Design for the Corporate World 1950-1975, 9781848221949
Hardcover
Design in the US from the 1950s-70s is now perceived as a golden era. This book looks at the relationship between designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Eliot Noyes and the companies who employed them, highlighting the political, social and cultural circumstances in which semina…

Design for the Corporate World 1950-1975

Creativity on the Line, 1950-1975

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  • Hardcover

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    14 April 2017

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Summary

Architectural, industrial, and graphic design in the United States from the 1950s through to the 1970s - generally known as mid-century modern - is now perceived as a golden era, with artists such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Eliot Noyes having become household names. This volume looks at the relationship between these designers and the companies who employed them, highlighting the political, social and cultural circumstances in which seminal design icons such as the Selectri…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848221949
ISBN-10:1848221940
Author:Wim de Wit
Publisher:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:14 April 2017
Weight:1.24kg
Dimensions:290mm x 240mm
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Critics Review

‘a handsomely designed book that looks in depth at a critical moment in design history… an important addition to the literature of design.’ * ICON magazine *

About The Author

Wim de Wit

Wim de Wit is an adjunct curator of architecture and design at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, USA. Trained as an architectural historian, he has been active as an architecture curator in Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and has organized numerous exhibitions in each of these cities.

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