Kem Weber : designer and architect / Christopher Long.

Main entry:

Long, Christopher (Christopher Alan), 1957- author.

Title & Author:

Kem Weber : designer and architect / Christopher Long.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

ix, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
Berlin -- Rebirth -- Santa Barbara -- Barker Brothers -- Modes and manners -- Hollywood -- Bentlock -- Grand Rapids -- Bixby -- Disney -- Wartime -- A renewed vision -- Kem Weber and modern design.

Summary:

"For German-born Kem Weber (1889-1963), design was not about finding a new expression; it was about responding to "structural, economic, and social requirements ... characteristic of our daily routine of living." He sought to ensure that each design he produced--whether a piece of furniture or a building or an interior--was an improvement that responded to modern needs and modern life. Weber was a leading figure of modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd.This book, a result of significant new primary research in the Weber family's archives, represents the first major study of the life and career of this important designer. Christopher Long details the full range of Weber's contributions, focusing particularly on the part he played in the advancement of American modernism, and his role in heralding a new way of making and living"--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

0300206275
9780300206272

Subject:

Weber, Kem, 1889-1963.
Weber, Kem,
Design United States History 20th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Design États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Design History United States 20th century.
Architecture History United States 20th century.
Architecture
Design
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
History

Added entries:

Designer and architect

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287840
Call No.: BIB 229243
Status: Available

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