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OverviewDuring the post-war era, the emerging consumer economy radically changed both the discourse and practice of architecture. It was a time where architecture became a mainstream commodity whose products sold through mass media; a time in which Thomas Gordon Cullen came to be one of Britain’s best-known twentieth-century architectural draftsmen. Despite Cullen’s wide acclaim, there has been little research into his life and work; particularly his printed images and his methods of operation. This book examines Cullen’s drawings and book design and also looks into his process of image making to help explain his considerable popularity and influence which continues to this day. It presents the lessons Cullen had to offer in today’s design culture and practice and looks into the post-war consumerist design strategies that are still used today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mira Engler (Iowa State University, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9781138848832ISBN 10: 1138848832 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 06 August 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Prologue: Gordon Cullen in the Realm of Image Making and Consumer Culture 1. Publicity Drawings: ""Cut-and-Paste"" Cullen Style 2. Townscape Drawings: ""Scaping"" the Urban Landscape 3. The Book: Townscape, a New Consumer Product 4. Bountiful Offspring: Townscape Takes on a Life of Its Own Epilogue: Life after Townscape"ReviewsThrough Mira Engler's perceptive research, Gordon Cullen is revealed as a powerful lens, focussing a broad body of theories and techniques, and projecting them in an accessible, populist - and highly influential - manner. Cullen's work reflects the approach of the Architectural Review and its explicit promotion of the ideas of Townscape and Serial Vision, but also embodies legacies of urban and landscape thinking that range from Repton to Le Corbusier. Engler vividly reveals the links to theories and practices of film and mass culture, positioning Cullen within a milieu shaped by Eisenstein, Debord and Benjamin, as much as the technicalities of reproduction and graphic design. Not only does Engler give Cullen his place in the history of urban design and planning, she also makes compelling connections to contemporary practices such as website design and blogging, and offers food for thought for current debates, including the critical relationship between modes of representation and the landscapes they create. Dr Jacqueline Bowring, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University, New Zealand The once essential distinction between town and country has long since collapsed into an endless stream of images that not only mediates our perception but materially transforms the environment into a virtually continuous system that admits no distinctions or limits. Gordon Cullen played an essential role in this reconfiguration of our postmodern worldspace by developing a graphic vocabulary elements of which are now so ubiquitous as to go unnoticed in our saturated visual field. Engler's important study reveals that by redrawing the obvious, the author of Townscape had an impact far greater than the limits of any town or country. Sylvia Lavin, Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Through Mira Engler's perceptive research, Gordon Cullen is revealed as a powerful lens, focussing a broad body of theories and techniques, and projecting them in an accessible, populist - and highly influential - manner. Cullen's work reflects the approach of the Architectural Review and its explicit promotion of the ideas of Townscape and Serial Vision, but also embodies legacies of urban and landscape thinking that range from Repton to Le Corbusier. Engler vividly reveals the links to theories and practices of film and mass culture, positioning Cullen within a milieu shaped by Eisenstein, Debord and Benjamin, as much as the techinicalities of reproduction and graphic design. Not only does Engler give Cullen his place in the history of urban design and planning, she also makes compelling connections to contemporary practices such as website design and blogging, and offers food for thought for current debates, including the critical relationship between modes of representation and the landscapes they create. Dr Jacqueline Bowring, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University Author InformationMira Engler, Ph.D, has studied landscape architecture and architecture. Her previous book, Designing America’s Waste Landscapes, explores societal and professional attitudes towards waste and the design of dumps and sewage grounds. She currently studies the relationship between landscape architecture, mass media, and visual consumer culture. Engler is a professor of landscape architecture at Iowa State University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |