Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870708260 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Impressive Zorro-Mother This is an impressive appendix to the MoMa exibition, which exists as an interesting book by its own. With reliable text, good quality illustrations and expanded topics connected with children's culture. Highly recommended.. Early education can be very influential Amazon reader To better understand the role of Froebel and the development of the kindergarten this book is essential. Froebel believed children should be nurtured like flowers in a garden and taught about the world around them at a young age. (Kindergarten is a German word meaning children’s garden.)Froebel was con
Divided into seven sections-"New Century, New Child, New Art"; "Avant-Garde Playtime"; "Light, Air, Health"; "Children and the Body Politic"; "Regeneration"; "Power Play"; and "Designing Better Worlds"-The Century of the Child focuses on individuals and projects that represent innovative and comprehensive contributions to design for children.. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking-engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures. In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material
(Steven Heller The Atlantic) . The book illustrates how designing for children stimulated creative freedom and encouraged experimental aesthetics Beautiful illustrations accompany every section. Given its multidiscliplinary content, this volume is a must for any collection. Zanin-Yost Choice)Kids had it good in the 20th century. Kinchin and O'Connor (both, MOMA) cover toys, books, games, and playgrounds, but also furniture, safety equiptment, and architecture, providing an exceptional overview of the history of design for the past 100 years. Designers gave them revolutionary playthings like Lego and Tinkertoys and the Rubik's Cube, made to be both fun and good for them. "You really see how fundamental design and children are to the modern world." In the tumult of the last century, governments left and right, democratic and tyrannical, invested lavishly in children and their spaces, as a way to seize the future and plant the national flag there…Kinchin's ex