DESIGN QUARTERLY no. 39
8 DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN
Meg Torbert [Editor], John Sutherland [Designer]
Meg Torbert [Editor], John Sutherland [Designer]: DESIGN QUARTERLY 39: 8 DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1957. Original edition. Slim quarto. Saddle stitched thick printed wrappers. 28 pp. 48 black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly worn and rubbed, but a vry good or better copy.
8.5 x 11 staple-bound magazine with 28 pages and 48 black and white illustrations. Useful reference volume for the works of the artists represented. Since the end of World War II, many artists have turned to crafts as a reaction to the conformity, the built-in obsolescence, and the anonymity of mass-produced objects. They are creating objects to satisfy none but their own standards of technique and aesthetics.
Illustrated profiles of these Designer-Craftsmen:
- Kay Bojensen
- Hans J. Christensen
- David Hatch
- Luke & Rolland Lietzke
- Lucie Rie
- Trudi & Harold Sitterle
Design Quarterly began as Everyday Art Quarterly, published by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis starting in 1946. The editorial focus aimed to bring modern design to the masses through thoughtful examination of household objects and their designers. Everyday Art Quarterly was a vocal proponent of the Good Design movement (as represented by MoMA and Chicago's Merchandise Mart) and spotlighted the best in industrial and handcrafted design. When the magazine became Design Quarterly in 1958, the editors assumed a more international flair in their selection of material to spotlight.