Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s

Postmodernism  was the defining look of the 1980s. Originating as a rebellious movement in  philosophy and literature, and spearheaded by Michael Graves, Robert Venturi,  Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini, Postmodernism proclaimed the death of  modernism and promoted a new, non-linear way of approaching architecture and  design. Its lively and colourful rebellion against modernism’s monotony and  dogma spread from architecture to other design disciplines, and promoted a  belief that design need not be taken too seriously. Postmodern Design  Complete is the first book to take a thoroughgoing look at the movement,  which is currently experiencing a major revival. It profiles key creators and  introduces the principal figures in the fields of architecture, furniture,  graphic design, textiles, and product and industrial design. It also presents  fifteen seminal and complete homes and their furnishings, and provides a  comprehensive overview of contemporary makers. Highly informed and accessible  texts are illustrated with images that bring together classics and  little-seen rarities, unusual objets d’art and mass-produced items. The book  also includes a foreword by Charles Jencks and an afterword by Denise Scott  Brown, followed by a substantial reference section. Exhaustively presenting  the most knowledgeable sources and material in a single volume, this is the  one book that the world’s lovers of Postmodernism must have, and that the  design-conscious of any persuasion will want.