From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, design from the Golden State was exhibited, debated and even defined through a series of popular exhibitions at the Pasadena Art Museum. The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts and other designs that emerged from California during those crucial decades would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. They would also push the boundaries of new and traditional materials, the craft tradition and the distinction between art and design in ways that made the international design community pay attention and homage. California Design is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions, replete with hundreds of innovative photographs that originally graced the show catalogues and show this work in its original glory. Signature work from Charles & Ray Eames, Jun Kaneko, Sam Maloof, Claire Falkenstein, Doug Deeds, Tropi-Cal, Don Chadwick (co-creator of the Aeron chair), Architectural Pottery and many other designers and studios showcase 20 years of style that was as diverse as it was pioneering.
- ISBN10 0811843742
- ISBN13 9780811843744
- Publish Date 13 October 2005
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chronicle Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English