Spaced out : radical environments of the psychedelic sixties / Alastair Gordon.
The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabula...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Rizzoli,
[2008]
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| Summary: | The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling. |
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| Item Description: | "Crash pads, hippie communes, infinity machines, and other"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 302 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0847831051 9780847831050 |