The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design Volume 34

by Paul Betts

Book Overview

From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. In this pathbreaking study, Paul Betts brings to light the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. The Authority of Everyday Objects details how the postwar period gave rise to a new design...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520253841
• ISBN13: 9780520253841
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"