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Mid-Century Modern Interiors explores the history of interior
design during arguably its most iconic and influential period. The
1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for
interior design. It not only saw the emergence of some of interior
design's most globally-important designers, it also saw the field
of interior design emerge at last as a profession in its own right.
Through a series of detailed case studies this book introduces the
key practitioners of the period - world-renowned designers
including Ray and Charles Eames, Richard Neutra, and George Nelson
- and examines how they developed new approaches by applying
systematic and rational principles to the creation of interior
spaces. It takes us into the mind of the designer to show how they
each used interior design to express their varied theoretical
interests, and reveals how the principles they developed have
become embodied in the way interior design is practiced today. This
focus on unearthing the underlying ideas and concepts behind their
designs rather than on the finished results creates a richer, more
conceptual understanding of this pivotal period in modernist design
history. With an extended introduction setting the case studies
within the broader context of twentieth-century design and
architectural history, this book provides both an introduction and
an in-depth analysis for students and scholars of interior design,
architecture and design history.
The book builds an original argument for the department store as a
significant site of design production, and therefore offers an
alternative interpretation to the mainstream focus on consumption
within retail history. Emily M. Orr presents a fresh perspective on
the rise of modern urban consumer culture, of which the department
store was a key feature. By investigating the production processes
of display as well as fascinating information about
display-making's tools and technologies, the skills of the
displayman and the meaning and context of design decisions which
shaped the final visual effect are revealed. In addition, the book
identifies and isolates 'display' as a distinct moment in the life
of the commodity, and understands it as an influential channel of
mediation in the shopping experience. The assembly and
interpretation of a diverse range of previously unexplored primary
resources and archives yields fascinating new evidence, showing how
display achieved an agency which transformed everyday objects into
commodities and made consumers out of passersby.
Feng-Shui is very popular in modern times. The author analyzed
using 'wood' element as means for correction and decoration of
flat, office, and villa. As result, she wrote three books applying
this knowledge to temperate zone, being supported by her
coauthor-botanist Julia Tarasova (assistant in Botanic Garden at
Saint-Petersburg State University above 15 years). The books
describe ecodesign according to ancient Chinese culture. First
Russian edition of the series was published by 'Piter'
(Saint-Petersburg, 2004) and reprinted by 'Amrita-Rus' (Moscow,
2007). All free volumes are included into this encyclopedia.
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