Designing modern Germany / / Jeremy Aynsley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910331859503321
• Autore: Aynsley Jeremy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Reaktion, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-79610-0; 9786612796104; 1-86189-744-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Disciplina: 708.3155; 745.409430904
• Soggetti: Design - Germany - History - 20th century; Decorative arts - Germany - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Designing Modern Germany Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction: The Culture of Design in Germany; 1: Design Ideals, Design Reform, Design Professions, 1870-1914; 2: Experiment and Tradition in Design, 1917-33; 3: Politics and Design: Reaction and Consolidation, 1933-45; 4: Reconstruction and the Tale of Two Germanys, 1945-75; 5: Reunification: Design in a Global Context, 1975-2005; Conclusion; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: German design and architecture reflects the country's rich and fraught political history in its structure and aesthetic philosophy. Jeremy Aynsley now offers an in-depth study of this relationship between German history and design since 1870 and the compl