{"product_id":"a-designed-life-9780960088508","title":"A Designed Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe all-American spirit of midcentury modernism, in three US State Department-sponsored exhibitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revelatory volume recovers and presents the history of three exhibitions organized by the US State Department's Traveling Exhibition Service almost 70 years ago: \u003ci\u003eContemporary American Textiles\u003c\/i\u003e, curated by Florence Knoll, \u003ci\u003eContemporary American Wallpapers\u003c\/i\u003e, curated by Tom Lee, and \u003ci\u003eContainers \u0026amp; Packaging\u003c\/i\u003e, curated by Will Burtin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese exhibitions were made for presentation in West German schools, museums and trade fairs, and through the Amerika Haus program. By joining consumer choice with political choice, the State Department tried to convince West Germans and other Europeans that the United States, its system of government and its capitalist values offered more and better lifestyle choices than those of the Soviet bloc. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is both an exhibition catalog and a reader. It restores the spirit of these three exhibitions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Maryland Baltimore County, Fine Arts Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885116174679,"sku":"9780960088508","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-designed-life-9780960088508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}