Retro Style

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Elsie Baker is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Media Design School in Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests are focused on design and social inequality, specifically in relation to user experience and design futures. She teaches design research and methods, as well as courses exploring gender and design. Klappentext Examines the role of retro in contemporary interior design, linking its influence over modern interiors to questions of consumerism, gender and class. Vorwort Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home examines the role of retro in contemporary interior design, linking its influence over modern interiors to questions of consumerism, gender and class. Zusammenfassung With the emergence of a contemporary desire for nostalgic interior style, "Retro" has inevitably become a highly valuable branch of interior design. Examining themes from production and consumption to cultural and social impacts on gender and class, Retro Style provides the essential critique of the modern vintage revival. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Definitions and Distinctions of Retro Style 3. Retro Style and the Cultural Politics of Everyday Life 4. A History of the Retro Aesthetic 5. Retailing Retro 6. Retro Interiors and Lifestyle Media 7. Retro Homes, Taste and Cultural Distinction 8. Retro Femininities and Domestic Labour 9. Conclusion Appendix References Index

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Elsie Baker, Baker Sarah Elsie
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9780857851086
• ISBN: 978-0-85785-108-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Interior design, decor & style guides, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Gender studies, gender groups, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Interior design, decor and style guides, HOUSE & HOME / Decorating & Furnishings