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American Look: A Tribute to American Designers

It's amazing to see that decades later, many of the same forms, furnishings and objects are still prominent in today's design vernacular.

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Look!, retro, modern, 1950's

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It's a little bit amusing to see "American Style" taking credit for Danish Modern furniture and Barcelona chairs alongside Saarinen and Russel Wright......

posted by ccrat on 2007-12-20 20:34:01
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takes me back to my childhood. love that announcer's voice - i don't know his name but he and the music bring back the era, as much as the design.

posted by godsfool on 2007-12-21 04:15:45
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as much as the design does.

posted by godsfool on 2007-12-21 04:16:11
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That was fascinating. And gorgeous. Does anyone know the narrator's name? I agree with godsfool, very familiar.

Love the cold war propaganda via commodity fetishism. The American way: freedom through choice of material goods.

Excellent cinematography, too. Too bad the credits are missing.

posted by liza from VT on 2007-12-21 08:54:33
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The other 2 parts of this show can be seen on the archive.org website. I'm pretty sure there will be credits somewhere in there.

( www.archive.org)

The "American Engineer" one is quite charming as well (I believe it was funded by the same company that did the "American Look") though it's obviously not as household-design oriented. :)

posted by twoheadedboy on 2007-12-21 11:49:46
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