INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
March 1946
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]: INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. New York: Whitney Publications [Volume 105, no. 8] March 1946. Original edition. Slim quarto. Perfect bound and sewn printed illustrated wrappers. 156 pp. Illustrated articles and trade advertisements. Wrappers rubbed with mild spine wear, including a chipped spine heel. Binding error has left a letterpress score and cut mark at the top of 4 pages. Interior unmarked and clean. Cover by Bernard Rudofsky. A very good copy.
8.125 x 11.25 magazine with 126 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: Egmont Erens, Norman Fletch, Jean Fletcher & Benjamin Thompson.
- The Importance of Everyday Objects: The Walker Art Center's Everyday Art Gallery Exhibit "Ideas For Better Living." Includes Work By Alexander Girard, Blenko Glass, Kurt Versen, etc.
- 9 Pieces Of Free-Standing Furniture For Robert Sidney Dickens
- Knoll Planning Unit headed by Florence Shust. Work by Shust, Jens Risom, Abel Sorenson, Ralph Rapson, Eero Saarinen, George Nakashima, etc.
- The Capitol Of The World [And The Greatest Design Opportunity Of A Generation].
- Chinese Furniture
- Retail Story: Intense Activity In The Department Stores.
- Stage Design
- Industrial Design: Prefabricated Plywood Units By Carney Engineering, Appliances for the Small Household.
- Merchandise Cues: Artek-Pascoe, Ypsilanti-Reed, Ficks-Reed
- Advertisements for Hans Knoll Asociates, 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."