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Alexander Girard's Imagined Worlds

• Hirmer • ISBN 9783777445373

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Alexander Girard's Imagined Worlds

• Hirmer • ISBN-13 9783777445373

ISBN-10 3777445371 • 2019 • 1st Edition

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ISBN 9783777445373 • Completeness 73

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Description

The folk art and toy collections of midcentury interior architect and designer Alexander Girard and their display in interiors and exhibitions, including unpublished photographs of his final designed collection environment. Alexander Girard's Imagined Worlds examines a modern design luminary whose collection of global folk art and vernacular forms informed his expansive design practice.

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Publisher: Hirmer
Hardcover1st Edition2019
Pages: 256Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

Catalog notes

Contributor: reflecting on selected displaysContributor: providing cultural contextContributor: this publication oMovement: Mid-century Modern

Cultural context

Category: 20th Century ArtCategory: Aesthetic MovementsCategory: American DesignCategory: Cultural HistoryCategory: Decorative ArtsCategory: Interior DesignCategory: Mid-Century ModernCategory: Textile DesignInfluenced by: Charles and Ray EamesInfluenced by: Eero SaarinenInfluenced by: Le CorbusierInfluenced by: Marcel BreuerInfluenced by: Frank Lloyd WrightInfluenced by: Lu00e1szlu00f3 Moholy-NagyInfluenced by: Josef AlbersInfluenced by: Mies van der RoheInfluenced: Contemporary DesignersInfluenced: Textile ArtistsInfluenced: Interior DecoratorsInfluenced: Graphic DesignersInfluenced: Furniture DesignersInfluenced: ArchitectsInfluenced: Visual ArtistsInfluenced: Design EducatorsCornerstone of: Mid-Century Modern Design Publications

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