America Goes Modern: The Rise of the Industrial Designer bhm Size: 304 × 241 mm

Size: 304 × 241 mm (12 × 9

Erik Magnussen

Zoe Leonard’s exploration of decomposition as process

The exhibition’s curators and the book’s authors

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America Goes Modern: The Rise of the Industrial Designer bhm Size: 304 × 241 mmHow design made America modern: masterpieces of furniture, metalware and plastics from the early 20th century During the 1920s and 1930s, the speed of modern life in the United States, accelerated by advances in transportation, communication, technology and advertising, changed how people lived their lives, and the objects they chose to live with. A new profession emerged to help American manufacturers and consumers navigate the overwhelming