California design : the legacy of West Coast craft and style / by Jo Lauria and Suzanne Baizerman ; foreword by Eudorah M. Moore ; introduction by Donald Albrecht ; "Body sculpture: California jewelry" by Toni Greenbaum.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lauria, Jo.

Contributor:

• Baizerman, Suzanne.
• Greenbaum, Toni.
• Oakland Museum of California.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Decorative arts--California--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
• California Design.
• Decorative arts.
• History.
• California.

Genre:

• Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

228 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, [2005]

Summary:

The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. And the best of these were exhibited, sometimes idolized, through a series of popular shows at the Pasadena Art Museum. "California Design" is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions and the West Coast style they epitomized, replete with hundreds of innovative photographs showcasing the works in all their original glory. Signature works from Charles & Ray Eames, Tropi-Cal, Don Chadwick (co-creator of the Aeron chair), and many other designers and studios illustrate twenty years of style that was as diverse as it was pioneering.

Contents:

• Production furniture : manufacturing a California style / Jo Lauria
• California studio furniture : revealing skill and spirit / Suaznne Baizerman
• The fiber revolution / Suzanne Baizerman
• Body sculpture : California jewelry / Toni Greenbaum
• The "leading wedge" of ceramics / Jo Lauria
• Sculpture and functional objects in glass, metal and wood / Suzanne Baizerman
• Designing the California lifestyle / Jo Lauria and Suzanne Baizerman.

Notes:

• Catalog of a forthcoming exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California.
• Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index.

ISBN:

0811843742

OCLC:

57342201