Domestic Aesthetic: Household Art 1920- 1970 [Hardcover]

Jean Bernard Hebey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2008

Houseware design has succeeded in bringing together two worlds usually seen as contradictory: art and mass production. The mass-produced objects sleek and anonymously uniform have left their mark on their age through the technology applied, the materials used, the forms invented as well as their practicality, whether real or apparent. Household objects are true reflections of the period in which they were conceived, created, manufactured, promoted and sold to the masses, objective expressions of modernity, consumption, ways of life. Omnipresent, practical, often inexpensive, these objects have become commonplace, worthless to our jaded consumers' eyes; they have become 'invisible'. This book wishes to render justice to these everyday objects conceived by and for man but manufactured exclusively by machines. A true 'archaeologist of the Modern', Jean Bernard Hebey has uncovered and collected thousands of household objects in France, Italy, Belgium, the United Kingdom, but, above all, in the United

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About the Author

Jean Bernard Hebey was given his first big break at the age of 20 on the radio programme 'Salut les copains' where he spent 3 years learning his profession. he went on to do other radio shows, TV shows, he has published two books and worked as a consultant in the setting up of MTV in Europe. He continues to create and take part in radio and TV broadcasts. A collector and traveller, he is married with 2 children

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: 5Continents (October 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8874390173
• ISBN-13: 978-8874390175
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,687,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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