20th Century Pattern Design : Textile and Wallpaper Pioneers

Jackson, Lesley

ISBN 10: 1840003715 / ISBN 13: 9781840003710

Published by Mitchell Beazley, 2002

About this Item

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Patterns-bold, colorful, muted, delicate, intricate, splashy, spare, figurative, abstract, dizzying, calming-are the subject in this comprehensive book.

This book was the first to examine pattern as an essential part of twentieth-century design history.

With stunning color plates and lively text, Lesley Jackson takes readers on a tour of the development of twentieth-century patterns from around the world. Organized by decade, Twentieth-Century Pattern Design details the technical innovations that affected the development of modern textiles and wallpapers.

The book covers periods from Arts and Crafts, William Morris, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and modernism after second world war right upto 2000 Millennium.

Major section on modernist and contemporary scandinavian textile designers and companies:
Norrköpings, Duro, Vallø, Dahls,
Printex , Marimekko (Finland),
Tampella and Artek (Finland)
Denmark, Helga Foght, Ruth Hull, Bent Karlby, Unika Væv
Sweden, Stobo, Mölnlycke

Big chapter on Pop Art and psychedelic designs from 1960?s:
Sweden Almedahls, Boräs Wäfveri.

Focusing on surface pattern in the home, Jackson draws frequent parallels to the worlds of fashion, packaging, and graphics, and explores the interrelationship between painting and pattern design. The result is a book as inspiring as it is informative.

Twentieth-Century Pattern Design is an invaluable resource for modern design enthusiasts and historians, collectors and interior and graphic designers.

This is an easy book to read, it shows the patterns in context with the times and in historical chronology as the styles morph with the world around them.

the pictures are a GREAT pleasure in themselves as well as inspiration for textures and color combinations.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1786441839695

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 20th Century Pattern Design : Textile and Wallpaper Pioneers
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840003715
• ISBN 13: 9781840003710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 24W x 28.7H x 2.2D centimeters 24 centimeters width by 28.7 centimeters height by 2.2 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1440 grams

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Synopsis

Patterns-bold, colorful, muted, delicate, intricate, splashy, spare, figurative, abstract, dizzying, calming-are the subject in this comprehensive reference, the first to examine pattern as an essential part of twentieth-century design history. With stunning color plates and lively text, Lesley Jackson takes readers on a tour of the development of twentieth-century patterns from around the world. Organized by decade, Twentieth-Century Pattern Design details the technical innovations that affected the development of modern textiles and wallpapers. Focusing on surface pattern in the home, Jackson draws frequent parallels to the worlds of fashion, packaging, and graphics, and explores the interrelationship between painting and pattern design. The result is a book as inspiring as it is informative. Twentieth-Century Pattern Design is an invaluable resource for modern design enthusiasts and historians, collectors and interior and graphic designers.

About the Author

Lesley Jackson is a freelance writer and curator specialisting in 20th-century design, and the author of three highly acclaimed studies of the post-war period: The New Look - Design in the Fifties (1991); 'Contemporary' Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s (1994); The Sixties - Decade of Design Revolution (1998). A regular contributor to magazines and newspapers, including The Independent and Crafts, she is also an expert on international modern glass. Her books in this field include Whitefriars Glass - The Art of James Powell & Sons (1996), and 20th Century Factory Glass (2000). Here most recent Mitchell Beazley publication, Robin and Lucienne Day - Pioneers of Contemporary Design (2001), accompanied a highly successful exhibition that she curated at the Barbican Art Gallery, London. In 2001 she also curated a major international touring exhibition for the British Council called 'Home Sweet Home - Contemporary British Design for the Home'.