DESIGN SINCE 1945

Kathryn Hiesinger and George Marcus [Editors]

10.75 x 11.5 softcover book with 252 pages and 567 illustrations, many in color. Exhibition catalogue from the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (October 16, 1983 - January 8, 1984). The text includes essays by major designers Max Bill, Achille Castiglioni, Bruno Danese, Niels Diffrient, Herbert Gans, Jack Lenor Larsen, Olivier Mourgue, George Nelson, Carl Pott, Jens Quistgaard, Dieter Rams, Paul Reilly, Philip Rosenthal, Timo Sarpaneva, Ettore Sottsass, Hans Wegner, Marco Zanuso; selected Bibliography. The text also includes over 275 biographies of designers.

One of the best compendiums of good design in modern furniture, pottery, glass, textiles, wood, enamels, metalwork, plastics, lighting, tableware, ceramics, appliances, fabrics and lamps ever put together. Highly recommended!

Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction: Design Since 1945 by Kathryn B. Hiesinger
• Design and Theory by Max Bill and Ettorre Sottsass
• The Design Process by George Nelson
• Design and Technology by Niels Diffrient
• Design and Society by Marco Zanuso
• Design, Invention, and Fantasy by Olivier Mourge
• Design for Market by Philip Rosenthal
• Design and the Consumer by Herbert J. Gans
• Design and Government by Paul Reilly
• A Survey of Design Since 1945
• Appliances with an Introduction by Dieter Rams
• Ceramics and Glass with an Introduction by Timo Sarpaneva
• Furniture with an Introduction by Hans J. Wegner
• Lighting with an Introduction by Achille Castiglioni
• Metalwork with an Introduction by Carl Pott
• Plastics with an Introduction by Bruno Danese
• Textiles with an Introduction by Jack Lenore Larsen
• Wood with an Introduction by Jens Quistgaard
• Biographies of Designers by Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George H. Marcus
• Selected Bibliography
• Acknowledgments
• Index of Designers and Manufactures

Designers, manufacturers, and artists whose work appears in this volume include: Charles And Ray Eames, Paul Mccobb, George Nakashima, Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto, Harry Bertoia, Kaj Franck, Henry Dreyfuss, Robin And Lucienne Day, Joe Colombo, Kay Bojesen, Arne Jacobsen, Wilhelm Kage, Poul Kjaerholm, Florence Knoll, Russel Wright, Edward Wormley, Paolo Venini, Lino Sabattini, Eero Saarinen, Eero Aarnio, Gerald Abramovitz, Lis Ahlmann, Anni Albers, Yusuke Aida, Franco Albini, Winslow Anderson, John Andersson, Folke Arstrom, Sergio Asti, Carl Aubock, Gae Aulenti, Masakichi Awashima, Hiroshi Awatsuji, Monica Backstrom, Olof Backstrom, Jacob Bang, Hans Theo Baumann, Alessandro Becchi, Mario Bellini, Gustav Beran, Acton Bjorn, Michael Boehm, Cini Boeri, Kay Bojesen, Rodolfo Bonetto, Renata Bonfanti, Hermann Bongard, Nord Bowlen, Artur Braun, Carl-Arne Breger, Barbara Brown, Axel Bruel, Eva Brummer, Antonia Campi, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Livio Castiglioni, Piergiancomo Castiglioni, Fede Cheti, Wells Coats, Luigi Colani, Gino Columbini, Joe Colombo, Andries Copier, Shirley Craven, Gunnar Cyren, Nanna Ditzel, Karl Dittert, Fritz Eicheler, Alexander Girard, Michael Graves, Frank Gehry, Piet Hein, Georg Jensen, Dora Jung, Wilhelm Kage, Perry King, Esben Klimt, Ray Komai, Boris Kroll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Michael Lax, Fabio Lenci, Stig Lindberg, Ennio Lucini, Vico Magistretti, Erik Magnussen, Enzo Mari, Enid Marx, Bruno Mathsson, Robberto Sebastian Matta, Paul Mccobb, Grethe Meyer, Elmer Miller, Carlo Mollino, Bruno Munari, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, Eliot Noyes, Sven Palmquist, Verner Panton, Pierre Paulin, Inger Persson, Gaetano Pesce, Warren Platner, Gio Ponti, Carl Pott, James Prestini, Ernest Race, Dieter Rams, Richard Sapper, Richard Schultz, Earl Tupper, Angelo Testa, Massimo Vignelli, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Hans Wegner, Sori Yanagi, Eva Ziesel and many, many others.

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