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PublisherPrentice Hall PTR

ISBN-100131830406

ISBN-139780131830400

eBay Product ID (ePID)127310441

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

Publication NameHistory of Modern Design

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectIndustrial Design / General, General, Decorative Arts

TypeTextbook

AuthorLaurence Pu King, David Raizman

Subject AreaDesign, Art, Technology & Engineering

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight56.2 Oz

Item Length10.6 in

Item Width9.7 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal745.409

Table Of ContentI. SUPPLY, DEMAND, AND DESIGN, 1700-1850. 1. Demand and Production. 2. Entrepreneurial Efforts in England and Elsewhere. 3. Growing Pains: Expanding Industry in the Early Nineteenth Century. 4. Design, Society, and Standards. II. ARTS, CRAFTS, AND MACHINES, 1850-1914. 5. The Equality of the Arts. 6. The Joy of Work. 7. Mechanization and Industry. III. AFTER THE GREAT WAR, 1918-1944: MODERNE, INDUSTRY, AND UTOPIAS. 8. Paris and L'art Moderne Before and After the Great War. 9. The "First Machine Age" in Europe. 10. Art, Design, and Industry in the United States. IV. HUMANISM AND LUXURY: INTERNATIONAL MODERNISM AND MASS CULTURE AFTER WORLD WAR II, 1945-1960. 11. International Modernism: From Theory to Practice. 12. Design and Mass Appeal: A Culture of Consumption. V. PROGRESS, PROTEST, AND PLURALISM, 1960-2000. 13. New Materials, New Products. 14. Dimensions of Mass Culture. 15. Politics, Pluralism, and Postmodernism. 16. Design in Context: An Act of Balance Notes: Suggestions for Further Reading. Timeline. Bibliography. Index.

SynopsisFilling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced, chronological survey of the decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, as well as an enterprise conditioned by economic, technological and social history, Raizman includes the study of products and furnishing designed for mass consumption, and examines the social context for the democratization of culture.The author examines supply, demand, and design from 1700-1850, arts, crafts, and machines from 1850-1914, design after the Great War, 1918-1944and international modernism and mass culture after World War II.For design professionals., The first book of its kind, Raizmans "History of Modern Design" offers a gorgeously illustrated survey of the applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to present day, covering furniture, metal, glass, ceramics, fashion, appliances, transportation, and advertising., For undergraduate Modern Design and Industrial Design History and Theory courses. Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced chronological survey of decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, as well as an enterprise conditioned by economic, technological and social history, Raizman includes the study of products and furnishing designed for mass consumption, and examines the social context for the democratization of culture. Click here for the author's webpage with more information and student reviews.