Asia Pacific University Library catalogue

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-474) and index.

Foreword / Charles Jencks -- Introduction -- I. Masters of postmodern design. Supernovas Sottsass and Venturi : creating and defining postmodernism in the 1980s / R. Craig Miller -- Michael Graves -- Charles Jencks -- Alessandro Mendini -- Ettore Sottsass -- Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown -- II. Forms of postmodern design. Architecture. The politics of postmodern architecture / Sean Griffiths -- Arquitectonica -- Thomas Beeby -- Ricardo Bofill -- Mario Botta -- Terry Farrell -- Frank Gehry -- Hans Hollein -- Arata Isozaki -- Léon Krier -- Charles Moore -- John Outram -- Paolo Portoghesi -- Also Rossi -- Robert A.M. Stern -- James Stirling -- Tomás Taveira -- Stanley Tigerman -- Oscar Tusquets Blanca -- James Wines ; Design. New German design : brief history, big impact / Hans Maier-Aichen -- Martine Bedin -- Andrea Branzi -- Aldo Cibic -- Nigel Coates -- Michele de Lucchi -- Nathalie du Pasquier -- James Evanson -- Godley-Schwan -- Massimo Iosa Ghini -- Shiro Kuramata -- Javier Mariscal -- Gaetano Pesce -- Peter Shire -- Bořek Šípek -- George Sowden -- Philippe Starck -- Matteo Thun -- Masanori Umeda -- Marco Zanini ; Graphic design. The PoMo brouhaha / Steven Heller -- Michael Bierut -- Neville Brody -- Art Chantry -- Seymour Chwast -- Ed Fella -- Carin Goldberg -- April Greiman -- Katherine McCoy -- Paula Scher -- Deborah Sussman -- Michael Vanderbyl -- Wolfgang Weingart

Edited design. Swid Powell and postmodern tabletop / John Stuart Gordon -- Abet Laminati -- Acme -- Alessi -- Cleto Munari -- Disney -- Formica -- Memphis -- III. Living with postmodern design. Interiors : translation, modification, compromise -- Postmodern design moves indoors / Arlene Hirst -- James Evanson : Dean Pond House -- Michael Graves : The Warehouse ; Plocek House -- Charles Jencks : Garagia Rotunda -- Alessandro Mendini : Casa della Felicità -- Charles Moore : Selby Avenue House -- Peter Shire : Vista Gordo/Shire Art House -- Bořek Šípek : Šípek House -- Ettore Sottsass : Casa Maui ; Casa Munari -- Robert A.M. Stern (architects) : Residence -- Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (Venturi, Scott Brown and associates) : Brant House ; Residence -- Zanone Residence -- IV. Postmodern design continues. The aftermath, the revival, the future -- Collecting postmodern design / Alexander Payne -- On freedom / Johanna Grawunder -- Afterword / Denise Scott Brown -- A-Z of designers and producers.

"Originating as a rebellious movement in philosophy and literature, postmodernism proclaimed the death of modernism and promoted a new, nonlinear way of approaching architecture and design, spearheaded by Michael Graves, Robert Venturi, Ettore Sottsass, and Alessandro Mendini. It became a style in itself and the defining look of the 1980s. 'Postmodern Design Complete' is the comprehensive reference to this period of vibrant design, as it profiles key creators including Graves, Mendini, Sottsass, Venturi, Charles Jencks, and Denise Scott Brown, and covers the fields of architecture, furniture, graphic design, textiles, and product and industrial design. A section on Living with Postmodernism presents fifteen seminal homes and their furnishings, and a final section titled Postmodernism Continues is a comprehensive overview of contemporary makers. Highly informed and accessible texts are illustrated by more than 1,000 images that bring together classics and little-seen rarities, unusual objets d'art, and mass-produced items. This definitive volume also includes a foreword by Charles Jencks and an afterword by Denise Scott Brown, followed by a substantial reference section."--Publisher's description.