Street Furniture Design: Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain (Record no. 598108)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781474245616
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 645.80
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Personal name Eleanor Herring
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Title Street Furniture Design: Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain
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Place of publication, distribution, etc USA
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Bloomsbury Academic
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016
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Extent 224p.
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Summary, etc Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and cities had been laid waste by bombing and the privations of war. She also considers the innate conservatism of local communities and councils, wary of a standardised street design imposed from above. She traces how the design of street furniture became the site of a fierce struggle which exposed deep-seated anxieties about class, taste and power. Herring's original research draws on archival material and on interviews with leading figures in urban design, including graphic designer Margaret Calvert and industrial designer Kenneth Grange.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Symbiosis Institute of Design Symbiosis Institute of Design On Display 09/02/2018 645.80 SID-B-11319 SID-B-11319 09/02/2018 4978.40 Books