INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
March 1952
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]: INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. New York: Whitney Publications [Volume 111, no. 8] March 1952. Original edition. Slim quarto. Perfect bound and sewn printed illustrated wrappers. 206 pp. Illustrated articles and trade advertisements. Cover by Ben Schultz. Interior unmarked and clean. Wrappers lightly worn and soiled, with a closed tear to lower spine juncture. A very good copy.
9 x 12 magazine with 206 pages of color and black and white examples of the best modern American interior and industrial design, circa 1952 -- 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.
- Long George Nelson Letter [2/3 Page] Excoriating The National Sculpture Society
- For Your Information: Saul Steinberg; Alexander Calder; Finn Juhl; Robert Mango; Bloomingdales And Macys; etc.
- Magazines From Abroad: Werk, Bonytt, Form, Domus, etc.
- William Pahlmann's Perfect Client
- A. I. D. 21st Annual Conference
- The Levities Of Laverne: New 57th Street Headquarters. 10 Well Illustrated Pages Of Estelle And Erwine Laverne's Showroom.
- 3 New Showrooms For Dunbar: Edward Wormley Makes Distinctions In New York, Boston And Los Angeles.
- Good Design In Chiaroscuro: Paul Rudolphs Designs The Mart's Third Exhibition
- Furniture News '52: Work By T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Gerry Luss, Harold Schwatz, Edward Wormley, George Nelson, Joseph Platt, Renzo Rutili, Edmond Spence, etc.
- Merchandise Cues: Mosaic Tile Co.; Ceratile; Lamps By T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Swanson Associates, Isamu Noguchi, Gerald Thurston, Beth Weissman; Domus Modern; Keplercraft; Alfred Assid; Richards-Morgenthau; Brunovan; etc.
- Advertisements For Herman Miller, Knoll Associates By Herbert Matter, Laverne, Raymor, Paul McCobb For Directional, Heifitz, Jens Risom, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings For Widdicomb, Harvey Probber, 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]