{"product_id":"9781472505378","title":"British Design Tradition and Modernity after 1948","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBritish Design\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTradition and Modernity after 1948\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChristopher Breward | Fiona Fisher | Ghislaine Wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Design\u003c\/i\u003e brings together leading international scholars, designers and journalists to provide new perspectives on British design in the last sixty years, and how it at once looked back to the past with the continuation of traditions that spoke to Britain's design heritage, and looked forwards with the embrace of modernist and postmodernist style.  The book responds to and develops new ways of understanding the recent history of design in Britain, with case studies on designed spaces and objects, including domestic interiors, retail spaces, schools and university buildings and transport. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors address significant moments and phenomena in the historical and social history of British design, from the rise and fall of the English Country House style and the Brutalist architectural boom of the 1960s to the modern shopping space, and consider the work of key contemporary designers ranging from Tommy Roberts to Thomas Heatherwick. \u003ci\u003eBritish Design\u003c\/i\u003e provides new criticism and analysis on how design, from the immediate post-war period to the present day, has developed and changed how we live and how we interact with the spaces in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Design\u003c\/i\u003e is split into 13 chapters and is richly illustrated with 65 images, 16 of which are in full colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Breward\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh and Principal of Edinburgh College of Art, both UK.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Fisher \u003c\/b\u003eis a researcher in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhislaine Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 October 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472505378\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936304005260,"sku":"9781472505378","price":38.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ca206053-c435-4c25-9529-efa06cd09ff8.jpg?v=1786017256","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781472505378","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}