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20th-century Design for Contemporary Living
- Jacqui Small (Quarto)
- by Judith Miller
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Publisher | Jacqui Small (Quarto) |
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ISBN | 9781909342538 |
Author(s) | Judith Miller |
Publication date | October 2015 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 270 x 210 mm |
Illustrations | 500 col. & bw ill. |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Designers in the twentieth century were driven by the possibilities of mass-production and excited by the host of new materials. The period is also infused with the importance of women after the First World War and the emergence of a youth culture, and the new market for modern, fashionable goods from the 1950s onward. Where the older generation were used to 'make do and mend', the young embraced wholeheartedly the disposable society. They replaced the old with something new and fashionable, a taste epitomised by colourful plastic furniture and paper dresses. The consequence is a fabulous array of every type of object for the collector.