Furniture And Interiors Of The 1960s -

Paris: Flammarion, 2004. First English language edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto (12-1/4" x 10"). 223, (1)pp. Index & bibliography. Color photo dust jacket, spine lettered in off-white and yellow, over blind stamped black cloth. Profusely illustrated with photos of furniture & interiors, nearly all in color. A near fine copy. "The 1960s was a decade of exuberance, experimentation, and excess, a time when radical furniture design 'popped' as brightly as the new art, and traditional designs were recast with new materials. In this era of uncertainty and radical change, utopian ideals fueled new directions in furnishings and accessories that appeared in cutting-edge homes and offices around the world. [This book] pays homage to the vibrancy and buoyant energy of design trends from this bold decade of twentieth-century design, where everything seemed possible, a style that never went out of fashion"-- Bookjacket. Contents: The plastic years -- Rationalism : the industrial context of production,… Leer más

Flammarion, 2004. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 223 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Blind, Black Endpapers. First Printing Indicated. As New, Fine In Fine Dust Jacket.

Flammarion, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 250mm x 305mm. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Protected in Mylar cover (not taped to jacket or book) Book very clean. Binding tight. 240pp This work pays homage to the vibrancy and buoyant energy of 1960s furniture and interior designs. Informative commentary on design trends and influences is accompanied by illustrations featuring key designs and iconic pieces..

Paris: Flammarion, 2004. Hardcover. Very fine(as new) in fainlty spine-sunned fine jacket in fine dust-jacket. Folio in off-white color photo illus jacket; 223 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and index. English-language translation of: Meubles et décors des années 60. Contents: The plastic years -- Rationalism: the industrial context of production, a new international modernism -- The "anti-object": the poetry of forms. "The 1960s was a decade of exuberance, experimentation, and excess, a time when radical furniture design 'popped' as brightly as the new art, and traditional designs were recast with new materials. In this era of uncertainty and radical change, utopian ideals fueled new directions in furnishings and accessories that appeared in cutting-edge homes and offices around the world. [This book] pays homage to the vibrancy and buoyant energy of design trends from this bold decade of twentieth-century design, where… Leer más