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'Contemporary': Architecture and Interiors of the by Lesley Jackson

ISBN: 9780714837574 PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 240 PUBLICATION DATE: 5.03.1998

DESCRIPTION: 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.

Table of Contents

The birth of the "contemporary" style; the house; the interior; decoration and fittings; furniture and furnishings; society goes "contemporary".

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