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Page 25
... materials entered the design vocabulary . One thing was certain : the World War II materials and technology revolution changed forever the aes- thetic basis on which furniture would be judged . It no longer made any sense to ask , " How ...
... materials entered the design vocabulary . One thing was certain : the World War II materials and technology revolution changed forever the aes- thetic basis on which furniture would be judged . It no longer made any sense to ask , " How ...
Page 77
... material . That year , in The Museum of Mod- ern Art's Organic Design in Home Furnishings compe- tition , Eames and ... materials technology , from the de- lights of molded plywood in the late ' 40s to the vogue for black wrought iron ...
... material . That year , in The Museum of Mod- ern Art's Organic Design in Home Furnishings compe- tition , Eames and ... materials technology , from the de- lights of molded plywood in the late ' 40s to the vogue for black wrought iron ...
Page 138
... materials used in the 1950s to bring the outdoors in were called upon to perform exactly the opposite function : to keep it out . The ploy is surprisingly effective . The raw material was a typical , unextraordinary loft space - long ...
... materials used in the 1950s to bring the outdoors in were called upon to perform exactly the opposite function : to keep it out . The ploy is surprisingly effective . The raw material was a typical , unextraordinary loft space - long ...
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aluminum American angles architect architecture base become cabinet called Cassina century chair Charles Eames classic clocks coffee table Collection colors Company completely continuous created curves Danish decade decoration early Eero fiberglass Fifties floor frame free-form French Fritz Hansen function furnishings furniture design George Nelson glass Herman Miller idea industry interest interior International Italian Italy Kagan Knoll lamp late legs light living look lounge machine manufacturing Mark materials metal Michigan mid-century Modern Art modern furniture molded mounted Museum of Modern needed never Noguchi organic period Photo pieces plastic plywood popular postwar produced round Saarinen Scandinavian sculptural seat seemed shapes shell side sofa space stacking steel storage Street-Porter style success supporting taste thing Tim Street-Porter tion ture units walls Wendell Lovett wire wood wrought York
References to this book
Twentieth-century Furniture: Materials, Manufacture, and Markets Clive Edwards No preview available - 1994 |