Table of Contents

Introduction: Twentieth-Century Design and Culture Revisited  Part 1: Design and Modernity, 1900-1939  Chapter 1. Consuming Modernity (i) Conspicuous Consumption and the Expansion of Taste  (ii) Consumer Culture and Modernity  Chapter 2. The Impact of Modernity  (i) New Production Methods, New Materials  (ii) The Materials of Modernity  Chapter 3. The Designer for Industry  (i) Art and Industry  (ii) The Consultant Designer  Chapter 4. Modernism and Design  (i) Theory and Design at the Turn of the Century  (ii) The Hegemony of Modernism  Chapter 5. Designing Identities  (i) Representing the Nation  (ii) Corporate Culture and the State  Part 2: Design and Postmodernity, 1939 to the present  Chapter 6. Consuming Postmodernity  (i) The Dream of Modernity  (ii) Consumer Culture and Postmodernity  Chapter 7. Technology and Design: A New Alliance  (i) The Materials of Abundance  (ii) Technology and Lifestyles  Chapter 8. Designer-Culture  (i) The International Designers  (ii) The New Designers  Chapter 9. Postmodernism and Design  (i) Modern Design in Crisis  (ii) Postmodern Design  Chapter 10. Redesigning Identities  (i) Redesigning the Nation  (ii) Designing Lifestyles

About the Author

Penny Sparke is Professor of Design History and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Director, Modern Interior Research Centre, Kingston University. Her research interests include modern design and the modern interior with special interest in role of gender. She is currently researching the meaning of plants and flowers in the modern interior.