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UNINA9910783389603321 |
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Autore |
Betts Paul |
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Titolo |
The authority of everyday objects [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of West German industrial design / / Paul Betts |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36040-X |
9781417544996 |
9786612360404 |
0-520-94135-7 |
1-59734-477-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Industrial design - Germany - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-338) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Design, the Cold War, and West German Culture -- CHAPTER ONE. Re-Enchanting the Commodity -- CHAPTER TWO. The Conscience of the Nation -- CHAPTER THREE. The Nierentisch Nemesis -- CHAPTER FOUR. Design and Its Discontents -- CHAPTER FIVE. Design, Liberalism, and the State -- CHAPTER SIX. Coming in from the Cold -- CONCLUSION. Memory and Materialism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. In this pathbreaking study, Paul Betts brings to light the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. The Authority of Everyday Objects details how the postwar period gave rise to a new design culture comprising a sprawling network of diverse interest groups-including the state and industry, architects and designers, consumer groups and museums, as well as publicists and women's organizations-who all identified industrial design as a vital means of economic recovery, social reform, and even |
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