TY  - GEN
AU  - Jackson,Lesley
TI  - Contemporary: architecture and interiors of the 1950s
SN  - 0714837571 (paperback)
U1  - 728.3709045 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - Phaidon Press
KW  - International style (Architecture)
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - Interior decoration
N2  - This text provides a definition and examination of the so-called "contemporary" style that dominated architecture and design from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. In those years of increasing promise and prosperity, a fresh and liberating style was hallmarked by open-plan interiors and vibrant fabric design, manifesting itself in the picture window and the open plan; in vibrant fabric design and printed wall coverings; in new forms of furniture from Scandinavia and stylish light fittings from Italy; and most tellingly in the "Contemporary" kitchen with its fitted units and "mod con" appliances. Included is work by Charles Eames, Pierre Koenig, Arne Jacobsen and Lucienne Day. More than a collection of 50s nostalgia, this book provides a survey of trends in taste and interior design at the time of economic regeneration that affected not only people's homes but their communities and public buildings
UR  - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714837571/chopaconline-20
ER  -