1955 Ford + Creighton DESIGNS FOR LIVING Neutra ELLWOOD Breuer KOENIG Wormley BK

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DESIGNS FOR LIVING by Katherine Morrow Ford and Thomas H. Creighton 175 EXAMPLES OF QUALITY HOME INTERIORS 1955 Hardcover First Edition in Dust Jacket � 289 � black and white and color photos and floor plans � Katherine Morrow Ford and Thomas H. Creighton: DESIGNS FOR LIVING: 175 EXAMPLES OF QUALITY HOME INTERIORS . New York: Reinhold, 1955. First edition. A very good hardcover � book with a Fair to Good Dust jacket: jacket is soiled and worn with multiple chips, but essentially complete. � Interior unmarked and clean with foxing to endpapers front and back. � Out-of-print. 8.25 x 10.5 hardcover book with 216 pages and 289 b/w photographs (4 color plates) , diagrams, and floorplans profiling 175 postwar American Architect-designed interiors! � This book is a veritable rosetta stone for people interested in postwar modernism that was produced under (often severe) budget constraints. No Kaufmann Houses here -- � just thoughtfully planned and brilliantly executed modern housing.� In terms of decor, there is none of that Chippendale jive here-- every residential interior is decked out in full midcentury glory. This book spotlights some of the more buget-conscious, lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences. Two highlights from this volume are the color photos of interiors designed specifically for the Tile Council of America by George Nelson (a kitchen) and Marcel Breuer (an amazing bathroom). Excellent vintage contemporary interior photography by Ezra Stoller, Bill Hedrich-Blessing, Joseph Molitor, Julius Shulman and others. Nearly every photograph features midcentury furniture designs by designers such as Ray and Charles Eames and George Nelson for the Herman Miller Furniture Company, Florence Knoll, Eero Saarinen, Edward Wormley, Richard Neutra and more. Contents: introduction space relationships halls and stairways living rooms dining spaces kitchens baths and dressing rooms bedrooms childrens rooms special activities outdoor living spaces details photographers index of architects and designers Architects represented in these volumes include Ansehn And Allen, A. L. Aydelott, Van Evera Bailey, R. L. Baumfield, William Beckett, Walter Bognar, Richmond Bradshaw, Marcel Breuer, Robert Buchner, Campbell And Wong, Cochran, Alexander And Associates, Cocke, Bowman And Yorke, Mario Corbett, Edward Crouse, Cull And Robinson, Curtis And Davis, � J.R. Davidson, De Witt And Swank, Deigert And Yerkes, Alden B. Dow, Blaine Drake, Robet Elkington, Edward Elliott, Craig Ellwood, Fehr And Granger, Allan Gould, Burket E. Graf, Conrad Green, Olindo Grossi, Victor Gruen, William Haines, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Henry Hebbeln, Elmer Hedge, Henry Hill, H. Seymour Howard, James Hunter, Huson Jackson, William Jameson, A. Quincy Jones, George Fred Keck And William Keck, Carl Koch, Pierre Koenig, Robert Little, Wendell Lovett, Marion Manley, Jules Marling, George Matsumoto, Robert May, George Nelson, Richard Neutra, Gyo Obata, Walter Pierce, Robert Rosenberg, Jan Ruhtenberg, Schweikher And Elting, Jose Luis Sert, Edward Durell Stone, Hugh Stubbins, Edgar Tafel, Paul Thiry Lester Tichy, Edward Wormley, John G. York and others. Please visit my Ebay store � for an excellent and ever-changing selection of rare and out-of-print design books and periodicals covering all aspects of 20th-century visual culture. I offer shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Please contact me for details. Payment due within 3 days of purchase. read more

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