{"product_id":"designing-the-modern-interior-penny-sparke-9781350106390","title":"Designing the Modern Interior: From the Victorians to Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning the Modern Interior\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes and public buildings is shaped by and shapes our modern culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe modern interior has often been narrowly defined by the minimalist work of elite, reforming architects. But a shared modernising impulse, expressed in interior design, extends at least as far back as the Victorians and reaches to our own time. And this spirit of modernisation manifested itself in interiors, designed both by professionals and by amateurs, which did not necessarily look modern and often even aimed to imitate the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning the Modern Interior\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new history of the interior from the late 19th to the 21st century. Particular characteristics are consistent across this period: a progressive attitude towards technology; a hyper-consciousness of what it is to live in the present and the future; an overt relationship with the mass media, mass consumption and the marketplace; an emphasis on individualism, interiority and the 'self'; the construction of identities determined by gender, class, race, sexuality and nationhood; and the experiences of urban and suburban life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penny Sparke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350106399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350106390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 7.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Penny Sparke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311046185215,"sku":"9781350106390","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_851c1fd9-dcbc-46a8-ba0f-80b7e4c5b88a.jpg?v=1730887954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/designing-the-modern-interior-penny-sparke-9781350106390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}