Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living
$77.99
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
The designers, materials and cultural forces leading the midcentury modern era transformed outdoor furniture into symbols of optimism, leisure, innovation, and California modernism.
Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living celebrates the designers, architects, and manufacturers who transformed patios, gardens, pool sides, and terraces into extensions of modern life. Additionally, it provides a cultural history of postwar America, a visual archive of indoor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781423669104 |
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| ISBN-10: | 142366910X |
| Author: | Jeffrey Head, Dan Chavkin |
| Publisher: | Gibbs M. Smith Inc |
| Imprint: | Gibbs M. Smith Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 27g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
Critics Review
The designers, materials and cultural forces leading the midcentury modern era transformed outdoor furniture into symbols of optimism, leisure, innovation, and California modernism.
Jeffrey Head
Jeffrey Head
Jeffrey Head writes about art, architecture, and design. He is the author of Paul Evans: Designer & Sculptor, No Nails, No Lumber: The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff, Regional Landscape Architecture: Northern California, and Rooted in Resilience. He co-authored Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape and curated the Stanford University library exhibition Herbert Matter: Modernist Photography and Graphic Design.
Dan Chavkin
Dan Chavkin studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. An avid aficionado of all things modernist, he collects Midcentury Modern furniture, ceramics, and art. He co-authored the book Hand-In-Hand, about midcentury designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman; authored Unseen Midcentury Desert Modern; and co-authored his most recent book, Architectural Pottery, on the 1950s California-based company.
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