Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America

by Monica Obniski and Darrin Alfred

A lively exploration of eclecticism, playfulness, and whimsy in American postwar design, including architecture, graphic design, and product design

This spirited volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transformation in the field of interior decoration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300234228
• ISBN13: 9780300234220
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.9" x 11.2"