A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Century of the child : growing by design 1900 - 2000 ; [in conjunction with the exhibition "Century of the child ... " at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 29 - November 5, 2012]
In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key--and looking back through the twentieth century--this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the 'citizens of the future' to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking--engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures.--Publisher information
Century of the child : growing by design 1900 - 2000 ; [in conjunction with the exhibition "Century of the child ... " at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 29 - November 5, 2012]
In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key--and looking back through the twentieth century--this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the 'citizens of the future' to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking--engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures.--Publisher information
Century of the child : growing by design 1900 - 2000 ; [in conjunction with the exhibition "Century of the child ... " at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 29 - November 5, 2012]
Growing by design 1900 - 2000
Exhibition "Century of the child: Growing by Design 1900 - 2000" ; 2012 ; New York, NY
2012
263 S.
zahlr. Ill.
Literaturverz. S. 257 - 258
Digital preservation by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Conference Proceedings
English
Zielgruppe , Geschichte 1900-2000 , Design , Kind , Wirtschaft Educational innovations / Exhibitions / History / 20th century , Educational innovations , Children's paraphernalia , Architecture and children / Exhibitions / History / 20th century , Children's paraphernalia / Exhibitions / Design / History / 20th century
Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000
| British Library Online Contents | 2013
Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2013