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California design, 1930-1965 : living in a modern way / Wendy Kaplan, editor ; Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman, curators ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.Description: 359 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9780262016070
  • 0262016079
Other title:
  • Living in a modern way [Cover title]
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK835.C3 C35 2011
Contents:
Introduction : "Living in a modern way" / Wendy Kaplan -- The rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long -- Fusing old and new : émigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman -- Open world : California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg -- At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham -- War and peace : unexpected dividends / Bill Stern -- Serious business : the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson -- Distinctly Californian : modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon -- Developing a language of vision : graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley -- "It has to be sold" : the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NK 835 .C3 C35 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5095728

Published on the occasion of an exhibition on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 25, 2012.

Part of the "Pacific Standard Time : Art in L.A. 1945-1980" funded in part by the Getty Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : "Living in a modern way" / Wendy Kaplan -- The rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long -- Fusing old and new : émigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman -- Open world : California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg -- At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham -- War and peace : unexpected dividends / Bill Stern -- Serious business : the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson -- Distinctly Californian : modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon -- Developing a language of vision : graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley -- "It has to be sold" : the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger.

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