Designing Modern Britain by Cheryl Buckley
From the iconic Routemaster bus to the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the graphics of Penguin bookcovers or Vivienne Westwood garments, Britain has been at the forefront of design practice. In this book, the author examines the culture as well as the products of design in Britain.
This is a lot more than just another limp-wristed paean to the Routemaster busIt's a cogently argued design history of the 20th century where society is as important as the objects it generates. RIBA Journal The scope ... is almost encyclopaedic, the pace is brisk and the writing style is captivating. Buckley's book covers a tremendous amount of examples of design from various areas of modern life in Britain. Domestic architecture, interior design, shopping and the emerging (urban) consumer culture, fashion and pottery provide recurring - and also very much needed - points of orientation with the flood of ideas, products, companies, designers and contemporary discussions that engulf the reader. Journal of Design History Thankfully not just another book about design, but a book about design and society and how they interact. Cheryl Buckley's book is all the more interesting and relevant to designers, students and anyone interested in the structure of Britishness. -- Jasper Morrison
Cheryl Buckley is Reader in Design History at the University of Northumbria and Chair of the Design History Society of Britain. She is also the author of Potters and Paintresses: Women Designers in the Pottery Industry, 1870-1955 (1990) and co-author of Fashioning the Feminine (2002).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861893222 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861893221 |
| Title | Designing Modern Britain |
| Author | Cheryl Buckley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2007-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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