British design : tradition and modernity after 1948 /: tradition and modernity after 1948. (2015 copyright 2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: British design (Bloomsbury (Firm))
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christopher Breward, Fiona Fisher and Ghislaine Wood.
• Editors: Breward, Christopher, 1965-; Fisher, Fiona; Wood, Ghislaine
• Other Names: Spaces and Places: British Design 1948-2012 (Conference)
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age: A Retrospective View, Christopher Breward, Edinburgh College of Art, UK and Ghislaine Wood, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK -- The Spaces and Places of British Modernity, Fiona Fisher and Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK -- 1. The Primavera Story, 1946-1967, Janine Barker, Northumbria University, UK and Cheryl Buckley, Parsons, The New School for Design and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, USA -- 2. Tommy Roberts: Kleptomania to Two Columbia Road, Paul Gorman, Visual Culture Writer, USA -- 3. John Fowler, Nancy Lancaster and the English Country House, Martin Wood, Designer and Writer, UK -- 4. At Home with Modern Design, 1958-1965: A Case Study, Christine Lalumia, Design Historian, UK -- 5. Conservative Flagship. Interior design for RMS Windsor Castle, 1960, Harriet McKay, Royal College of Art, UK -- 6. Bernat Klein: Colouring the Interior, Fiona Anderson, National Museums Scotland, UK -- 7. Ancient Spaces in Modern Dress: Basil Spence at the University of Sussex, Maurice Howard, University of Sussex, UK -- 8. Architects Co-partnership: Private Practice for Public Service, Alan Powers, University of Greenwich, UK -- 9. Something Fierce: Brutalist Historicism in the University of Essex Library, Jules Lubbock, University of Essex, UK -- 10. Hidden Internationalisms: Tradition and Modernism in Post-war Primary School Design 1948-1972, Catherine Burke, University of Cambridge, UK -- 11. Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances. Modernist Pop and Modernist Architecture: A Short History of a Misunderstanding, Owen Hatherley, Journalist, UK -- 12. -- Edinburgh on the Couch, -- Richard J. Williams, University of Edinburgh, UK -- 13. Heatherwick Studio: A New Bus for London, Abraham Thomas, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 745.0941/0904; Design -- Essays; DESIGN / General; DESIGN / History & Criticism; DESIGN / Essays; Design -- General; Design -- History & Criticism; History of art & design styles: from c 1900; Space (Architecture) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Space (Architecture) -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century; Design -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Design -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474256223; 1474256228
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.