Design in the Fifties

When Everyone Went Modern

• Author(s): George H. Marcus,
• Publisher: Prestel
• Pages: 157
• ISBN_10: 3791319396
  ISBN_13: 9783791319391
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / History / General , Art / History / General , Design / General , Design / History & Criticism ,

Description:... The book describes the development of the colorful, organic style that defined the Fifties and reflected the optimism and consumerism of postwar culture in the United States and abroad, with examples ranging from architecture, building, engineering, and transport to appliances, tableware, furnishings, and dime-store novelties.