ART OF INTERIOR DESIGN: A TEXT IN THE AESTHETICS (1960)

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THE ART OF INTERIOR DESIGN. A TEXT IN THE AESTHETICS OF INTERIOR DESIGN. BY VICTORIA KLOSS BALL WITH MARY LOUISE SHIPLEY. COPYRIGHT 1960, FIRST PRINTING. LARGE HARDCOVER BOOK. MEASURES 8.75X11.25". 343 PAGES.

THIS WONDERFUL VINTAGE INTERIOR DECORATING BOOK IS LOADED WITH AMAZING EXAMPLES OF MID CENTURY MODERN INTERIOR DECOR AND HOMES (SOME WITH FLOOR PLANS). HUNDREDS OF FABULOUS B&W PHOTOS.

PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDE MORLEY BAER, JULIUS SHULMAN, AND ROGER STURTEVANT.

CONTAINS DESIGNS AND ARCHITECTURE BY:
CHARLES EAMES, HARRY BERTOIA, ISAMU NOGUCHI, EERO SAARINEN, JENS RISOM, MIES VAN DER ROHE, FINN JUHL, HERMAN MILLER, PAUL MCCOBB, GEORG JENSEN, TAPPIO WIRKKALA, ROBERT A LITTLE, ERNST PAYER, STEUBEN GLASS, KNOLL, HERMAN MILLER, ORREFORS, FREDERICK A MILLER, PAUL HAYDEN KIRK, WURSTER, BERNARDI & EMMONS, AND MANY OTHERS.

EACH PHOTOGRAPH IS LABELED WITH DESIGNER, ARCHITECT, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME.

CONTENTS:
PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, THE DESIGNERS PROBLEM, DESIGN ORGANIZATION, COORDINATION OF INTERIOR DESIGN WITH STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONAL PLANNING OF INTERIORS, SPACE AND SHAPE IN INTERIORS, USING COLOR IN INTERIORS, LIGHT AS AN AESTHETIC FACTOR IN INTERIOR DESIGN, TEXTURE AND THE MEDIA OF INTERIOR DESIGN, TOTAL DESIGN AND CONCRETE DESIGN PROBLEMS, DESIGN AND EXPRESSION, DESIGN AND PERIOD STYLES - HISTORIC EXPRESSION, DESIGN AND MODERN STYLE - CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION, THE TOTAL ART FORM: A PLAN FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, APPENDIX, READING REFERENCES, OUTSTANDING HISTORIC HOUSES IN EASTERN US BEFORE 1950 WHICH MAY BE VISITED, MUSEUMS NOTES FOR OUTSTANDING COLLECTIONS OF DECORATIVE ARTS, DIRECTORY OF FIRMS