Mid-century modern : visionary furniture design from Vienna / Caroline Wohlgemuth ; translations and copyediting, Douglas Deitemyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wohlgemuth, Caroline, author.

Contributor:

Deitemyer, Douglas, translator, editor.

Series:

Edition Die Angewandte, University Press

Edition Angewandte, 1866-248X

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Furniture design--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.

Furniture design.

Modernism (Aesthetics).

History.

Austria--Vienna.

Physical Description:

295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, map, plans, portraits ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

Visionary furniture design from Vienna

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2022]

Summary:

In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day ? not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their ideas and vision throughout the entire world. Their creations became classics of twentieth-century furniture design, the epitome of mid-century modern style. This book honors the memory of the exiled designers with a thorough overview of their work. It details their life stories and their visionary designs, which remain as relevant and contemporary as ever, and brings to light new aspects of the history of Viennese furniture design.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

German edition

PDF version

ISBN:

9783035624090

3035624097

OCLC:

1294273872

Publisher Number:

9783035624090