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100 1 _aJackson, Lesley.
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245 1 0 _aContemporary :
_barchitecture and interiors of the 1950s/
_cLesley Jackson.
260 _aLondon :
_bPhaidon Press,
_c1998.
300 _a240 p. :
_bill. ;
_c29 cm.
520 _aThis 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.
650 1 0 _aInternational style (Architecture)
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650 1 0 _aArchitecture, Domestic
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650 1 0 _aArchitecture, Modern
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650 1 0 _aInterior decoration
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856 4 0 _3Amazon.com
_uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714837571/chopaconline-20
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_k728.3709045 JAC 1998
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