INTERIORS & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
June 1946
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor],
György Kepes [Cover Designer]
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]: INTERIORS & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. New York: Whitney Publications [Volume 105, no. 10] June 1946. Original edition. Quarto. Perfect bound and sewn printed illustrated wrappers. 142 pp. Illustrated articles and trade advertisements. Wrappers lightly worn and soiled. Faint corner crease to front panel. Interior unmarked and very clean. Cover by György Kepes. A very good copy.
8.125 x 11.25 magazine with 142 pages of black and white examples of the best modern American interior and industrial design, circa 1946 -- offering a magnificent snapshot of the blossoming modern movement after World War II. A very desirable, vintage publication in terms of form and content: high quality printing and clean, functional design and typography and excellent photographic reproduction make this a spectacular addition to a midcentury design collection. Highly recommended.
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- For Your Information: Donald Deskey prefabricated house
- Clastrophia Conquered By Unorthodox Design: Alvin Lustig To The Rescue! 10 Pages Photographed By Maya Deren.
- Before And After
- Advertising Offices By William Lescaze
- Limited Space
- Work And Play Space For Publishers
- Architects Raymond And Rado Add A Name [Varker].
- Showroom In The Garment District
- Mirrored Furniture
- Mass-Produced -- Custom Tailored: The Storagewall By George Nelson And Henry Wright. The Storagewall was showcased in a 1945 Life magazine article, causing a sensation in the furniture industry. Herman Miller founder D.J. De Pree saw the article and was so impressed that he paid a visit to Nelson in New York and convinced him to be his director of design, which spurred Nelson to found his design firm, George Nelson & Associates. The warm, personal, and professional relationship between Nelson and De Pree yielded a stunning range of products, from the playful Marshmallow Sofa to the first L-shaped desk, a precursor of today's workstation. Nelson once wrote that Herman Miller "is not playing follow-the-leader." That's one reason why George Nelson & Associates worked with Herman Miller for over 25 years as they shepherded design into the modern era.
- Stage Design
- Industrial Design: Classroom Furniture By Markus & Nocka; Terra Cruiser Trailer;
- Merchandise Cues: John Stuart, Kjeld Packness, Richard Thibaut, Drexel,
- Advertisements for Herman Miller, Laverne Originals, Ross Frankel, etc.
And much more.
George Nelson famously served as Editorial contributor to Interiors, where he used the magazine as his bully pulpit for bringing modernism to middle-class America. Interiors was a hard-core interior design publication, as shown by their publishing credo: "Published for the Interior Designers Group which includes: interior designers, architects who do interior work, industrial designers who specialize in interior furnishings, the interior decorating departments of retail stores, and all concerned with the creation and production of interiors-- both residential and commercial." [interiors_2019]