Decorative Art 1950s

Postwar Boom Decor
Design trends and styles of the 1950s

Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s, This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and positive spirit, applied from the suburbs to the inner cities, and from furniture to metalware, This edition revives the rare and revelatory Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook to trace the materials and styles behind the midcentury boom,
“This visual survey of the 50s is a nostalgic trip back to the century of latex and plastic where booming consumerism meant a heyday of interior design,”
— Huffingtonpost,com