The Sixties Decade of Design Revolution,9780714839639

The Sixties Decade of Design Revolution

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ISBN13: 9780714839639
ISBN10: 0714839639
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-03
Publisher(s): Phaidon Press
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Summary

Concentrates on the design and architecture of the 1960s, this book traceshe transition from the "Contemporary" design of the 1950s to the pureeometry of "the look" and the styles that proliferated throughout theomentous events of the decade to the proto-high tech developments of the970s. In all fields of design - architecture, ceramics, glass, textiles andurniture - the popular cultural explosion and the consumer boom generatedisually stunning and colourful images and fashions. Products of the mostrominent designers and manufacturers are shown in contemporary photographsnd advertisements from the period.

Author Biography

Lesley Jackson is a freelance writer and curator specializing in twentieth-century design. Her books include The New Look - Design in the Fifties, 'Contemporary' Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s, Whitefriars Glass: The Art of James Powell & Sons,Twentieth-Century Factory Glass and 'contemporary': Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s, also published by Phaidon. She also writes for various newspapers and magazines, and has curated numerous exhibitions.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(6)
consolidation of `contemporary' design
12(22)
the consumer revolution
34(20)
`the look'
54(86)
design superpowers of the sixties
140(34)
design in revolt
174(52)
epilogue 226(4)
bibliography 230(3)
index 233

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