A Designed Life : Contemporary American Textiles, Wallpapers, and Containers & Packaging 1951-54
De Margaret Re
ISBN-13
9780960088508
Éditeur
University of Maryland
Date de publication
01/01/2020
Résumé
"This revelatory volume recovers and presents the history of three exhibitions organized by the US State Department's Traveling Exhibition Service almost 70 years ago: Contemporary American Textiles, curated by Florence Knoll, Contemporary American Wallpapers, curated by Tom Lee, and Containers & Packaging, curated by Will Burtin. These exhibitions were made for presentation in West German schools, museums and trade fairs, and through the Amerika Haus program. By joining consumer choice with political choice, the State Department tried to convince West Germans and other Europeans that the United States, its system of government and its capitalist values offered more and better lifestyle choices than those of the Soviet bloc"--
