Search results 90 Found

Softcover, 352 pages, very good condition; except spine is slanted; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra for this item.

New York / Miami Beach, FL: Thames and Hudson / Wolfsonian Foundation, 1995. Softcover. VG-. May have slight damage to front cover along right edge. Bottom corners slightly bent. Clean contents.. Grey silverish wraps with color illustration. 352 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Edited by Wendy Kaplan, this catalogue was prepared to accompany the inaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian. Contents read as follows: Traditions transformed : romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920 / Wendy Kaplan -- Germany design and national identity, 1890-1918 / Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Irmela Franzke -- The decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930 / Ellinoor Bergvelt -- The English compromise : modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940 / Paul Greenhalgh -- Domesticating modernity : ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940 / Jeffrey L. Meikle -- Forging modern Italy : from wrought iron to aluminum / Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino -- A "return to order" : issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design / Marianne Lamonaca -- Political things : design in fascist Italy / Dennis P. Doordan -- Design in inter-war Germany / John Heskett -- Emblems of production : workers in German, Italian, and American art during the 1930s / Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.

Fine. Paperback. 2015. Originally published at $35.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Good.

1st edition. 4to. 352pp. Colour and b/w. illustrations. E.ps. slightly affected by damp, fore-edge of title page rubbed. Original boards. Rubbed pictorial silver d/w. lettered in grey with 2cm. tear. Please note that additional postage charges may be necessary. ISBN 0500237069 US$22

London: Thames and Hudson., 1995. 352pp, index, 417 ills (300 col). Or gray cloth in jacket. As new. Published to coincide with a travelling exhibition from the Wolfsonian, a Miami institution devoted to examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 & 1945. The book looks at the ways that political, industrial and cultural leaders have employed design in their programs of reform and their efforts to shape public opinion. Shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world and helping to form a sense of national identity, particularly in European countries, through local crafts and vernacular buildings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition that ran November 11, 1995 through April 28, 1996 at The Wolfsonian in Miami and then went on to three other locations for additional dates. Preface by Peggy Loar. Essays by Wendy Kaplan, Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Immela Franzke, Elinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhaigh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett, and Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Includes 400 illustations with 300 in color. An about good copy with some rolling to the pages from being improperly stored in a near fine dust jacket. A good reference copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.

Thames and Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.