Denmark in Britain: Architecture, Design and Lifestyle, 1945-1970

ISBN-13: 9781789972771 / Angielski

Bruce Peter

Opis

Denmark's modern architecture and design achieved acclaim in Britain after the Second World War. This book explores the reasons for this success, including the marketing of national identity, and considers the mutually beneficial advantages that resulted from the exhibition of design, food and lifestyle to build appealing images of the nation.

Spis treści

Contents: Setting the scene: Britain in Denmark and Denmark in Britain before the Second World War - Denmark's floating ambassadors of the North Sea - The first post-war promotions of Danish creativity in Britain - Danish furniture and homeware, its British admirers and the entrepreneurial importers from Denmark - Food and lifestyle at the Danish Food Centres and exhibitions - Danish architecture and construction in Britain.

O autorze

Bruce Peter is Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art. He is half-Danish and a graduate of the GSA, The Royal College of Art and the University of Glasgow. He has written extensively about twentieth-century design from Scandinavia, particularly with regard to modern commercial ships of the 1930s-1990s period. Other recent works include Jet Age Hotels and the International Style (2020) and The Changing Face of British Railways (2018). Earlier, he advised the Victoria & Albert Museum on the development of the exhibition Ocean Liners: Speed and Style.