Designing Liners

A History of Interior Design Afloat
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-37468-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

This in-depth history of the interior design of ocean liners surveys the transient history of interior design in relation to the development of passenger shipping, from commissioning by the line owners, methods and sources for the original creation of designs through to its construction, use and influence. It is a short-lived branch of architecture and design, lasting an average of fifteen years. As the design and taste mirrors and reinforces cultural assumptions about national identity, gender, class and race, not only did the interiors of ocean going liners reflect the changing hierarchies of society and shifting patterns in globalization, but the glamour and styling of the liners were reflected back into the design of interiors on land.

Combining design history, architecture history, material and visual cultures, Designing Liners is a richly multidisciplinary work for those studying or researching this application of interior design.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wealleans, Anne (Middlesex University, UK)

Wealleans, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Architekturdesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Decorating Modernity 2. Luxury Interiors and Arts and Crafts Architects 3. Beaux Arts Comfort on Board 4. Floating Art Deco Showcases 5. Modern Designer Liners 6. Transatlantic Modernism and the Interior Designer Appendix 1: Interior Designers and Their Ships Appendix 2: Designing Liners: Notable Ship

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Welleans is Professor at the School of Art and Design History at Kingston University. Her research interests include the history of luxury in interior design and decoration, particularly in relation to ocean liners. Anne has published widely on aspects of twentieth century visual and material culture. She has written for a range of journals and contributed to programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.