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Sixties Design Philippe Garner

Sixties Design By Philippe Garner

Sixties Design by Philippe Garner


$37.99
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Offers an illustrated survey of the remarkable sixties' decade. This text reviews the period through certain important themes - the Modernist continuum, pop culture, space age styles, utopian ambitions and 'anti-design', identifying the impact of thinking on various areas of design.

Sixties Design Summary

Sixties Design by Philippe Garner

This title features new materials for new shapes. Sixties Design provides a richly illustrated survey of a remarkable decade. The text reviews the period through certain all-important themes - the Modernist continuum, pop culture, space age styles, utopian ambitions and 'anti-design', identifying the impact of new thinking on every area of design. Embracing a wide variety of media, and making connections between domestic and industrial design, graphics, film, fashion, architecture and city planning, the illustrations highlight the best design examples of the decade.

Sixties Design Reviews

For lovers of pop art, Twiggy, the Beatles and everything retro, this book is mecca... Enough to turn the most stringent modernist into a hippy, this is the ultimate guide to the sixties. - Homes & Living, Sydney

About Philippe Garner

Philippe Garner is a Director of Christie's and is their International Head of Photographs and of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. He is widely recognised as an authority within these fields and has written numerous essays and books on specific aspects of the history of photography and the applied arts. His books include studies of the life and work of Emile Galle and photographers Cecil Beaton and John Cowan, as well as thematic investigations such as his Sixties Design for TASCHEN. He has also curated museum exhibitions in London, Paris and Tokyo.

Additional information

GOR002038762
9783836504751
3836504758
Sixties Design by Philippe Garner
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taschen GmbH
20080815
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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