Designing Modern Germany
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Introduction: the Culture of Design in Germany
1. Design Ideals, Design Reform, Design Professions, 1870-1914
2. Experiment and Tradition in Design, 1917-33
3. Politics and Design: Reaction and Consolidation, 1933-45
4. Reconstruction and the Tale of Two Germanys, 1945-75
5. Reunification: Design in a Global Context, 1975-2005
Conclusion
"There are very few books that survey the complicated history of German design from the first stirrings of modernism in 1870 to the post-reunification Germany of today. More than a roll call of great designers, Aynsley provides a fully contextualised history with sections on design education, department stores and publishing, and throughout, a close examination of design’s often uneasy relationship with politics and national identity."–ARLIS
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