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RETRO STYLE

Elsie Baker Sarah

Oprawa:
MIĘKKA

Wydawca:
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)

ISBN:
9780857851086

150,09 PLN
Wysyłamy w 21 dni

Opis produktu

Sarah Baker is Lecturer in Culture and Context at the School of Design Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand. She has researched and published numerous articles focussed on consumption and domestic space.Presents a detailed analysis of what retro interior style is and why it is so popularExplains how interior design choices reveal our social aspirationsSarah Baker is Lecturer in Culture and Context at the School of Design Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand. She has researched and published numerous articles focussed on consumption and domestic space.Retro interiors have come to the fore in recent years as a highly desirable and valuable branch of interior design. The emergence of a need for decorative objects and vintage furniture has resurrected retro style and placed it firmly as a key trend of contemporary design. Retro Style: Class Gender and Design in the Home is the first book to explore the modern position of retro by asking important questions around the emergence of the trend its impact on production and consumption and how it manifests itself in the contemporary interior. Examining themes ranging from design taste and the aestheticisation of everyday life to the bohemianisation of popular culture the book provides a fascinating insight into how retro has shaped modern interior design. Using original ethnographic research from retro retailers enthusiasts designers and media professionals Retro Style explores the positive and negative side of the style ultimately providing an original and thoughtprovoking perspective on the history and trajectory of how retro has become what it now is and its bearing on the future of designed interiors.Retro Style: Class Gender and Design in the Home examines the role of retro in contemporary interior design linking its influence over modern interiors to questions of consumerism gender and class.Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Definitions and Distinctions of Retro Style 3. Retro Style and the Cultural Politics of Everyday Life 4. A History of the Retro Aesthetic 5. Retailing Retro 6. Retro Interiors and Lifestyle Media 7. Retro Homes Taste and Cultural Distinction 8. Retro Femininities and Domestic Labour 9. Conclusion Appendix References IndexWith the emergence of a contemporary desire for nostalgic interior style Retro has inevitably become a highly valuable branch of interior design. Examining themes from production and consumption to cultural and social impacts on gender and class Retro Style provides the essential critique of the modern vintage revival.

Wymiary: 234 mm 156 mm 424 gr

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