Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste

Princeton Architectural Press By Ellen Lupton
and J. Abbott Miller

8.2 x 10.7 in; 80 pp ; 20 color, 80 b/w
Paperback
Published in November, 1996
ISBN 1568980965
ISBN13 9781568980966
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Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste -- Between 1890 and 1940, America's culture of consumption took its modern form: products were mass-produced, mass-distributed, and designed to be rapidly replaced by the buying public. The same period also saw the rise of the modern bathroom and kitchen as newly equipped spaces for administering bodily care The streamlined style of modern design, which served the new ideals of hygiene and the manufacturing policy of planned obsolescence, emanated from the domestic landscape of the bathroom and kitchen. The Bathroom, the Kitchen analyzes these developments with text and historical photographs, drawings, sketches, advertisements, and catalog pages.

Ellen Lupton is one of America's preeminent design educators. Her books include Skin, Inside Design Now, and Mixing Messages, among others. She is currently director of the design program at Maryland Institute of Art and Design.

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[This book] brings its exploration of prosperity and the home to exuberant life. It is a fiesta of logos, graphics, illustrations, photographs. Katherine Dieckmann, Village Voice Literary Supplement

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