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Founders of American Industrial Design / Carroll Gantz

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Jefferson , North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. , Publishers , [2014]Description: x, 208 Pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780786476862 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TS139 .G36 2014
Contents:
The artless and art industries -- The arrival of art deco -- Modern design meets the depression -- Streamlining and the Chicago Fair -- Industrial design unleashed -- Recovery, plastics, and education -- Labor design and design organization -- War drums and the New York Fair -- Organic design and World War II -- The club and postwar -- Celebrity and good design -- Competition and controversy -- Cold War, mergers, and computers -- Postmodern and passages.
Summary: "As the 1929 Great Depression started, creative individuals from artistic fields responded to unprecedented demand style in the appearance and form of mechanical consumer products. The popular, modern designs by "Machine Designers" increased sales and profits dramatically. This book is about those few dozen industrial designers, and how they founded/developed today's profession of 50,000 practitioners"-- Provided by publisher
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Books Books Fayza Aboulnaga Central Library | مكتبة فايزة أبو النجا المركزية بالحرم الجامعي TS139 .G36 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C. 1 Available 10014077

Includes bibliographical references and index

The artless and art industries -- The arrival of art deco -- Modern design meets the depression -- Streamlining and the Chicago Fair -- Industrial design unleashed -- Recovery, plastics, and education -- Labor design and design organization -- War drums and the New York Fair -- Organic design and World War II -- The club and postwar -- Celebrity and good design -- Competition and controversy -- Cold War, mergers, and computers -- Postmodern and passages.

"As the 1929 Great Depression started, creative individuals from artistic fields responded to unprecedented demand style in the appearance and form of mechanical consumer products. The popular, modern designs by "Machine Designers" increased sales and profits dramatically. This book is about those few dozen industrial designers, and how they founded/developed today's profession of 50,000 practitioners"-- Provided by publisher

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