books.google.com - In 1951, designer Greta Magnusson Grossman observed that California design was "not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions.... It has developed out of our own preferences for living in a modern way." California design influenced the material culture of the entire country, in everything...http://books.google.com/books/about/California_Design_1930_1965.html?id=ix-DjgMXh78C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCalifornia Design 1930-1965