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Shop America

Hardcover • 2007 • English

Shop America: Mid-Century Storefront Design, 1938-1950

By Steven Heller

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About the book

Window shopping In postwar America, everything pointed to a bright, shiny future. Sheer optimism and opulence informed everything from automobile design to architecture, infusing design with larger-than-life planes and curves. Storefront design of the era is particularly indicative of this phenomenon, incarnated here in an extensive collection of hand-illustrated shop window designs from 1938 to 1950. These spectacular, often grandiose plans for grocery stores, shoe shops, beauty salons, bakerie...Show more

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ISBN

9783822842690

Publisher

TASCHEN

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Shop America

Format

Hardcover

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