Fifties Style : then and now / Richard Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Richard, 1954-

Contributor:

Michael Friedman Publishing Group, book producer.

Courage Books (Firm), publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--United States--History--20th century--Themes, motives.

Design.

Design--Themes, motives.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

175, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,

Other Title:

50's style

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : [Published by] Courage Books, 1988.

Contents:

Introduction

Product Design. Cruisin'; What's Cooking?; Taking It Easy; Playtime; Homework; This Means Business; Package Deal; Here Come the Planes; Ridiculously Practical

Graphic Design. Space; Abstractions; Order and Disorder; Homey Clutter; Dreams that Money Can Buy; Smiley; Free-Hand; The Photographic Image; The Human Factor; High-Tack

Craft Objects. Plain and Simple; Surface Brilliance; Expressionism; Figuratively Speaking; The Shape of Things; Marketing Craft Objects; Hands On

Furniture and Furnishings. "Good Design"; Cost Effective; A Sense of the Past; Way Out; New Wave; Pattern Play; Decorating in Extremis; Future Perfect

Interior Design. The Space Age; A House Divided; Sticks and Stones; Models of Efficiency; Fantastic!; Living Color; Beyond Good and Bad

Architecture. Wright-Minded; Boxed In; The Mieslings; Exuberance; Anywhere, U.S.A.; On the Road; Retro-Pop

Fashion. Evening; The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit; Sporty; Women by Day; "The American Look"; Kids!; The Young and the Restless; All in Good Fun.

Notes:

"A Friedman Group Book"--Title page verso.

"'Fifties Style ...' was prepared and produced by Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc., 15 West 26th Street, New York, N.Y. 10010"--Title page verso.

"Editor: Naomi Black. Art Director: Richard Boddy. Designer: Mary Moriarty. Photo Editor: Susan Duane"--Title page verso.

"Jacket illustration by Susan Faiola. Jacket art direction by Lesley Achitoff"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-167) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0894716247

9780894716249

OCLC:

18315182