1950s Modern: British Style and Design

by Susannah Walker

Book Overview

After the constraints of the World War Two, the British embraced modern design like never before. From spindly-legged furniture to fabrics based on atomic design, quirkily patterned pottery to abstract graphics, they wanted everything around them to reflect the bright new post-war world.

This book traces the development of modern design in the 1950s, from its first genteel beginnings at the Festival of Britain to the shops brimming with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747811458
• ISBN13: 9780747811459
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.0"