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Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000 Hardcover – August 31, 2012

by Juliet Kinchin (Editor, Contributor), Tanya Harrod (Contributor), Medea Hoch (Contributor),
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From toys, furniture, books and clothing to playgrounds, schools, children’s hospitals and nurseries, Century of the Child looks at innovative visions for the material world of children

In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the "citizens of the future" to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking-engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures. Divided into seven sections-"New Century, New Child, New Art"; "Avant-Garde Playtime"; "Light, Air, Health"; "Children and the Body Politic"; "Regeneration"; "Power Play"; and "Designing Better Worlds"-The Century of the Child focuses on individuals and projects that represent innovative and comprehensive contributions to design for children.
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    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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    August 31, 2012
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    9.7 x 1.1 x 12.1 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0870708260
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0870708268
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"It is something of a cliché to state that children are the future, but for modernist designers with a clear vision of the society and values they wanted to shape, children have been an obvious starting point," says [MoMA's "Century of the Child"] curator Juliet Kinchin…Over the last 100 years or so, the idea of the "modern child" was shaped by the same forces that shaped the rest of society: industrialization, urbanization, and consumerism...This may be the single most important, overriding dynamic regarding design for children from the early 20th century to today: Adults create new products for kids and kids, in turn, create new worlds. -- Steven Heller ― The Atlantic

Kids had it good in the 20th century. Designers gave them revolutionary playthings like Lego and Tinkertoys and the Rubik's Cube, made to be both fun and good for them. Geniuses like Frank Lloyd Wright gave them deluxe schools…"We're looking at principles and issues that take us to the core of thinking about creativity in every aspect of our culture," says Juliet Kinchin…MoMA's curator of modern design. "You really see how fundamental design and children are to the modern world." In the tumult of the last century, governments left and right, democratic and tyrannical, invested lavishly in children and their spaces, as a way to seize the future and plant the national flag there…[Kinchin's] exhibition lays out how the children's "colonies" of fascist Italy and the kindergartens of the Soviet Union each housed their charges in shiny modern structures, away from the old-fashioned views and tastes of their parents. Schoolkids, both receptive and captive, were the ideal audiences for radical modern ideas and objects…Kinchin's show puts the Sputnik playgrounds of Czechoslovakia beside Barbie's Dream House and the wooden toys of Creative Playthings to give a picture of a culture where children were separate, but better. -- Blake Gopnik ― Newsweek

This is the first published survey of the 20th-century design for children. And what an amazing publication! Taking inspiration from Ellen Key's Century of the Child (1900), this book bridges the gap between childhood and progressive design by examining individual and collective works from the world of children. Kinchin and O'Connor (both, MOMA) cover toys, books, games, and playgrounds, but also furniture, safety equiptment, and architecture, providing an exceptional overview of the history of design for the past 100 years. The book illustrates how designing for children stimulated creative freedom and encouraged experimental aesthetics... Beautiful illustrations accompany every section. An easy-to-use index and an extensive list of references are included. Given its multidiscliplinary content, this volume is a must for any collection. Art students will love it, and students involved with history, politics, health, child studies, and communication-- just to mention a few other discliplines-- will discover unique information about the world of children. -- A. Zanin-Yost ― Choice

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Museum of Modern Art, New York (August 31, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0870708260
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0870708268
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.7 x 1.1 x 12.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Early education can be very influential
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To better understand the role of Froebel and the development of the kindergarten this book is essential. Froebel believed children should be nurtured like flowers in a garden and taught about the world around them at a young age. (Kindergarten is a German word meaning children’s garden.)

Froebel was convinced that children could learn about the universe, nature, and life by playing with blocks. He often packaged the blocks with sticks and colored paper and marketed them as “gifts.” In Froebel’s kindergarten, children would create buildings, furniture, and whatever they could imagine using the “gifts.” Not all of the blocks were rectangular; some were round, triangular and even cylindrical. Certain blocks could be attached to strings, which hung from a wooden apparatus like a trapeze.
This book helped us better understand Froebel's influence on Frank Lloyd Wright and the importance of early education for our forthcoming book "Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man who Played with Blocks, A Short Illustrated Biography."
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Zorro-Mother
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2012
This is an impressive appendix to the MoMa exibition, which exists as an interesting book by its own. With reliable text, good quality illustrations and expanded topics connected with children's culture. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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excellent service, excellent livre.
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Mari M.
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!
Reviewed in Italy on February 17, 2013
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great book for all, complete about design, architecture, contect, etc about children, a lot of images and excelent texts!!
a very nice reading
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