Binding: Paperback
Description: From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consumers need? Or to persuade them to buy things that they don't need? Where does the designer stand in all this? And how has the role of design in America changed over time since the early days of the young Republic? Jeffrey Meikle explores the social and cultural history of American design spanning over two centuries from the hand - crafted furniture and objects of the early nineteenth century through the era of industrialization and the mass production of the machine age to the information - based society of the present covering everything from the Arts and Crafts movement to Art Deco modernism to post - modernism MOM a to the Tupperware bowl.
Title: Design In The Usa
Author(s): Meikle Jeffrey L. (Professor Of American Studies And Art History At The University Of Texas Austin)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780192842190
Pages: 252 Pages, Halftones And Full Colour Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 7/28/2005
Series: Oxford History of Art
Category: Industrial / Commercial Art & Design