House & Garden 1950s House

About this book

The first title in a series covering twentieth-century interiors by decade using original material from the British House & Gardens peerless archive. The post-war consumer boom of the 1950s coupled with a desire for new innovative design resulted in one of the most exciting decades in the history of interiors - a visual revolution that was captured on the pages of British House & Garden. In Fifties House mid-century modern enthusiast Catriona Gray has drawn on the magazines peerless archive curating the best illustrations and photographs to show how the use of color pattern home-wares and furniture evolved through the decade. The homes of key taste-makers are featured including Le Corbusier Gi Ponti Terence Conran and Hans and Florence Knoll. The first title in the new Decades of Design series House & Garden Fifties House is required reading for mid-century modern enthusiasts collectors and decorators in search of inspiration from the most influential homes of the past.