The New Look: Design in the Fifties

by Lesley Jackson

Examines the design of furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, wallpaper, and textiles during the 1950s, discussing the new shapes, patterns, materials and images that revitalized the basic forms of the home and the workplace

Genres: Art

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Beverlyanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful example of design history. Covers clothing and everyday design from 1947 (the Dior New Look)to 1960 with particular focus on the US, the UK, Sweden and Denmark, and Italy. This is the extended, annotated catalog from an exhibit in the the early 1990s in Manchester, England. I wish I had a book of this quality from every decade of the 20th century.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my design porn books from the library. I opened it and oh.....wondrousness!