Retro style : class, gender and design in the home /
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. This book explores the mode...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2013.
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| Summary: | 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. This book explores 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857851079 (hbk.) 0857851071 (hbk.) 085785108X (pbk.) 9780857851086 (pbk.) |