American design in the twentieth century : personality and performance / Gregory Votolato.
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester ; New York :
Manchester University Press,
[1998]
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| Series: | Studies in design and material culture.
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
- I. Style and design
- 1. American taste and style: beyond the cringe
- 2. Utopia and the mall: theories and movements
- 3. Ideas into objects
- 4. Materials and technology
- 5. Designers and makers
- II. Four case studies
- 6. The case of Post-Modernism: a late-century movement
- 7. Industrial drama: the custom car myth
- 8. Making American homes: domestic architecture and interiors
- 9. Nice threads: identity and utility in American fashion
- III. Critical approaches do design
- Conclusion: limitations and possibilities
- Bibliography
- Index.