California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and StyleThe furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. And the best of these were exhibited, sometimes idolized, through a series of popular shows at the Pasadena Art Museum. California Design is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions and the West Coast style they epitomized, replete with hundreds of innovative photographs showcasing the works in all their original glory. Signature works from Charles & Ray Eames, Tropi-Cal, Don Chadwick (co-creator of the Aeron chair), and many other designers and studios illustrate twenty years of style that was as diverse as it was pioneering. |
Contents
Contents | 7 |
Production Furniture Manufacturing a California Style | 23 |
23 | 39 |
California Studio Furniture Revealing Skill and Spirit | 71 |
The Fiber Revolution | 93 |
Body Sculpture California Jewelry | 123 |
The Leading Wedge of Ceramics | 143 |
Sculpture and Functional Objects in Glass Metal and Wood | 175 |
Designing the California Lifestyle | 207 |
Suggested Reading | 224 |
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