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Retro A Guide to the Mid-20th Century Design Revival

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ISBN-10: 0857858505

ISBN-13: 9780857858504

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Adrian Franklin, Bloomsbury Publishing Staff

List price: $41.99
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Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now?Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases - furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass - twentieth-century expert Adrian Franklin provides the answers.Spanning the period from the 1950s to the 1980s and beyond, and with international coverage, the book identifies the designers, manufacturers, brands, innovations, technologies and materials that transformed the world and still cast their magic spell.…    
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Book details

List price: $41.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.48" wide x 10.48" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 3.102
Language: English