Catalog of the exhibition British design 1948-2012 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Mar. 31-Aug. 12, 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
An architect in London / Zaha Hadid. In the service of the state : change and continuity in design / Christopher Breward & Ghislaine Wood ; Export textiles in West Africa / Nicola Stylianou -- Urban visions : designing for the welfare state / Jonathan Woodham ; Coventry Cathedral / Lily Crowther -- Nation, land and heritage / Maurice Howard ; Ecology and furniture design / John Makepeace -- At home with modernity : the new domestic scene / Penny Sparke ; The legacy of the Festival of Britain / Terence Conran -- Subversion 1955-97 / Christopher Breward & Ghislaine Wood -- Pop goes the art school : design and education / Simon Martin ; Paolozzi and the Krazy Kat Arkive / Anne Massey ; The RCA / Zandra Rhodes -- Staging space : design for performance 1958-89 / Kate Dorney -- Boutiques and beyond : the rise of British fashion / Christopher Breward ; Biba / Barbara Hulanicki ; Out of Nottingham / Paul Smith -- A danceable solution to teenage revolution : subcultural lifestyles, 1973-86 / Michael Bracewell ; The autonomous opportunity / Peter Saville ; Eighties, nineties, noughties / Tom Dixon -- Innovation and creativity 1963-2012 / Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood -- Workshop of the world? : manufacturing the British product / Deborah Sugg Ryan ; Sixty years of design : reflections / Kenneth Grange -- The cult of the lab : a nation of inventors / Louise Shannon ; The old reliable : contemporary British design and the resources of craft / Glenn Adamson -- British design consultancy and the creative economy / Guy Julier ; A life in advertising / John Hegarty -- Postmodernism to ghost modernism : architectural revenants 1979-2012 / Jonathan Meades ; An architect in London / Zaha Hadid.
Summary:
"Celebrating the best design in Britain, this landmark book highlights the range of British creativity since the London Olympics of 1948 Drawing in more than 350 of the finest examples of British art, architecture, photography, fashion, textiles, furniture, graphic design, video games and product design, British Design from 1948 is a comprehensive survey of more than 60 years of British ingenuity"--Jacket.
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