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Author: Virginia Wright Publisher: ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 244
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Chronicles issues affecting the practice of furniture design through the 50 years spanning the commercial birth of the modern movement in Canada, its development and growth, and the demise of government support and public advocacy. Looks at the introduction from Europe, the furniture professions, craft and design, architects and advocacy, committees and competitions, and design issues. Highly illustrated in black and white with a few color plates. Canadian card order number: C96-930643-1. Paper edition (unseen), $39.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Virginia Wright Publisher: ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
Chronicles issues affecting the practice of furniture design through the 50 years spanning the commercial birth of the modern movement in Canada, its development and growth, and the demise of government support and public advocacy. Looks at the introduction from Europe, the furniture professions, craft and design, architects and advocacy, committees and competitions, and design issues. Highly illustrated in black and white with a few color plates. Canadian card order number: C96-930643-1. Paper edition (unseen), $39.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Virginia Wright Publisher: ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 240
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Canada's furniture history includes hitherto unrecognized work of international significance in modern design. In this richly illustrated study, Virginia Wright brings such accomplishments to the fore, employing archival photographs and original documentation to trace the development of professional furniture design, design education, and design advocacy in Canada from 1920 to 1970.Chief among the milestones were the production in Ontario in the mid-1920s of moulded plywood seating for assembly halls, and the world's first moulded plastic furniture produced in prototype by the National Research Council in 1946 - three years before the more famous designs by Charles Eames in the United States. Within a narrative framework, Wright charts the development of modern design from its first appearance in an Eaton's department store, with pieces brought from the Paris Exposition of 1925, through its stealthy entry into Canadian homes, to its establishment as a dominant style. She shows how the introduction of modern industrial materials such as steel tube, rubber, and plywood into the production of commercial and institutional furnishings, and their incorporation into modern decor, reached a wide public through exhibitions and the media. Wright also reveals the relative neglect of this facet of Canada's art history by its museums and galleries, which, after featuring new furniture made in Canada, failed to acquire any for their own permanent exhibitions or study collections. The first account of Canada's innovative furniture design and fabrication of the period, Modern Furniture in Canada, 1920 to 1970 opens the door to a whole new field of study.
Author: Canadian Museum of Civilization Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773528734 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 152
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Leading Canadian artists, curators, and art historians from Douglas Coupland to Paul Bourassa look at questions of design and national identity in the 1960s.
Author: Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Publisher: Brandon, Man. : Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba ISBN: 9780969762263 Category : Furniture Languages : en Pages : 36
Author: Fredie Floré Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317020472 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 250
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In many different parts of the world modern furniture elements have served as material expressions of power in the post-war era. They were often meant to express an international and in some respects apolitical modern language, but when placed in a sensitive setting or a meaningful architectural context, they were highly capable of negotiating or manipulating ideological messages. The agency of modern furniture was often less overt than that of political slogans or statements, but as the chapters in this book reveal, it had the potential of becoming a persuasive and malleable ally in very diverse politically charged arenas, including embassies, governmental ministries, showrooms, exhibitions, design schools, libraries, museums and even prisons. This collection of chapters examines the consolidating as well as the disrupting force of modern furniture in the global context between 1945 and the mid-1970s. The volume shows that key to understanding this phenomenon is the study of the national as well as transnational systems through which it was launched, promoted and received. While some chapters squarely focus on individual furniture elements as vehicles communicating political and social meaning, others consider the role of furniture within potent sites that demand careful negotiation, whether between governments, cultures, or buyer and seller. In doing so, the book explicitly engages different scholarly fields: design history, history of interior architecture, architectural history, cultural history, diplomatic and political history, postcolonial studies, tourism studies, material culture studies, furniture history, and heritage and preservation studies. Taken together, the narratives and case studies compiled in this volume offer a better understanding of the political agency of post-war modern furniture in its original historical context. At the same time, they will enrich current debates on reuse, relocation or reproduction of some of these elements.
Author: Michael Crow Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440338760 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 241
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Minimalist design--maximum style! In the middle of the last century, a new generation of designers sought to render furniture to its most essential forms. In doing so, they created timeless designs that defined Mid-Century Modern Style. From the sleek geometric lines of Bauhaus-inspired design to the sculptural shapes of Danish masters, this furniture captured the imagination of the era and enjoys growing popularity today. Now for the first time, author Michael Crow has carefully detailed 29 seminal works by the era's foremost designers, including Hans Wenger, Finn Juhl and George Nelson. At their best, these spare, often sculptural designs transcend their period and are at home in a variety of settings. Each piece has been selected carefully so it can be built in an average workshop. Inside this book you'll find: • More than 100 drawings with exploded views, elevations and details for projects to fit every room in your house. • Practical advice on wood selection, hardware sources and contruction and finishing techniques. • Two step-by-step project builds. • A richly illustrated historical overview tracing the evolution of the style and exploring the designers and makers who shaped it.
Author: Virginia Wright
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Author: Virginia Wright
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Author: Fredie Floré
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Author: Michael Crow