocktail shakers, power tools, and refrigerators; and total environments for gasstations, international expositions, and mass-transit vehicles.Muller-Munk's prestigious clients included Bell & Howell, Westinghouse, U.S. Steel, Texaco, and Schick. This compellingoverview of Muller-Munk's life and impressive legacy ispunctuated by colorful case studies of his firm's contributionsto wide-ranging aspects of mid-century life.' This comprehensive book examines the work of celebrated modernist industrial designer Peter Muller-Munk, an international leader in his field during the mid-twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing November 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791354639
• ISBN 13: 9783791354637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Industrial Design - Designers, A-Z

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Synopsis

This comprehensive book examines the work of celebrated modernist industrial designer Peter Muller-Munk, an international leader in his field during the mid-twentieth century. This groundbreaking book situates Peter Muller-Munk (1904–1967), a German émigré to the U.S., among the most influential designers of his generation. It presents the untold story of a man who rose from anonymity as a young silversmith at Tiffany & Co. to become a crucial postwar designer, promoting the practice of industrial design across the globe through one of the top design consultancies in America: Peter Muller-Munk Associates (PMMA). This generously illustrated book begins
with Muller-Munk’s remarkable Art Deco silver and provides
new context for his best-known designs: the streamlined
Normandie pitcher and Waring waterfall blender. But the
revelation comes in his previously undocumented work:
memorable products like cameras, radios, cocktail shakers,
power tools, and refrigerators; and total environments for gas
stations, international expositions, and mass-transit vehicles.
Muller-Munk’s prestigious clients included Bell & Howell,
Westinghouse, U.S. Steel, Texaco, and Schick. This compelling
overview of Muller-Munk’s life and impressive legacy is
punctuated by colorful case studies of his firm’s contributions
to wide-ranging aspects of mid-century life.

About the Author

Rachel Delphia is the Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.