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1950s Fashion Print by Marnie Fogg is a comprehensive sourcebook showcasing the vibrant and innovative fashion print designs of the postwar 1950s. It explores the creative explosion of the atomic age through hundreds of exclusive illustrations and original artworks by iconic designers like Lucienne Day, Robert Stewart, and Maija Isola. The book is organised into four thematic chapters—narrative and novelty, abstraction, artistic license, and kinetic prints—each introducing a distinctive facet of the era’s print culture, making it an invaluable resource for design practitioners and students alike.
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This book is ideal for contemporary design professionals, fashion historians, students, and anyone interested in mid-20th-century arts and culture, particularly those fascinated by textile and print design.

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A unique sourcebook of 1950s fashion print, this book covers the heyday of postwar design. Marnie Fogg gives full expression to the creativity of a period where an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject.

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A sourcebook of 1950s fashion print, 1950s Fashion Print explores the heyday of postwar design where an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combines with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. The designs and influences of the print gurus of the time—Lucienne Day, Robert Stewart, and Maija Isola of Marimekko—are all covered in this wonderful creative resource.

The creativity of the period, marking the beginning of the atomic age, is given full expression in this sourcebook of hundreds of designs. It is an essential resource for contemporary design practitioners and students. The book contains exclusive illustrations and original artwork from designers, as well as finished prints. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to provide provenance and relevance.

The book is divided into four chapters covering the major themes of the period: Narrative and novelty; Abstraction, exploring the distorted and attenuated forms used in print; Artistic license and the influence of contemporary art on fashion print; and Kinetic prints that capture the influence of the era's 'mobiles, doodles and spasms'.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849945875

Publisher: Batsford

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Batsford

Edition: 2nd Revised edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Marnie Fogg is a media consultant in all aspects of the fashion industry. She lectured in Visual Studies and the Culture of Fashion at the University of Nottingham, and has a Master's Degree in Art and Design Advanced Practice and Theory. She is the author of Boutique: A 60s Cultural Phenomenon, published by Mitchell Beazley, and Print in Fashion, published by Batsford. She lives in Duffield, Derbyshire.

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