The Politics of Furniture: Identity, Diplomacy and Persuasion in Post-War Interiors

ISBN-13: 9781138342156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

Fredie Flore; Cammie McAtee

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Bringing together a range of international studies, this volume discusses the agency of modern furniture in post-war interiors. It argues that modern furniture played a critical and underestimated role in the crafting of political messages in very diverse arenas between the 1940s and the 1970s.

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Introduction: The Politics of Furniture (Fredie Floré and Cammie McAtee), Part I: Furniture and Identity Politics, 1.Nomadic Furniture in the "Heart of Darkness": Colonial and Post-Colonial Trajectories of Modern Design Artifacts To and From Tropical Africa (Johan Lagae), 2.Modernism on Vacation: The Politics of Hotel Furniture in the Spanish Caribbean (Erica N. Morawski), 3.When Modernity Confronts Tradition: Conflicting Visions for Post-War Furniture Design in Québec (Martin Racine), 4. The Belgian Royal Library: An Expression of National Identity with an International Imprimatur (Fredie Floré and Hannes Pieters), Part II:　Spaces of Persuasion, 5. Exhibitions for Modern Living: Lifestyle Propaganda and the Promotion of Modern Furniture and Furnishings in the United States, 1930s-1950s (Margaret Maile Petty), 6.Knolling Paris: From the "New Look" to Knoll au Louvre (Cammie McAtee and Fredie Floré), 7. Correction Fairs and Japanese Furniture Made in Prison (Yasuko Suga), Part III: The Diplomacy of Furniture, 8.National Identity and Modern Furniture in Brasilia’s Itamaraty Palace (Luciana Saboia, Elane Ribeiro Peixoto, and José Airton Costa Junior), 9. All-Over Inside and Out: Eero Saarinen’s United States Embassy in London (Cammie McAtee), 10. Designed Diplomacy: Furniture, Furnishing and Art in Australian Embassies for Washington DC and Paris (Philip Goad)