
Retro Style
Class, Gender and Design in the Home
Sarah Elsie Baker(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 4. July 2013
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-85785-107-9 (ISBN)
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Description
Retro interiors have come to the fore in recent years as a highly desirable and valuable branch of interior design. The emergence of a need for decorative objects and vintage furniture has resurrected retro style and placed it firmly as a key trend of contemporary design.
Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home is the first book to explore the modern position of retro by asking important questions around the emergence of the trend, its impact on production and consumption and how it manifests itself in the contemporary interior. Examining themes ranging from design, taste and the aestheticisation of everyday life to the bohemianisation of popular culture, the book provides a fascinating insight into how retro has shaped modern interior design.
Using original ethnographic research from retro retailers, enthusiasts, designers and media professionals Retro Style explores the positive and negative side of the style, ultimately providing an original and thought-provoking perspective on the history and trajectory of how retro has become what it now is and its bearing on the future of designed interiors.
Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home is the first book to explore the modern position of retro by asking important questions around the emergence of the trend, its impact on production and consumption and how it manifests itself in the contemporary interior. Examining themes ranging from design, taste and the aestheticisation of everyday life to the bohemianisation of popular culture, the book provides a fascinating insight into how retro has shaped modern interior design.
Using original ethnographic research from retro retailers, enthusiasts, designers and media professionals Retro Style explores the positive and negative side of the style, ultimately providing an original and thought-provoking perspective on the history and trajectory of how retro has become what it now is and its bearing on the future of designed interiors.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
22 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85785-107-9 (9780857851079)
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Person
Sarah Baker is Lecturer in Cultre and Context at the School of Design, Victoria University of Wellington. She has researched and published numerous articles focussed on consumption and domestic space.
Content
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Definitions and Distinctions of Retro Style
3. Retro Style and the Cultural Politics of Everyday Life
4. A History of the Retro Aesthetic
5. Retailing Retro
6. Retro Interiors and Lifestyle Media
7. Retro Homes, Taste and Cultural Distinction
8. Retro Femininities and Domestic Labour
9. Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Definitions and Distinctions of Retro Style
3. Retro Style and the Cultural Politics of Everyday Life
4. A History of the Retro Aesthetic
5. Retailing Retro
6. Retro Interiors and Lifestyle Media
7. Retro Homes, Taste and Cultural Distinction
8. Retro Femininities and Domestic Labour
9. Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index