The Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste: A Process of Elimination
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The Bathroom, the Kitchen, and the Aesthetics of Waste: A Process of Elimination Details
Between 1890 and 1940, America's culture of consumption took its modern form: products were mass-produced, mass-distributed, and designed to be rapidly replaced by the buying public. The same period also saw the rise of the modern bathroom and kitchen as newly equipped spaces for administering bodily care The streamlined style of modern design, which served the new ideals of hygiene and the manufacturing policy of planned obsolescence, emanated from the domestic landscape of the bathroom and kitchen. The Bathroom, the Kitchen analyzes these developments with text and historical photographs, drawings, sketches, advertisements, and catalog pages. Read more
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Reviews
This is one of my favorite books, out of hundreds on historic houses, architecture, interior design, etc. It is a survey of the way the kitchen and bath evolved in America over the last 100 years or so, in text and pictures. The pictures are great : lots of old ads are reprinted, and some of the photos are hilarious, given our current sensibilities. As much as the rooms have changed, we have changed too, and the real thrust here is that kitchens and bathrooms and the accouterments found therein are reflections of our shared cultural beliefs, hopes, fears and dreams. They are not just places to cook and clean up, they are mirrors of all that we are, changing just as we are. This is a thin book but loaded with information and pictures, and subtle commentary if you read closely. Highly recommended.
