Airworld
Subtitle: design and architecture for air travel
By: Vitra Design Museum.
Contributors: Vegesack, Alexander von.; Eisenbrand, Jochen.; Vitra Design Museum.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: [The Museum]
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Weil am Rhein
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Aeronautics, Commercial -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction -- Exhibitions; Air travel -- History -- Exhibitions; Airports -- Design and construction -- Exhibitions; Design, Industrial -- History -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Within a mere eight decades, since the first regular airline flights in 1919, flying has gone from being an adventurous, exclusive pleasure of a select few to an almost everyday mass phenomenon of transportation. During this time, civilian air travel has not only created its own technical standards; it has also produced its own aesthetic: cabin interiors, airport architecture, airline corporate design, flight attendant uniforms, even on-board plates and cutlery. This Vitra Design Museum exhibition is dedicated to the 'airworld' encountered by passengers during flight from the perspective of the history of design and architecture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalog to accompany an exhibition of the same title held at the Museum from 15 May 2004 to 27 February 2005.
"Editors: Alexander von Vegesack, Jochen Eisenbrand"--T.p. verso.