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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeremy Aynsley |
ISBN: | 9781861894014 1861894015 |
OCLC Number: | 476821922 |
Description: | 255 s. : illustrations delvis i farver |
Contents: | Introduction: The Culture of Design in Germany -- Design Ideals, Design Reform, Design Professions, 1870-1914 -- Experiment and Tradition in Design, 1917-33 -- Politics and Design: Reacting and Colsolidation, 1933-45 -- Reconstruction and the Tale of Two Germanys, 1945-75 -- Reunification: Design in a Global Context, 1975-2005 |
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a welcome book that should be on the shelf of every university library ... this book, more than any source outside academic specialist literature, brings the complexity of German developments to the public ... should be required reading for all professors teaching history of design courses. Essential. Choice There are very few books that survey the complicated history of German design from the first stirrings of modernism in 1870 to the post-reunification Germany of today. More than a roll call of great designers, Aynsley provides a fully contextualised history with sections on design education, department stores and publishing, and throughout, a close examination of design's often uneasy relationship with politics and national identity. ARLIS Read more...

