Description
British Design provides an illuminating encounter with the history and key features of post-War design in Britain.
About the Author
Christopher Breward is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh and Principal of Edinburgh College of Art, both UK. Fiona Fisher is a researcher in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University, UK. Ghislaine Wood is Deputy Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, UK.
Reviews
This compact volume represents good value for money with many fresh ideas and perceptive overviews. As a handbook of ideas about the history of British design from the post-war years to the 2010s, it is useful and thought provoking and gathers together leading experts, emerging and established researchers and polemicists. * Journal of Design History *
Anyone who's wondered how the Britain of utility furniture and wartime rationing managed to evolve into 'Cool Britannia' will find this a remarkable book. The authors work from case studies, achieving a remarkably nuanced portrait of a country in transition. From the trend setting crafts for sale at the London boutique Primavera to the "fun furniture" available at Mr Freedom, the examples presented in this edited volume are like a breath of fresh air; they also provide a counterweight to older, decorous studies of British "good taste." The interiors of post-war country house decorators like John Fowler and modernist architects like Mary Crowley and David Medd receive equal treatment. British interior design emerges as transgressive and eccentric, romantic and--at its best--ingenious. -- Elizabeth Guffey, State University of New York at Purchase, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781472505378
Author Christopher Breward
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 524g