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Populuxe by Thomas Hine · Booklabria

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First published: 1986
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

An examination of the remarkable objects for sale in the fifties and sixties and some of the designers of these objects: Barbie dolls, appliances, automobiles, furniture, Levittown, PA, Eero Saarinen, George Nelson, Harley Earl and Raymond Loewy.

Subjects: History
Histoire
Design
Popular culture
Kultur
Popular culture, united states
Set in: United States
Time: 20th Century

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