American Design

American Design
Author: Russell Flinchum
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780870707407

"The story of American design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York" -- from back cover.

American Design Ethic

American Design Ethic
Author: Arthur J. Pulos
Publisher: Mit Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1986
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780262660570

Describes the development of the design of manufactured goods and examines the interaction between the American culture and industrial design

Journey

Journey
Author: Alan Wanzenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781938461095

Esteemed New York architect and interior designer Alan Wanzenberg shares his intimate story and brilliantly crafted projects in this personal monograph, Journey: The Life and Times of an American Architect.

American Set Design

American Set Design
Author: Arnold Aronson
Publisher: New York : Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1985
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Examines the stage sets by eleven top U.S. designers and discusses the background of each artist.

A Modern World

A Modern World
Author: Yale University. Art Gallery
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Decorative arts
ISBN: 9780300153019

"Draws upon the renowned collection of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery to explore the appearance and dissemination of modern design in the United States. This catalogue organizes roughly 300 examples of silver, glass, industrial design, furniture, medals, jewelry, and printed textiles into thematic groups that chart the aesthetic and social trends that defined American design from the Jazz Age to the Space Age. The authors consider modernism broadly--from handmade luxury goods to mass-produced housewares--establishing a context for the objects within larger international developments in architecture, avant-garde art, and scientific innovation."--Publisher description.

American Streamlined Design

American Streamlined Design
Author: David A. Hanks
Publisher: Flammarion
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-08-30
Genre: Design
ISBN:

"The twentieth century loved machines and the speed they made possible. Speeding cars, trains, and planes promised to conquer space and time; their aerodynamic styling and metal skins embodied a new and modern beauty, one that especially enchanted American designers from the late 1920s through the 1950s. Streamlining became the popular American style for all sorts of objects: from toy scooters to typewriters, from power tools to teakettles." "This book celebrates this beauty as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Kem Weber, Henry Dreyfuss, Norman Bel Geddes, as well as in works by many lesser-known industrial designers whose products are presented here for the first time. The book also demonstrates the resurgence of interest in streamlining among international vanguard designers from the 1980s to the present." "This volume is illustrated with patent drawings and period photographs showing how these dynamically styled objects were used. The one hundred eighty objects presented here, drawn from the Eric Brill Collection (recently donated to the American Friends of Canada) and supplemented by pieces from the Stewart Collection at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, were photographed for this book. A full bibliography, biographies of the designers, and index complete the study."--BOOK JACKET.

American Book Design and William Morris

American Book Design and William Morris
Author: Susan Otis Thompson
Publisher: Lyons and Burford Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN:

There are 111 illustrations of bindings, title pages, type, and decorations, as well as a very extensive bibliography.

Beautiful

Beautiful
Author: Mark D. Sikes
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0847848922

This New York Times bestselling book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes’s interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration, informed and influenced by the fashion world where he began his career. In eight chapters, he explores approachable, stylish looks, from "Blue and White Forever," which features indigos, stripes, batiks, and wicker in casual rooms such as porches and pool houses; to "Timeless Neutrals," presenting semiformal rooms filled with chinoiserie, gilt, glass, mirrors, banquettes, and French chairs; to "Garden Greens," featuring happy, casual family rooms and kitchens inspired by the garden with treillage woodwork, rattan, and cotton. There are also "Beautiful Brights," colorful rooms that are eclectic, layered, and fun, with chintz, florals, and Middle Eastern influences; and "Sun Faded Hues," rustic coastal rooms with weathered fabrics and furniture. Each chapter presents light-filled images of the designer’s looks and offers the reader inspiration and advice. As famed film director Nancy Meyers writes in the book’s foreword, this is a book that shows design lovers "how classic can look fresh, how style and comfort go hand-in-hand."

Parish-Hadley

Parish-Hadley
Author: Mrs. Henry Parish (II)
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Total Pages: 181
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780316700320

From the Kennedy White House to homes for the Astors, Rockefellers, de la Rentas and Gettys, the American firm Parish Hadley has set a standard for interior design over the last 60 years. Using the homes of famous clients, this book provides a room-by-room exploration of Parish Hadley design.

American Indian Design and Decoration

American Indian Design and Decoration
Author: Le Roy H. Appleton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486135993

Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, much more. 4 plates in color. Text gives lore and tradition behind the designs.