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Sixties Design
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!
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“For lovers of pop art, Twiggy, the Beatles and everything retro, this book is mecca... Enough to turn the most stringent modernist into a hippy, this is the ultimate guide to the sixties." - Homes & Living, Sydney
Sixties Design provides a richly illustrated survey of a remarkable decade. The text reviews the period through certain all-important themes—the Modernist continuum, pop culture, space age styles, utopian ambitions and ‘anti-design', identifying the impact of new thinking on every area of design. Embracing a wide variety of media, and making connections between domestic and industrial design, graphics, film, fashion, architecture and city planning, the illustrations highlight the best design examples of the decade.
About the author:
Philippe Garner is a Director of Christie's and is their International Head of Photographs and of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. He is widely recognised as an authority within these fields and has written numerous essays and books on specific aspects of the history of photography and the applied arts. His books include studies of the life and work of Emile Gallé and photographers Cecil Beaton and John Cowan, as well as thematic investigations such as his Sixties Design for TASCHEN. He has also curated museum exhibitions in London, Paris and Tokyo.
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New! Sixties Design
Hardcover 8.9 x 11.8 in., 176 pages, $ 14.99
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- Events (1 items)
Exhibition
Flowerpower & Weltraumdesign. Lebens- und Wohnkultur der 60er und 70er Jahre
June 22, 2008 - August 31, 2008
Ostholstein-Museum, Schlossplatz 1, 23701 Eutin, Tel.: +49-4521-70180, Germany
Flowerpower & Weltraumdesign. Lebens- und Wohnkultur der 60er und 70er Jahre
June 22, 2008 - August 31, 2008
Ostholstein-Museum, Schlossplatz 1, 23701 Eutin, Tel.: +49-4521-70180, Germany
- Reviews (1 items)
“This sumptuous, budget-priced book of electrifyingly colorful furniture, clothing, rock, and film posters manages to accomplish what few books about the sixties achieve. By adroitly sorting designs into space age and pop culture themes, British design maven Philippe Garner unearths the roots of sixties psychedelic fantasies in 1900.”
Christian Science Monitor, New York, United States
Christian Science Monitor, New York, United States
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