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More than 140 illustrated biographical profiles map the innovative modern California design community.

Mid-twentieth-century California offered fertile ground for design innovations. The state's reputation as a land of unlimited opportunity, its many institutions of higher learning, and its perpetually booming population created conditions that allowed designers and craftspeople to flourish. They found an eager market among educated and newly affluent Californians, and their products shaped the material culture of the entire nation. This book, a companion to the popular 2011 MIT Press/LACMA publication California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way,” reveals the complex web of influences, collaborations, institutional affiliations, and social networks that fueled the California design economy.

This book offers more than 140 illustrated biographical profiles of the most significant mid-century California designers, including such famous names as

A Handbook of California Design 19301965

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      Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/02/2013
      ISBN13: 9780262518383, 978-0262518383
      ISBN10: 0262518384
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      More than 140 illustrated biographical profiles map the innovative modern California design community.

      Mid-twentieth-century California offered fertile ground for design innovations. The state's reputation as a land of unlimited opportunity, its many institutions of higher learning, and its perpetually booming population created conditions that allowed designers and craftspeople to flourish. They found an eager market among educated and newly affluent Californians, and their products shaped the material culture of the entire nation. This book, a companion to the popular 2011 MIT Press/LACMA publication California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way,” reveals the complex web of influences, collaborations, institutional affiliations, and social networks that fueled the California design economy.

      This book offers more than 140 illustrated biographical profiles of the most significant mid-century California designers, including such famous names as

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