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From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. This study looks at the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Design, the Cold War, and West German Culture 1. Re-Enchanting the Commodity: Nazi Modernism Reconsidered 2. The Conscience of the Nation: The New German Werkbund 3. The Nierentisch Nemesis: The Promise and Peril of Organic Design 4. Design and Its Discontents: The Ulm Institute of Design 5. Design, Liberalism, and the State: The German Design Council 6. Coming in from the Cold: Design and Domesticity Conclusion. Memory and Materialism: The Return of History as Design Notes Bibliography Index

The Authority of Everyday Objects

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/12/2007
      ISBN13: 9780520253841, 978-0520253841
      ISBN10: 0520253841

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. This study looks at the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Design, the Cold War, and West German Culture 1. Re-Enchanting the Commodity: Nazi Modernism Reconsidered 2. The Conscience of the Nation: The New German Werkbund 3. The Nierentisch Nemesis: The Promise and Peril of Organic Design 4. Design and Its Discontents: The Ulm Institute of Design 5. Design, Liberalism, and the State: The German Design Council 6. Coming in from the Cold: Design and Domesticity Conclusion. Memory and Materialism: The Return of History as Design Notes Bibliography Index

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