Pop! Design, Culture, Fashion 1956-1976
Antique Collectors Club Publishers, hard cover, 272 pages,
230 color illustrations, $59.95
This cheerful volume, released in conjunction with an
eponymous exhibition at the Fashion
and Textile Museum in London, celebrates three distinct decades
of design in Britain and America,
exploring the sweeping gestalt of the pop culture phenomenon. A
narrative of postwar rock ‘n’ roll exuberance, “swinging sixties” rebellion,
and seventies disillusionment unfolds through images spanning graphics (concert
posters, book and record
jackets), space-age
furniture, psychedelic textiles, and zany fashion accessories in vinyl
and paper. Pop!
examines the fascinating and sometimes circular relationship between design and
music, noting that many musical
luminaries of the sixties had studied graphics at British art schools; these
included John Lennon, Ray Davies,
Eric Clapton and Donovan, an aficionado of mod fashion designer Mary
Quant. Pop art is thus revealed to blur not only the boundaries of
commerce, culture, and style, but also those of the aural and visual modes of
expression.
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