02433nam a22003377a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001500064020001800079040003400097050002100131082001400152082001700166100002200183245007300205264003500278300004900313336002600362337002800388338002700416504006400443505013600507520048100643520047001124520030201594530002401896650003501920650004401955650004901999650004702048pucpr20200303155050.0110630s1995    gw ao    b    001 0 eng d  a3791314238  a9783791314235  apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda  aNK1390bM37 199504a745.222004a709.04022201 aMarcus, George H.10aFunctionalist design :ban ongoing history /cGeorge H. Marcus.htxt  aNew YorkbPrestel-Verlagc1995  a168 p. :bill.; photo.; col. ;c24 cm.fbook  2rdacontentatextbtxt  2rdamediaaunmediadedbn  2rdacarrieravolumebnc  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 166-167) and index.  aPlates
Fitness for purpose
Absence of Ornament
Standardization
Revolution in metal
Machine art
The bauhaus style
Where are we are?
  aIn this copiously illustrated volume, George H. Marcus presents a corrective history of functionalism, the aesthetic that defined the course of progressive design in this century, and his work is particularly illuminating with regard to the use of color in architecture and design. Tracing the development of functionalism from Victorian times, Marcus establishes its basis as socially beneficial and without allegiance to style, material, or context. All that changed as the.  adefinition of functionalism narrowed and became closely identified with metal furniture, industrial materials, and austerity in the 1930s and was subsequently redefined simply as a modernist style. With the advent of postmodernism, functionalism has been overshadowed, but its classic designs - the metal furniture of Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Marcel Breuer - are now becoming broadly accessible, fulfilling social goals promoted over a century ago. The.  aprofileration of these designs today, however, belies the difficulties of bringing them into production. Based on his archival research, Marcus documents the history of their manufacture and sheds new light on the creation and dissemination of some of the most important examples of modern design.  aAlso issued online. 0aDesignxHistoryy20th century. 0aDecorative artsxHistoryy20th century. 0aFunctionalism in artxHistoryy20th century. 0aDesign, IndustrialxHistoryy20th century.