House & Garden fifties house
By: Catriona Gray ; foreword by Terence Conran
Series: Decades of Design series
Publisher: Conran
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781840916621
Subjects: Interior decoration; Pictorial works; Nineteen fifties; History
Other titles: Fifties house; 50's house
Description: The post-war consumer boom of the 1950s, coupled with a desire for new, innovative design resulted in one of the most exciting decades in the history of interiors - a visual revolution that was captured on the pages of British House & Garden. In Fifties House, mid-century modern enthusiast Catriona Gray has drawn on the magazine's peerless archive, curating the best illustrations and photographs to show how the use of colour, pattern, homewares and furniture evolved through the decade. The homes of key tastemakers are featured including Le Corbusier, Gio Ponti, Terence Conran and Hans and Florence Knoll. The first title in the new Decades of Design series, House & Garden Fifties House is required reading for mid-century modern enthusiasts, collectors and decorators in search of inspiration from the most influential homes of the past.
Notes: Includes bibliography & stockists (page 218) and index.