The Form of Socialism without Ornament: Consumption, Ideology, and the Fall and Rise of Modernist Design in the German Democratic Republic

Industrial designers who inherited the Bauhaus legacy experienced a dramatic reversal of fortunes in the socialist German Democratic Republic. The height of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Bloc, 1950-1953, meant a near complete shutdown of modernist and functionalist design and architecture. However...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Design History. - Oxford University Press. - 19(2006), 2, Seite 155-168
1. Verfasser: Rubin, Eli (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Design History
Schlagworte:Consumer Products East Germany Functionalism Kitsch Ornament Planned Economy Applied sciences Arts Political science Philosophy Economics