British design from 1948 : innovation in the modern age /
[edited by] Christopher Breward & Ghislaine Wood.
- London : V&A Pub., 2012.
- 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Catalog of the exhibition "British design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age" at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Mar. 31-Aug. 12, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tradition and modernity 1945-79: [introduction] / In the service of the state: change and continuity in design / Export textiles in West Africa / Urban visions: designing for the welfare state / Coventry Cathedral / Nation, land and heritage / Ecology and furniture design / At home with modernity: the new domestic scene / The legacy of the Festival of Britain / Subversion 1955-97: [introduction] / Pop goes the art school: design and education / Paolozzi and the Krazy Kat Arkive / The RCA / Staging space: design for performance 1958-89 / Boutiques and beyond: the rise of British fashion / Biba / Out of Nottingham / "A danceable solution to teenage revolution": subcultural lifestyles, 1973-86 / The autonomous opportunity / Eighties, nineties, noughties / Innovation and creativity 1963-2012: [introduction] / Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood -- Workshop of the world?: manufacturing the British product / Sixty years of design: reflections / The cult of the lab: a nation of inventors / The old reliable: contemporary British design and the resources of craft / British design consultancy and the creative economy / A life in advertising / Postmodernism to ghost modernism: architectural revenants 1979-2012 / An architect in London / Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood -- Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood ; Nicola Stylianou -- Jonathan Woodham ; Lily Crowther -- Maurice Howard ; John Makepeace -- Penny Sparke ; Terence Conran -- Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood -- Simon Martin ; Anne Massey ; Zandra Rhodes -- Kate Dorney -- Christopher Breward ; Barbara Hulanicki ; Paul Smith -- Michael Bracewell ; Peter Saville ; Tom Dixon -- Deborah Sugg Ryan ; Kenneth Grange -- Louise Shannon ; Glenn Adamson -- Guy Julier ; John Hegarty -- Jonathan Meades ; Zaha Hadid.
"Celebrating the best design in Britain, this landmark book highlights the range of British creativity since the London Olympics of 1948. Drawing on more than 350 of the finest examples of British art, architecture, photography, fashion, textiles, furniture, graphic design, video games and product design, British Design from 1948 is a comprehensive survey of more than 60 years of British ingenuity."--Jacket.