Made in Canada : craft and design in the sixties /

The red maple leaf is the quintessential symbol of Canada and the flag that popularized it throughout the world was designed in the 1960s as a result of government legislation aimed at creating a vital, new Canadian national identity through objects, events, and building projects. Made in Canada loo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Elder, Alan C., 1955- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal : Published for Design Exchange, Toronto in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Civilization by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2005]
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1960-1969.
Design > Canada > History > 20th century.
Design > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Nineteen sixties.
Handicraft > Canada > History > 20th century.
Handicraft > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Artisanat > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Design > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Années soixante (Vingtième siècle)
Artisanat > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Design > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Culture populaire > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Folk & Outsider Art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Folkcrafts.
DESIGN > History & Criticism.
Handicraft > Government policy.
Handicraft.
Design.
Design
Kunsthandwerk
Canada.
Kanada
Electronic books.
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Douglas Coupland
  • Foreword : design exchange / Samantha Sannella
  • Foreword : Canadian Museum of Civilization / Victor Rabinovitch
  • Introduction : Canada in the sixties : "It can do almost anything" / Alan C. Elder
  • 1. When "la Dolce Vita" met "true Canadianism" : Canadian airports in the sixties / Bernard Flaman
  • 2. "Instant world" : Canada and space-age design in the sixties / Rachel Gotlieb
  • 3. A flag for Canada / Michael Large
  • 4. Excellence, inventiveness, and variety : Canadian fine crafts at Expo 67 / Sandra Alfoldy
  • 5. Habitat '67 : view from the inside / Paul Bourassa
  • 6. Capsules : plastic and utopia / Brent Cordner
  • 7. Deign to be modern : Canada's taste for Scandinavian design in the sixties / Michael Prokopow
  • 8. When counterculture went mainstream / Alan C. Elder.

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