Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America

The Arts and Crafts Movement originated from reformist ideals and was adopted by American retailers for mass production. It gained popularity in early 20th-century America but lost its reformist roots due to large-scale manufacturing and merchandising. This book explores the movement's geographical reach and its translation into everyday design, featuring furniture and designs by William Morris, Gustav Stickley, and Elbert Hubbards Roycroft.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 01 February 2019
\n Publisher: Yale University Press
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The Arts and Crafts Movement, which originated in reformist ideals and had a significant impact on commercial culture, is examined in this fascinating book. It explores how the movement evolved from its roots in individual craftsmanship to a mainstream trend that was increasingly adapted for mass production by American retailers. The book also delves into the influence of John Ruskin, who inspired the movement in Britain in the 1840s in response to the corrosive forces of industrialization.

The movement was profoundly transformed as its tenets of simple design, honest use of materials, and social value of handmade goods were widely adopted and commodified by companies like Sears, Roebuck, and Co. The movement gained popularity in early 20th-century America, where it was stripped of its reformist ideals by large-scale manufacturing and merchandising through department stores and mail-order catalogues.

This beautiful book is illustrated with stunning furniture and designs by William Morris, Gustav Stickley, and Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft community, among many others, along with such ephemera as the catalogues, sales brochures, and magazine spreads that generated popular interest.

This perspective offers a new understanding of the Arts and Crafts idea, its geographical reach, and its translation into everyday design.

Published in association with the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, Exhibition Schedule: Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin (02/09/19–07/14/19)

\n Weight: 1420g\n
Dimension: 241 x 289 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780300234985\n \n