Street Furniture Design: Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain - Couverture rigide

Herring, Eleanor

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474245617 ISBN 13 : 9781474245616

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

A study of how post-war British street furniture design was shaped by national and local governments as part of a wider effort to deliver 'good design' into everyday life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Eleanor Herring is Lecturer in design history at the Glasgow School of Art, UK.

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Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and cities had been laid waste by bombing and the privations of war.

She also considers the innate conservatism of local communities and councils, wary of a standardised street design imposed from above. She traces how the design of street furniture became the site of a fierce struggle which exposed deep-seated anxieties about class, taste and power. Herring's original research draws on archival material and on interviews with leading figures in urban design, including graphic designer Margaret Calvert and industrial designer Kenneth Grange.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474245617
• ISBN 13: 9781474245616
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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