Designing Liners - A History of Interior Design Afloat

List of contents

1. Decorating Modernity 2. Luxury Interiors and Arts and Crafts Architects 3. Beaux Arts Comfort on Board 4. Floating Art Deco Showcases 5. Modern Designer Liners 6. Transatlantic Modernism and the Interior Designer 7. Glamour and Sustainability Appendix 1: Interior Designers and Their Ships Appendix 2: Designing Liners: Notable Ships Glossary Bibliography Index

About the author

Anne Massey is Professorial Fellow at the University for the Creative Arts. She has written eight books, including Interior Design Since 1900, The Independent Group: Modernism and Mass Culture in Britain, 1945–59 and ICA 1946–68.

Summary

This book covers the interior design of these floating palaces from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. In this new edition, the design heritage of the ocean liner is also explored in this age of a growing holiday cruise market.

Additional text

"Designing Liners was the first study of ocean liner interior design. This revised edition adds detailed analysis of the glamorous, nostalgic interiors designed for today’s giant cruise ships while also considering growing concerns over the environmental impact of these behemoths and anticipating their future in an age of pandemic. It remains the definitive study of passenger ship interiors."

Dr Gregory Votolato, Victoria & Albert Museum and Royal College of Art

"Wonderful to see this seminal text in its second edition; updates on enduring popular fascination with ocean liners and the current compelling discussion of the cruise industry."

Dr Harriet Mckay, The Cass School of Art, Architecture & Design, London

Product details

• Authors: Anne Massey, Anne (Middlesex University Massey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367858957
• ISBN: 978-0-367-85895-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Architecture, Product Design, DESIGN / Product, ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, Professional interior design, ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, History of Art, Industrial / commercial art & design, Architecture: interior design, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration