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California Design, 1930-1965 : Living in a Modern Way by Wendy Kaplan (2011, Hardcover)

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The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated. In 1951, designer Greta Magnusson Grossman observed that California design was "not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions.... It has developed out of our own preferences for living in a modern way." California design influenced the material culture of the entire country, in everything from architecture to fashion. This generously illustrated book, which accompanies a major exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is the first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design. It begins by tracing the origins of a distinctively California modernism in the 1930s by such European émigrés as Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, and Kem Weber; it finds other specific design influences and innovations in solid-color commercial ceramics, inspirations from Mexico and Asia, new schools for design training, new concepts about leisure, and the conversion of wartime technologies to peacetime use (exemplified by Charles and Ray Eames's plywood and fiberglass furniture). The heart of California Design is the modern California home, famously characterized by open plans conducive to outdoor living. The layouts of modernist homes by Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, and Raphael Soriano, for example, were intended to blur the distinction between indoors and out. Homes were furnished with products from Heath Ceramics, Van Keppel-Green, and Architectural Pottery as well as other, previously unheralded companies and designers. Many objects were designed to be multifunctional: pool and patio furniture that was equally suitable indoors, lighting that was both task and ambient, bookshelves that served as room dividers, and bathing suits that would turn into ensembles appropriate for indoor entertainment. California Design includes 350 images, most in color, of furniture, ceramics, metalwork, architecture, graphic and industrial design, film, textiles, and fashion, and ten incisive essays that trace the rise of the California design aesthetic.

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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262016079
ISBN-13
9780262016070
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109231803

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Book Title
California Design, 1930-1965 : Living in a Modern Way
Author
Wendy Kaplan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Aesthetics, Essays, Decorative Arts
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Design, Art, Philosophy
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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Item Length
12.3in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
9.9in
Item Weight
87.8 Oz

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Age Range
18
Lc Classification Number
Nk835.C3c35 2011
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"This book beautifully documents how climate, immigration, and industryinfluencedCalifornia's modern design aesthetic." -- Publishers Weekly, "This book beautifully documents how climate, immigration, and industryinfluenced California's modern design aesthetic." -- Publishers Weekly, This book beautifully documents how climate, immigration, and industry influenced California's modern design aesthetic.-- Publishers Weekly -- ...[F]ascinating stuff, rich with detail and new discoveries. -- NZ House and Garden --, This book beautifully documents how climate, immigration, and industry influenced California's modern design aesthetic.
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-015580
Illustrated
Yes

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California Design, 1930-1965 : Living in a Modern Way by Wendy Kaplan (2011, Hardcover)

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