California design : the legacy of the West Coast craft and style
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California design : the legacy of the West Coast craft and style
Chronicle Books, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 224) and index
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Description
From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, design from the Golden State was exhibited, debated and even defined through a series of popular exhibitions at the Pasadena Art Museum. The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts and other designs that emerged from California during those crucial decades would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. They would also push the boundaries of new and traditional materials, the craft tradition and the distinction between art and design in ways that made the international design community pay attention and homage. California Design is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions, replete with hundreds of innovative photographs that originally graced the show catalogues and show this work in its original glory. Signature work from Charles & Ray Eames, Jun Kaneko, Sam Maloof, Claire Falkenstein, Doug Deeds, Tropi-Cal, Don Chadwick (co-creator of the Aeron chair), Architectural Pottery and many other designers and studios showcase 20 years of style that was as diverse as it was pioneering.
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Donald Albrecht
- Chapter 1: Furniture
- Part I: Furnishing the California Home
- Jo Lauria
- Part II: Studio Furniture
- Suzanne Baizerman
- Chapter 2: The Fiber Revolution
- Suzanne Baizerman
- Chapter 3: Body Sculpture: California Jewelry
- Toni Greenbaum
- Chapter 4: The "Leading Wedge" of Ceramics
- Jo Lauria
- Chapter 5: Objects in Glass, Metal and Wood
- Suzanne Baizerman
- Chapter 6: Designing the California Lifestyle
- Jo Lauria and Suzanne Baizerman
- Suggested Reading.
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