Exit to Tomorrow History of the Future, World's Fair Architecture, Design, Fashion 1933-2005 |
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| Editor:
| Garn, Andrew |
| Text by:
| Antonelli, Paola
Kultermann, Udo
Antonelli, Paolo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7893-1531-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Publisher: | Universe Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the golden era of world's fairs, from the 1930s to the 1970s, this book offers a nostalgic glimpse of the future in vintage photographs, postcards, previously unpublished memorabilia, and drawings of pavilions, created by such designers and architects as Buckminster Fuller, Norman Bel Geddes, Kisho Kurokawa, and Le Corbusier. Innovative, informative, and entertaining, this souvenir of yesterday's tomorrow is a superb tour of the achievements of avant-garde architecture and design.
Focusing on the golden era of world's fairs, from the 1930s to the 1970s, this book offers a nostalgic glimpse of the future in vintage photographs, postcards, previously unpublished memorabilia, and drawings of pavilions, created by such designers and architects as Buckminster Fuller, Norman Bel Geddes, Kisho Kurokawa, and Le Corbusier. Innovative, informative, and entertaining, this souvenir of yesterday's tomorrow is a superb tour of the achievements of avant-garde architecture and design.