{"id":5834,"date":"2008-09-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/prodotto\/design-americain-2\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T08:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T08:35:23","slug":"design-americain-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/p\/design-americain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Am\u00e9ricain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This volume brings to light what is American about American design.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and 5 Continents Editions present a new series dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume, beautifully designed and with superbly printed reproductions, offers an overview of a single country\u2019s design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic, showcasing prominent architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from MoMA\u2019s unmatched collection. Each volume contains an introduction by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA, and an illustrated essay by a distinguished design critic, accompanied by a visual timeline of significant events and a comprehensive bibliography.<br \/>\nAmerican design, like much of American culture, perennially oscillates between populism and elitism, between the revolutionary beauty and availability of Tupperware and the elusive exclusivity of Tiffany\u2019s. This book traces the development of American design from the \u201carmory practice\u201d of early American machinists, through mid-century \u201cdesign for modern living,\u201d to the branded, consumer-oriented design of the present day. Paola Antonelli\u2019s lively introduction provides an overview of United States\u2019 design culture; an essay by Russell Flinchum illuminates the masterpieces of modern American design reproduced in the volume\u2019s plate section. They are accompanied by an illustrated chronology of important events that have influenced American design as well as a comprehensive bibiliography.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russell Flinchum<\/strong> is a professor of design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He curated the exhibition <em>Henry Dreyfuss, Directing Design <\/em>at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, in 1997, and is the author of <em>Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer: The Man in the Brown Suit<\/em>. He has been the archivist of the Century Association Archives Foundation since 1999.<br \/>\n<strong>Paola Antonelli<\/strong> is Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This volume brings to light what is American about American design. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and 5 Continents Editions present a new series dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume, beautifully designed and with superbly printed reproductions, offers an overview of a single country\u2019s design achievements and illustrates its particular design&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5811,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[66],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5834","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fashion-and-design","7":"collana-moma-design-series-en","8":"disponibilita-si","9":"description-off","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}