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Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living

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    224 pages

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    2 February 2027

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Summary

The designers, materials and cultural forces leading the midcentury modern era transformed outdoor furniture into symbols of optimism, leisure, innovation, and California modernism.

Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living celebrates the designers, architects, and manufacturers who transformed patios, gardens, pool sides, and terraces into extensions of modern life. Additionally, it provides a cultural history of postwar America, a visual archive of indoor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781423669104
ISBN-10:142366910X
Author:Jeffrey Head, Dan Chavkin
Publisher:Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Imprint:Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:2 February 2027
Weight:27g
Dimensions:216mm x 279mm
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Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living by Jeffrey Head - ISBN: 9781423669104
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The designers, materials and cultural forces leading the midcentury modern era transformed outdoor furniture into symbols of optimism, leisure, innovation, and California modernism.

About The Author

Jeffrey Head

Jeffrey Head

Jeffrey Head writes about art, architecture, and design. He is the author of Paul Evans: Designer & Sculptor, No Nails, No Lumber: The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff, Regional Landscape Architecture: Northern California, and Rooted in Resilience. He co-authored Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape and curated the Stanford University library exhibition Herbert Matter: Modernist Photography and Graphic Design.

Dan Chavkin

Dan Chavkin studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. An avid aficionado of all things modernist, he collects Midcentury Modern furniture, ceramics, and art. He co-authored the book Hand-In-Hand, about midcentury designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman; authored Unseen Midcentury Desert Modern; and co-authored his most recent book, Architectural Pottery, on the 1950s California-based company.

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