John Vassos : industrial design for modern life / Danielle Shapiro.
John Vassos : industrial design for modern life / Danielle Shapiro.
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Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
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GQ 2016/357
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 274 pages ; 27 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Creating Design We Can Live With -- 1. Drawing Modernity: Advertising and Book Illustrations -- 2. Becoming an Industrial Designer -- 3. Modernizing the Home through Radio -- 4. Designed for Electricity: Vassos's Architectural Int...
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Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Vassos emigrated from Greece and arr...
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John Vassos : industrial design for modern life / Danielle Shapiro.
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Industrial design for modern life.
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Department of Art History and Communications Studies at McGill University. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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GQ 2016/357
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74VKzlAQBvbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzlAQBvbg
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ISBN
0816693412 paperback
9780816693405 hardcover
0816693404 hardcover
9780816693412 paperback
DDC
745.2092 B
MMS ID
991023624979702626
