A lively celebration of one of the most colourful periods in the history of style, from fashion and music to furniture and architecture
An illustrated appraisal of the various aspects of 70s design. It celebrates the era for what it really was aesthetically eclectic and iconoclastic, a time when good taste was challenged, but not just in an orange-and-brown-and-man-made-fibres way. It documents the huge creative scope of this decade.
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A lively celebration of one of the most colourful periods in the history of style, from fashion and music to furniture and architecture
An illustrated appraisal of the various aspects of 70s design. It celebrates the era for what it really was aesthetically eclectic and iconoclastic, a time when good taste was challenged, but not just in an orange-and-brown-and-man-made-fibres way. It documents the huge creative scope of this decade.
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Forget platforms and flares, think the Pompidou Centre and Fiorucci. This sensationally illustrated appraisal of all aspects of 70s design celebrates the era for what it really was - aesthetically eclectic and iconoclastic, a time when good taste was challenged, but not just in an orange-and-brown-and-man-made-fibres way. Sidestepping the cliches, 70s Style & Design documents the huge creative scope of a decade which, more than any other, continues to influence fashion, design, music, film and literature today. The book segues between high and popular culture as it harnesses the era's multifarious trends - from the Biba-led Art Deco revival to the ecology movement, punk to postmodernism - examining the lifestyle shifts and subcultures that shaped them and charting their influence on fashion, design, architecture, interiors and art, from London to Paris, Milan to New York. Seventies Style & Design features a roll call of the decade's pivotal fashion designers (including Yves Saint Laurent, Vivienne Westwood, Zandra Rhodes, Kansai Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Antony Price, Barbara Hulanicki, Bill Gibb, Elio Fiorucci, Mr Freedom) as well as a diverse range of architecture and interiors (from Frank Gehry to Robert Venturi, High-tech to the Habitat look), furniture design (from Alessandro Mendini to John Makepeace), graphic design and illustration (including Milton Glaser, Alan Aldridge, Barney Bubbles, George Hardie, Jean-Paul Goude and Peter Saville) and art (David Hockney, Peter Blake, Cindy Sherman, Andrew Logan and Duggie Fields).
Critic Reviews
“"A journey through this iconic era, each page filled with fashion, music, design and literature…. A study that is meticulously researched and wittily written."”
'Lutyens and Hislop bring order to the decade's seemingly chaotic visual culture ... An impressive array of 1970s tastemakers gave interviews for the book ... In capturing the visual noise of the decade, the hectic turnover and profusion of competing styles, they convey an appropriate sense of turbulence' - London Review of Books 'Offers a plethora of reasons to be nostalgic' - Elle Decoration 'Lavish ... packed full with amazing photographs and exploring all manner of fashion, interior and architecture delights ... a must for anyone with a keen interest in retro style' - Metro 'Witty, perceptive and luxuriously designed ' - The Spectator
About the Author
Dominic Lutyens, a trends and design journalist, has contributed to the Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian and the Observer.
Kirsty Hislop is a freelance writer and stylist who has worked for British Elle and the Observer Magazine. She also designs for the award-winning card company Umpen Editions.
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