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Functionalist Design: an Ongoing History

Door George H. Marcus

Categorie
Reclame & Design
Boeknummer
#307283-VB8
Titel
Functionalist Design: an Ongoing History
Auteur
Marcus, George H.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Munich/New York : Prestel
Jaar van uitgave
1995
ISBN10
3791314238
ISBN13
9783791314235
Taal
Duits
Beschrijving
Original wrappers, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting

In this copiously illustrated volume, George H. Marcus presents a corrective history of functionalism, the aesthetic that defined the course of progressive design in this century, and his work is particularly illuminating with regard to the use of color in architecture and design. Tracing the development of functionalism from Victorian times, Marcus establishes its basis as socially beneficial and without allegiance to style, material, or context. All that changed as the definition of functionalism narrowed and became closely identified with metal furniture, industrial materials, and austerity in the 1930s and was subsequently redefined simply as a modernist style. With the advent of postmodernism, functionalism has been overshadowed, but its classic designs - the metal furniture of Mies
... (Lees verder) van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Marcel Breuer - are now becoming broadly accessible, fulfilling social goals promoted over a century ago. The profileration of these designs today, however, belies the difficulties of bringing them into production. Based on his archival research, Marcus documents the history of their manufacture and sheds new light on the creation and dissemination of some of the most important examples of modern design.
Pagina's
168
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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