Cold War Confrontation: US Exhibitions and their Role in the Cultural Cold War, 1950–1980

World's Fairs and International Exhibitions have always had a political as well as a commercial and cultural context. This was particularly true during the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union. Jack Masey served with the United States Information Agency from 1951 to 1979, for many years as Director of Design. He commissioned numerous American architects and designers including R. Buckminster Fuller, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Peter Blake, Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar to design the US presence at major world Expos including Expo '67 in Montreal and Expo '70 in Osaka. This important new book draws on Masey's recollections, recently declassified documents, unpublished memoirs and photographs, interviews with surviving members of U.S. design teams, and others, to detail the significant role played by architects and designers in shaping America's image during the cultural Cold War.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

Baden

Year

2008

Number of pages

423 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9783037781234

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

707.41 Mas

Volumes

1

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