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Century of the Child - Growing by Design 1900-2000 (Hardcover, New)
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Century of the Child - Growing by Design 1900-2000 (Hardcover, New)
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In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key
published "The Century of the Child," presaging the coming century
as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around
the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking
inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth
century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The
Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions
for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the
"citizens of the future" to the dark realities of political
conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys,
clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries,
furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated
catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the
physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and,
conversely, how models of children's play have informed
experimental aesthetics and imaginative design
thinking-engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the
iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the
unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar
figures. Divided into seven sections-"New Century, New Child, New
Art"; "Avant-Garde Playtime"; "Light, Air, Health"; "Children and
the Body Politic"; "Regeneration"; "Power Play"; and "Designing
Better Worlds"-"The Century of the Child" focuses on individuals
and projects that represent innovative and comprehensive
contributions to design for children.
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