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100 1 $aLong, Christopher$q(Christopher Alan),$d1957-$eauthor.
245 10 $aKem Weber :$bDesigner and Architect /$cChristopher Long.
246 30 $aDesigner and Architect
264 1 $aNew Haven, CT :$bYale University Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014.
300 $aix, 293 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
546 $aText in English.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
520 $a"For German-born Kem Weber (1889-1963), design was not about finding a new expression; it was about responding to "structural, economic, and social requirements ... characteristic of our daily routine of living." He sought to ensure that each design he produced--whether a piece of furniture or a building or an interior--was an improvement that responded to modern needs and modern life. Weber was a leading figure of modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd.This book, a result of significant new primary research in the Weber family's archives, represents the first major study of the life and career of this important designer. Christopher Long details the full range of Weber's contributions, focusing particularly on the part he played in the advancement of American modernism, and his role in heralding a new way of making and living."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aBerlin -- Rebirth -- Santa Barbara -- Barker Brothers -- Modes and manners -- Hollywood -- Bentlock -- Grand Rapids -- Bixby -- Disney -- Wartime -- A renewed vision -- Kem Weber and modern design.
600 10 $aWeber, Kem,$d1889-1963.
852 00 $bavelc$hNK1535.W4$iL66 2014g