Wohlgemuth, Caroline, author.

Mid-century modern : visionary furniture design from Vienna / Caroline Wohlgemuth ; translations and copyediting, Douglas Deitemyer.

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2022]
©2022

295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, map, plans, portraits ; 29 cm.

Edition Angewandte, 1866-248X

In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day - not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their ideas and vision throughout the entire world. Their creations became classics of twentieth-century furniture design, the epitome of mid-century modern style. This book honors the memory of the exiled designers with a thorough overview of their work. It details their life stories and their visionary designs, which remain as relevant and contemporary as ever, and brings to light new aspects of the history of Viennese furniture design.

9783035624090 (English edition) ; (hardbound)
3035624097 (English edition) ; (hardbound)

Furniture design Austria Vienna History 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Meubles Design Autriche Vienne Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Esthétique)
Furniture design History Austria 20th century.
Meubles Design Autriche 20e siècle.
Furniture design
Austria Vienna.

History

Deitemyer, Douglas, translator, editor.
Edition Die Angewandte, University Press.

Location: Library main 315259
Call No.: 315259
Copy: 1
Status: Available