Op to Pop - Furniture of the 1960s - Cara Greenberg

New York, 1999.

Whether it's a lipstick-red love seat shaped like Marilyn Monroe's lips, an anthropomorphic "man" chaise, a bean bag chair, or a "domestic capsule unit," 1960s furniture still has the power to startle and delight. Greenberg takes on this little-explored but exciting and fertile era of furniture design, providing original, readable scholarship that places 60s furnishings in a cultural context and helps sort the good from the fad. She explores in detail the roots of and influences on 60s design, from space travel to Pop Art, in a joyful visual tour of the decade's bold and fresh-looking furniture output. Includes many Scandinavian designers like Verner Panton, Eero Aarnio, Hans Wegner et al.

Lavishly illustrated in both colour and black and white. Very good condition. Square 4to. 192pp. Hardback.