Design after modernism : furniture and interiors, 1970-2010 / Judith Gura ; original renderings by Sophia Yi-Ying Lu.

Main entry:

Gura, Judith.

Title & Author:

Design after modernism : furniture and interiors, 1970-2010 / Judith Gura ; original renderings by Sophia Yi-Ying Lu.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.
Introduction -- Progressions of a style -- Historical context, 1970-2000 -- What's in a name? The several contradictions of modernism -- The heritage of nationalism -- Movements after modernism -- Toward the twenty-first century: transformation and regeneration -- Prelude: reigning modernism, 1950-1970 -- Defining the trends, 1970-2000 -- Relaxing modernism -- Architectural variations -- Loosening the stays -- Cocoons and comets -- The Italian phenomenon -- Studio craft -- Rejecting modernism -- Postmodernism -- Deconstructivism -- High tech -- Avant-garde furniture -- Reassessing modernism -- Toward the millennium -- Minimalism -- Retro design -- Harbingers of change -- Reinventing modernism; the twenty-first century -- Context: the first decade -- The designers -- The architecture -- The interiors -- Furniture: the new face of modernism -- Design as idea -- Taming technology -- Protecting the planet -- Nature-driven design -- Design as art -- Contextual craft -- Interactive objects -- Unaccustomed materials -- Flights of fantasy.

Summary:

What is modern about Modern design? Most books end the discussion of Modernism in the mid-twentieth century; this one shows how it has been reborn and transformed in the last sixty years and today is being created in fresh, original, and technologically innovative forms that are iconic and quirky, innovative and nostalgic, technologically daring and warmly familiar.

ISBN:

9780393733044 (hardcover)
0393733041 (hardcover)

Subject:

Design History 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Esthétique)
Design.
Möbel
Möbelkonst 1970-2010.
Design historia 1900-talet.
Design Historia 1900-talet.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Lu, Sophia Yi-Ying.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276941
Call No.: BIB 211510
Status: Available

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