Description
Democratic in intention and approach, the book will argue that the home interior, as independently created by the 窶和mateur窶� householder, offers a continuous informal critique of shifting architectural styles (most notably with the advent of Modernism) and the design mainstream. Indeed, it will suggest that the popular increasingly exerts an influence on the professional. Underpinned by academic rigour, but not in thrall to it, above all this book is an engaging attempt to identify the cultural drivers of aesthetic change in the home, extrapolating the wider influence of 窶�taste窶� to a broad audience 窶� both professional and 窶�trade窶�. In so doing, it will explore enthralling territory 窶� money, class, power and influence. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and cartoons as well as photos, the book will not only be an absorbing read, but an enticing and attractive object in itself.
Table of Contents
1. New Money, Old Ideas 2. Disapproving Dilletantes 3. New Century, New Style 4. The People Decorate 5. Post War Populism 6. 1951 And All That 7. The Empire Strikes Back 8. Carrying On Regardless 9. Back To The Future 10. Having It And Having It More Abundantly
