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Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960's
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Product Description
From Joe Colombos kitchen in a cart to Olivier Mourgues Djinn Chairs From 2001: A Space Odyssey, from the lipstick-red couch shaped like Marilyn Monroes lips to Eero Aarnios space-age Ball chair, sixties furniture still has the power to startle and to delight. Op to Pop is a thorough guide whose original, readable scholarship places sixties furnishings in their social and design contexts, sorting the good from the fad and providing names, dates, and other documentation. From fashion to film, the sixties refuse to fade away and for good reason.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #585014 in Books
- Published on: 1999-06-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 176 pages
Editorial Reviews
Card catalog description
Whether it's a lipstick-red love seat shaped like Marilyn Monroe's lips, an anthropomorphic "man" chaise, a bean bag chair, or a "domestic capsule unit," 1960s furniture still has the power to startle and delight. In Op to Pop, Cara Greenberg takes on this little-explored but exciting and fertile era of furniture design, providing original, readable scholarship that places '60s furnishings in a cultural context and helps sort the good from the fad. She explores in detail the roots of and influences on '60s design, from space travel to Pop Art, in a joyful visual tour of the decade's bold and fresh-looking furniture output. Op to Pop features 250 photographs plus a source guide to the growing number of outlets for 1960s furniture design.
About the Author
Cara Greenberg has been a professional freelance writer since 1978, producing hundreds of articles on design, antiques, and collecting for Metropolitan Home and Art & Antiques (where she is a contributing editor), as well as The New York Times, House Beautiful, Elle, Decor, Money, and other publications. She is also the author of several acclaimed books on furniture and style, including Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s (Harmony, 1984, 1989, 1995) and House Beautiful Bedrooms (Hearst, 1996).
Customer Reviews
Op to Pop -1960's 
Very impressed with the level of information provided. This book could be used as insight to one of the pure forms of art culture in the Op-Pop era. It's a must for the classroom. It's classic.
Not what I was expecting and returned the book
It's a beautiful book, but I was looking for examples of wood furniture that I could give to a craftsman and ask to custom-replicate, so as to match the period of my house. Most of the stuff was plastic--much like the chair on cover. Fortunately, Amazon gives refunds.
I was looking for furniture real people would use
I just don't get anyone actually liking this book. I paid $12 and it is not even worth the shelf space. I love the author's other book. The stuff doesn't even look usable to me. Dlifferent strokes for different folks....
