California design, 1930-1965 : living in a modern way / Wendy Kaplan, editor ; Wendy Kaplan, Bobbye Tigerman, curators ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.].

Title: 
California design, 1930-1965 : living in a modern way / Wendy Kaplan, editor ; Wendy Kaplan, Bobbye Tigerman, curators ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.].

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Publisher: 
Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Description: 
359 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 32 cm.
Other Authors: 
Kaplan, Wendy.
Tigerman, Bobbye, 1978-
Adamson, Glenn.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Decorative arts California History 20th century Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics) California Exhibitions.
Bib ID: 
130368
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
NK835.C3.C35 2011z
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Variant Title: 
Living in a modern way
Notes: 
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 25, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Purchase; Alibris; 2012; 2000021343
Glass: p. 9 (#89), 106, 195 (#148), 214 (#183).
Contents: 
Introduction : "Living in a modern way" / Wendy Kaplan --
The rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long --
Fusing old and new : émigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman --
Open world : California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg --
At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham --
War and peace : unexpected dividends / Bill Stern --
Serious business : the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson --
Distinctly Californian : modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon --
Developing a language of vision : graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley --
"It has to be sold" : the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger.
ISBN: 
9780262016070
0262016079