Bringing together a range of international studies, this volume discusses the agency of modern furniture in post-war interiors. It argues that modern furniture played a critical and underestimated role in the crafting of political messages in very diverse arenas between the 1940s and the 1970s.
Bringing together a range of international studies, this volume discusses the agency of modern furniture in post-war interiors. It argues that modern furniture played a critical and underestimated role in the crafting of political messages in very diverse arenas between the 1940s and the 1970s.
Fredie Floré is an engineer-architect and Associate Professor in history of (interior) architecture at KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture. She is a member of the research group Architecture Interiority Inhabitation (A2I). Her research focuses on the representational role of architecture, interiors and design in the post-war era. Cammie McAtee is an independent curator and architectural historian based in Montréal. For many years, she was a curator at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Her research focuses on post-war North American architecture and design.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: The Politics of Furniture (Fredie Floré and Cammie McAtee), Part I: Furniture and Identity Politics, 1.Nomadic Furniture in the "Heart of Darkness": Colonial and Post-Colonial Trajectories of Modern Design Artifacts To and From Tropical Africa (Johan Lagae), 2.Modernism on Vacation: The Politics of Hotel Furniture in the Spanish Caribbean (Erica N. Morawski), 3.When Modernity Confronts Tradition: Conflicting Visions for Post-War Furniture Design in Québec (Martin Racine), 4. The Belgian Royal Library: An Expression of National Identity with an International Imprimatur (Fredie Floré and Hannes Pieters), Part II: Spaces of Persuasion , 5. Exhibitions for Modern Living: Lifestyle Propaganda and the Promotion of Modern Furniture and Furnishings in the United States, 1930s-1950s (Margaret Maile Petty), 6.Knolling Paris: From the "New Look" to Knoll au Louvre (Cammie McAtee and Fredie Floré), 7. Correction Fairs and Japanese Furniture Made in Prison (Yasuko Suga), Part III: The Diplomacy of Furniture, 8.National Identity and Modern Furniture in Brasilia's Itamaraty Palace (Luciana Saboia, Elane Ribeiro Peixoto, and José Airton Costa Junior), 9. All-Over Inside and Out: Eero Saarinen's United States Embassy in London (Cammie McAtee), 10. Designed Diplomacy: Furniture, Furnishing and Art in Australian Embassies for Washington DC and Paris (Philip Goad)
Introduction: The Politics of Furniture (Fredie Floré and Cammie McAtee), Part I: Furniture and Identity Politics, 1.Nomadic Furniture in the "Heart of Darkness": Colonial and Post-Colonial Trajectories of Modern Design Artifacts To and From Tropical Africa (Johan Lagae), 2.Modernism on Vacation: The Politics of Hotel Furniture in the Spanish Caribbean (Erica N. Morawski), 3.When Modernity Confronts Tradition: Conflicting Visions for Post-War Furniture Design in Québec (Martin Racine), 4. The Belgian Royal Library: An Expression of National Identity with an International Imprimatur (Fredie Floré and Hannes Pieters), Part II: Spaces of Persuasion , 5. Exhibitions for Modern Living: Lifestyle Propaganda and the Promotion of Modern Furniture and Furnishings in the United States, 1930s-1950s (Margaret Maile Petty), 6.Knolling Paris: From the "New Look" to Knoll au Louvre (Cammie McAtee and Fredie Floré), 7. Correction Fairs and Japanese Furniture Made in Prison (Yasuko Suga), Part III: The Diplomacy of Furniture, 8.National Identity and Modern Furniture in Brasilia's Itamaraty Palace (Luciana Saboia, Elane Ribeiro Peixoto, and José Airton Costa Junior), 9. All-Over Inside and Out: Eero Saarinen's United States Embassy in London (Cammie McAtee), 10. Designed Diplomacy: Furniture, Furnishing and Art in Australian Embassies for Washington DC and Paris (Philip Goad)
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