DESIGN FOR MODERN LIVING
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HOME FURNISHING AND INTERIOR DECORATION
Gerd and Ursula Hatje

8.5 x 11.25 hardcover book with 320 pages and 550 illustrations, including 105 in color. This high quality Abrams art book was printed in Holland and is bursting with gorgeous color reproductions on glossy white sheet-fed paper. if you ever wondered if people actually bought Barcelona Chairs, here's the answer.

From the Dust jacket: "If you would like to live in modern surroundings, with all the comfort, utility, and variety that modern design has to offer, this book is a rich mine of ideas. The authors show the international contributions made to modern interior design: clean American efficiency; the Italian preference for elegance of line and shape; the Scandinavian sensitivity to materials; the German tendency to 'classical' severity."

You want nothing but modern interiors? None of that Chippendale jive here!

Check out the comprehensive contents: Introduction; Contemporary Furniture Styles; Forerunners of the Modern Style; Functionalism; Modern Homes; Modern and Fashionable; The Architectural Frame; Home Atmosphere; Antique and Modern Furniture; Materials and Textures; Color in the Room; Lighting; The Art of Living; The Hall; The Coat Space; Open and Built-In Closets; Books in the Hall; Room-Dividers; Mirror and Hall Table; The Shape of the Stairs; The Living Room; Color and Material in the Room; The Sitting Area in the Living Room; The 'Conversation Pit'; Living Areas and Functional Centers; iving Under the Roof; Open and Closed Room Areas; The Large Window Wall; Works of Art and Antique Furniture -- In the Modern Living Room; The Fireplace; The Fireplace Wall; Free-Standing Fireplaces; The Fireplace as a Sculptural Element; The Fireplace as a Room-Divider; Radio and Television Sets; Bookcase and Desk; The Plant Window; The Combined Living-Dining Room; Furniture Arrangements in Rectangular Rooms; The Combined Living-Dining Room as the Center of the House; Examples in Large Rooms; Rooms with a Rustic Character; Room Division by Stair Wells; Living Room and Dining Alcove; Room-Dividers and Folding Partitions; En Suite Layouts; Open Plan Schemes; Split-Level Layouts; Layouts Around a Central Core; Layouts with Room-Dividers; Layouts Around the Fireplace; Layouts with a Two-Story Main Room; Dining Room and Dining Area; The Separate Dining Room; The Dining Area in the Hall; The Dining Area Outside and in the Kitchen; The Dining Area Outside the Kitchen; The Breakfast Area; The Dining Area in the Kitchen; The Kitchen; The Bedroom; Furnishing on a Standard Plan; Large-Scale Themes; Different Styles; Bedrooms with Separate Beds; Sleeping Under the Roof; Wall Cupboards and Built-In Closets; The Walk-In Closet; Bedroom with Bath and Dressing Room; Bedrooms with Bath; The Wardrobe Wall as a Partition; Dressing Table and Desk; The Children's Room; Nurseries; Bunks; Sleeping Cubicles and Box Beds; Different Bed Layouts; Separate Play and Sleeping Areas; A Suite for Several Children; Small Rooms for Schoolchildren; Rooms for Teenagers; Desks and Benches; helves for Toys and Books; Study and Hobby Room; The Study Below the Roof; Offices; The Study as a Second Living Room; The Art Collector's Study; Sewing nd Writing Area; Hobby Room and Workshop; The Small Apartment; Index to Architects and Designers; Acknowledgments; and Subject Index.

Includes work by the following designers and companies: CHARLES EAMES, GEORGE NELSON, HERMAN MILLER FURNITURE COMPANY, FLORENCE KNOLL, FRANCO ALBINI, MARCEL BREUER, MARCO ZANUSO, RICHARD NEUTRA, EERO SAARINEN, HANS WEGNER, GIO PONTI, HARRY BERTOIA, ARNE JACOBSEN, POUL KJAERHOLM, HERBERT BAYER, LE CORBUSIER, THONET, BORGE MOGENSEN, HENRY EGGERS, HERBERT HIRSCHE, PETER HVIDT, WARD BENNETT, OSVALDO BORSANI, WARD BENNET, GORDON BUNSHAFT, LUISA CASTIGLIONI, CRAIG ELLWOOD, PHILIP JOHNSON, CARL KOCH, VICO MAGISTRETTI, MIES VAN DER ROHE, EERO SAARINEN, HUGH STUBBINS, PAUL WIENER, MARVIN RAND, HEDRICH-BLESSING, JULIUS SHULMANEZRA STOLLER, and many others.

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