The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design

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From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. In this pathbreaking study, Paul Betts brings to light the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. "The Authority of Everyday Objects "details how the postwar period gave rise to a new design culture comprising a sprawling network of diverse interest groups--including the state and industry, architects and designers, consumer groups and museums, as well as publicists and women's organizations--who all identified industrial design as a vital means of economic recovery, social reform, and even moral regeneration. These cultural battles took on heightened importance precisely because the stakes were nothing less than the very shape and significance of West German domestic modernity. Betts tells the rich and far-reaching story of how and why commodity aesthetics became a focal point for fashioning a certain West German cultural identity. This book is situated at the very crossroads of German industry and aesthetics, Cold War politics and international modernism, institutional life and visual culture.

Furniture-Making Techniques by David Charlesworth, ISBN 1861081251

"With its emphasis on the author's personal philosophy... this book aims to appeal to all levels of woodworkers. [The] author relates tales of his own mistakes...while providing encouragement...his furniture is quite beautiful and superbly made. I sense that his greatest satisfaction comes from launching an apprentice's career."--"Fine Woodworking. Furniture-Making Techniques by David Charlesworth, ISBN 1861081251
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Econometrics: Economic Growth in the Information Age by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, ISBN 0262100940

The relentless decline in the prices of information technology (IT) has steadily enhanced the role of IT investment as a source of economic growth in the United States. Productivity growth in IT-producing industries has gradually risen in importance, and a productivity revival has taken place in the rest of the economy. In this book Dale Jorgenson shows that IT provides the foundation for the resurgence of American economic growth.Information technology rests in turn on the development and deployment of semiconductors--transistors, storage devices, and microprocessors. The semiconductor and IT industries are global in scope, with an elaborate international division of labor. This poses important questions about the American growth resurgence. For example, where is the evidence of the "new economy" in other leading industrialized nations? To address this question, Jorgenson compares the recent growth performance in the G7 countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom,... Econometrics: Economic Growth in the Information Age by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, ISBN 0262100940
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The Best Tables, Chairs, Lights: Innovation and Invention in Design Products for the Home

This book features a fascinating collection of some of the most innovative tables, chairs and lights ever designed; those that push the boundaries of imagination, art, and design. This is a must for any designer interested in not only beautiful and often innovative design, but how such furniture is constructed. Taking 50 of each of these objects (tables, chairs, and lights), this book follows the furniture maker from original brief through to finished object, and features the work of some of the... aspace childrens furniture
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Durer to Veronese: Sixteenth-Century Paintings in the National Gallery by Jill Dunkerton, ISBN 0300072201

Focusing on the outstanding sixteenth-century European paintings in the National Gallery, London, this new book is an eagerly awaited companion to Giotto to Durer, the highly regarded guide to the National Gallery's early Renaissance holdings. As beautiful and authoritative as the preceding volume, Durer to Veronese examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino -- creators of some of the most important masterpieces of the sixteenth century... aspace childrens furniture
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Furniture Restoration: Practical Crafts Series by Kevin Jan Bonner, ISBN 1861080123

Whether you wish to renovate that old chair gathering dust in the attic, or bring back to life a second-hand piece from a thrift shop, this is the book for you. It covers repairing finishes, veneers and structural damage, stripping, filling, refinishing, and more. Discover the pleasure of seeing a "worthless" piece of furniture become a practical and valuable asset. aspace childrens furniture
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