Grace Lees-Maffei
Biographic Data
| ID | 457574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grace Lees-Maffei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grace |
| FAMILY NAME | Lees-Maffei |
| SIGNATURE | LEES-MAFFEI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hertfordshire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Design History Reader
This revised and updated edition addresses the international history and practice of design from the 17th century to the present day. Covering both primary texts by social theorists, designers and design reformers, and secondary texts in the form of key works of design history and design thinking, the Reader provides an essential resource for understanding the history of design, the development of the discipline, and contemporary issues in design…
Art Deco Centenary
In April 1925, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes opened in Paris and continued until October that year. In the century since, designed artefacts and spaces that resemble the work shown at the exhibition have come to be known as “Art Deco” in tribute to the importance of the exhibition. The Editors of The Journal of Design History wanted to mark this important centenary. For the Art Deco Centenary, we have e…
Streamliner
Reviewed by: Streamliner: Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design by John Wall Grace Lees-Maffei (bio) Streamliner: Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design. By John Wall. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Pp. 344. Hardcover $39.95. John Wall's 2018 book is the latest in a stream of studies of Loewy that includes, for example, The Designs of Raymond Loewy (1975); Angela…
Designing Worlds
Italianità and internationalism
This article considers the Italian household product design company Alessi as quintessentially Italian and international. The interplay of mass-production and craft techniques at Alessi, an extended design process and the presentation of the family in company publicity exemplify the ambiguities identified within Italian design. The extent to which Alessi typifies Italian post-war design is questioned with reference to the company's international …
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Italianità and internationalism
This article considers the Italian household product design company Alessi as quintessentially Italian and international. The interplay of mass-production and craft techniques at Alessi, an extended design process and the presentation of the family in company publicity exemplify the ambiguities identified within Italian design. The extent to which Alessi typifies Italian post-war design is questioned with reference to the company's international …
Designing Worlds
Streamliner
Reviewed by: Streamliner: Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design by John Wall Grace Lees-Maffei (bio) Streamliner: Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design. By John Wall. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Pp. 344. Hardcover $39.95. John Wall's 2018 book is the latest in a stream of studies of Loewy that includes, for example, The Designs of Raymond Loewy (1975); Angela…
The Design History Reader
This revised and updated edition addresses the international history and practice of design from the 17th century to the present day. Covering both primary texts by social theorists, designers and design reformers, and secondary texts in the form of key works of design history and design thinking, the Reader provides an essential resource for understanding the history of design, the development of the discipline, and contemporary issues in design…
Art Deco Centenary
In April 1925, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes opened in Paris and continued until October that year. In the century since, designed artefacts and spaces that resemble the work shown at the exhibition have come to be known as “Art Deco” in tribute to the importance of the exhibition. The Editors of The Journal of Design History wanted to mark this important centenary. For the Art Deco Centenary, we have e…
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