1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975311803321

Autore

Meikle Jeffrey L. <1949->

Titolo

Design in the USA / / Jeffrey L. Meikle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-34650-0

9786611346508

0-19-151802-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Oxford history of art

Disciplina

745.2/0973

Soggetti

Industrial design - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The emergence of the American system, 1790-1860 -- Art and industry in the gilded age, 1860-1918 -- Designing the machine age, 1918-1940 -- High design versus popular styling, 1940-1965 -- Into the millenium: moving beyond modernism -- Notes -- Timeline -- Museums and websites -- List of illustrations.

Sommario/riassunto

From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. Meikle explores the fascinating history of American design, from the industrialization of the nineteenth century and the mass production of the machine age to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. - ;From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a c