Decorative Art and Modern Interiors 1974/75

A rare edition of Decorative Art and Modern Interiors 1974/75. In good condition with minor tears and stains on dust jacket and inside back cover.

As commercial buildings crowd the centers of our cities, intermingling with residential structures and overlapping their functions, we become increasingly aware of the extent to which design intimately influences the quality of our lives. Decorative Art takes note of this situation by expanding its outlook to include shops, offices, and showrooms (where the eminently practical may also be beautiful). We are invited to look at the magical conversion of a narrow townhouse into a home of calm and serene atmosphere, to examine the highly original ideas used by professional designers in their own homes, and to see how individuality has been brought to the surface in a community created within the heart of a great city.

The designing of glass both as an art form and for making objects of utility, and as it is practiced in America, Sweden, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Japan, is the subject of a special article by Michael Robinson. The traditional review of craft and industrial production places an accent on the latest international trends in furniture, lighting, textiles, and ceramics.