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70s style & design / Dominic Lutyens & Kirsty Hislop.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2009.Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9780500514832
Other title:
  • Seventies style and design
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.4442 LUT
Contents:
From pop to postmodernism -- Belle epoque -- Supernature -- Avant garde.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 745.4442 LUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100414912

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A survey of all aspects of design that establishes the 1970s as a vitally important period in the creative arts.

Once dismissed as the decade of foil wallpaper and shag rugs, the 1970s are now being enthusiastically mined for trends from the fashion, music, and literature of the time. The period, which united elements of earlier movements such as Art Deco and Pop, continues to influence today's tastemakers.

From artist Duggie Fields's apartment to album covers of New Wavers like the B-52s and glam rock's David Bowie, from the slick advertising of Italian fashion house Fiorucci to such seminal book covers as Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch , the authors have gone beyond the usual discussion of flares and platform shoes to address the design aesthetic of the decade as a whole. Architecture and design collectives of the time, including UK-based Archigram and the avant-garde Italian group Studio Alchimia, are also recognized as important contributors to the look and style of the decade.

70s Style is sure to inspire everyone from dedicated followers of fashion to even the harshest critics of the decade. Hislop and Lutyens have rescued the 1970s from parody and have produced a study that is meticulously researched and sensationally illustrated.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From pop to postmodernism -- Belle epoque -- Supernature -- Avant garde.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Kirsty Hislop is a freelance writer and stylist who has worked for British Elle and The Observer magazine. She also designs for the award-winning card company Umpen Editions. She is based in England.

Dominic Lutyens , a trends and design journalist, has contributed frequently to the Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, and The Observer. He is based in England.

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