'A range of important issues for the history of interior design in the 20th century' - Journal of Design History

'Packed with examples and analysis of all the major styles and trends … written clearly and succinctly' - Antiques Diary

This revised and expanded history of interior design from the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day is packed with examples and analysis of all the major styles and trends, including Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement and Art Deco through to Post-Modern and Hi-Tech Design. The author has brought the book right up to date with a new chapter on sustainable interior design, focusing on public spaces such as hotels, offices and shops.
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Presents the history of interior design from the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement onwards. This book analysis major styles and trends, including Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement and Art Deco through to Post-Modern and Hi-Tech Design.
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Foreword • Reforming Victorian Taste • The Search for a New Style The Modern Movement • Art Deco and the Moderne • The Emergence of Interior Decoration as a Profession • Post-War Modernism Consumer Culture • The Post-Modern Era • The Sustainability of Interior Design
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'A stimulating, introductory dip into the mainstream (and significant off-beat) interior design styles of the last century' <i>House & Garden</i>

Product details

ISBN
9780500203972
Published
2008-05-05
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Height
210 mm
Width
150 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256

Author

Biographical note

Anne Massey is a design curator, researcher and writer. She has organised exhibitions at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as well as contributing to exhibition catalogues published by the Haus de Kunst, Munich; the V & A; the Whitechapel Gallery and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. She studied the history of modern art and design at Northumbria University, where she also awarded her PhD. She has worked as Professor of Design and Culture at several UK universities and was the founding editor of Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture. She is presently Professorial Fellow at the University for the Creative Arts.