MID-CENTURY MODERN DESIGNERS
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MID-CENTURY MODERN DESIGNERS

BRADBURY, DOMINIC

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Editorial:
PHAIDON
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
ISBN:
978-1-83866-927-0
Páginas:
352
Encuadernación :
Otros
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An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textiles

More than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever before. Explore the popular movement’s distinctive style in this A-Z guide to the 300 influential designers who helped to define it.

From popular icons such as Alvar Aalto, Lina Bo Bardi, Tony Duquette, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Jeanneret, Florence Knoll, and Gio Ponti to the movement’s lesser-known figures, the book showcases an expansive, richly illustrated portrait of Mid-Century Modernism across the globe.

Detailed texts about each designer appear alongside hundreds of images of post-war designs, from furniture to glassware, lighting to textiles, ceramics to tableware, revealing the vibrant cross-pollination of ideas among the designers who defined the era’s aesthetic.
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Un homenaje a los pioneros del diseño que definieron la estética de mediados de siglo a través de su trabajo en muebles, cristalería, cerámica y textiles.

Más de 50 años después, la fascinación por el diseño de mediados de siglo es más fuerte que nunca. Explora el estilo distintivo del movimiento popular en esta guía A-Z de los 300 diseñadores influyentes que ayudaron a definirlo.

Desde íconos populares como Alvar Aalto, Lina Bo Bardi, Tony Duquette, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Jeanneret, Florence Knoll y Gio Ponti hasta las figuras menos conocidas del movimiento, el libro muestra un retrato amplio y ricamente ilustrado de mediados de siglo. Modernismo en todo el mundo.

Textos detallados sobre cada diseñador aparecen junto a cientos de imágenes de diseños de posguerra, desde muebles hasta cristalería, desde iluminación hasta textiles, desde cerámica hasta vajillas, revelando la vibrante polinización cruzada de ideas entre los diseñadores que definieron la estética de la época.

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