Description
Bringing Modernity Home offers a retrospective view of the development of popular taste and the beginnings of a new phase in the rise of the consumer society in the post Second World War period. It traces the change to consumer-led design after a time of grim austerity and recovery from the war while the state and production considerations held sway when consumers "couldn't afford taste". The case studies of so-called frivolous items like the cocktail cabinet, the coffee table and the rise of DIY in the working-class homes of the "new towns" gives a flavor of the excitement and thrill they afforded designers, makers and consumers after the harsh deprivations of the war.
About the Author
Judith Attfield was Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Book Information
ISBN 9780719063268
Author Judy Attfield
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Series Studies in Design and Material Culture
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 19mm
About the Author
Judith Attfield was Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Book Information
ISBN 9780719063268
Author Judy Attfield
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Series Studies in Design and Material Culture
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 19mm
Details
Subtitle: |
Writings on Popular Design and Material Culture |
Series: |
Studies in Design and Material Culture |
Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
