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The Professionalization of Window Display in Britain, 1919-1939

The Professionalization of Window Display in Britain, 1919-1939

Paperback

Series: Cultural Histories of Design

General DesignGraphic DesignBritish History

PREORDER - Expected ship date March 30, 2028

ISBN10: 1350427497
ISBN13: 9781350427495
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: Mar 30 2028
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book provides the first comprehensive history of window display as a practice and profession in Britain during the dynamic period of 1919 to 1939.

In recent decades, the disciplines of retail history, business history, design and cultural history have contributed to the study of department stores and other types of shops. However, these studies have only made passing references to window display and its role in retail, society and culture. Kerry Meakin investigates the conditions that enabled window display to become a professional practice during the interwar period, exploring the shift in display styles, developments within education and training, and the international influence on methods and techniques.

Piecing together the evidence, visual and written, about people, events, organisations, exhibitions and debates, Meakin provides a critical examination of this vital period of design history, highlighting major display designers and artists. The book reveals the modernist aesthetic developments that influenced high street displays and how they introduced passers-by to modern art movements.

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