American design in the twentieth century : personality and performance / Gregory Votolato.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in design and material culturePublisher: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [1998]Distributor: New York : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press Copyright date: ©1998Description: xviii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0719045312
- 9780719045318
- 0719045304
- 9780719045301
- American design in the 20th century
- 745.409730904 22
- NK1404. V68 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-290) and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- I. Style and design -- 1. American taste and style: beyond the cringe -- 2. Utopia and the mall: theories and movements -- 3. Ideas into objects -- 4. Materials and technology -- 5. Designers and makers -- II. Four case studies -- 6. The case of Post-Modernism: a late-century movement -- 7. Industrial drama: the custom car myth -- 8. Making American homes: domestic architecture and interiors -- 9. Nice threads: identity and utility in American fashion -- III. Critical approaches do design -- Conclusion: limitations and possibilities -- Bibliography -- Index.
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