INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
November 1952
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]
Francis de N. Schroeder [Editor]: INTERIORS + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. New York: Whitney Publications, Volume 112, no. 4, November 1952. Original edition. Slim quarto. Perfect bound and sewn printed illustrated wrappers. 188 pp. Illustrated articles and trade advertisements. Cover by Aldo Giurgola. Wrappers lightly worn and soiled, but a very good or better copy.
9 x 12 magazine with 188 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.
- For Your Information: Fernand Leger At The UN;etc.
- Lighting Part 2: John anderson. Work By Isamu Noguchi, Harry Gitlin, Gino Sarfatti, George Nelson, Paavo Tynell, Gerald Thurston, James Lamantia, The Architects Collaborative, Aldo Giurgola, etc.
- The History Of A Quality Market: Grand Rapids. Includes The Birth Of Modern; Gilbert Rohde, Percival Goodman, Finn Juhl, etc.
- Schumacher's Portable Showroom
- Noguchi In Kitakamura. Photographed By Isamu Noguchi. 6 Well Illustrated Pages
- George Nelson Build For The Beachcomber: Two Dune Houses. 8 Well Illustrated Pages
- Good Design: The New York Version Designed By Paul Rudolph
- Merchandise Cues: Gene Tepper; and Felmore Fireplace Fixtures; Sound Workshop; Electronic Workshop; etc.
- Advertisements For Harvey Probber, Lightolier, Paul Frankl For Johnson, Widdicomb By T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Jens Risom, Eames Chairs By Herman Miller, Italian Lamps For Knoll Associates, Dunbar, Paul McCobb For Directional, Heifetz, Howard Miller, L. Anton Maix Fabrics, Allan Gould, Koch & Lowy ,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]