Émigré cultures in design and architecture

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Clarke, Alison

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017

Language

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ISBN

9781474275637

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
• DESIGN-SOCIAL ASPECTS
• IMMIGRANTS

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

Émigré Cultures in Design and Architecture considers the lasting contribution made by Central European designers and architects to twentieth-century architecture.

Featuring original writing from leading academics in the field, this edited collection examines how oppositional stances in debates concerning consumption and modernism’s social agendas in Europe prefigured the adoption or rejection of émigrés such as Joseph Binder, Josef Frank and Felix Augenfeld by American culture. The contributors to this cutting-edge volume argue that émigrés and refugees from fascist Europe drew on the particular experiences of their home countries, and networks of émigré and exiled designers in the United States, developing a humanist, progressive and socially inclusive design culture which continues to influence design practice today.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiv, 236 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
Introduction—Émigré Cultures and New Design Dimensions
1. Social Transformation and Mass Consumption
2. Assimilation, Emancipation, and Modern Pluralism
3. “Outsiders” Perspectives and Cultural Critique
4. Emigration and Education—Bauhaus in the United States
5. Envisioning a Global Home

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00272/20	720.103 Émi	Online !	Available