5. Design, Liberalism, and the State: The German Design Council

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Design, the Cold War, and West German Culture 1
6. 1. Re-Enchanting the Commodity: Nazi Modernism Reconsidered 23
7. 2. The Conscience of the Nation: The New German Werkbund 73
8. 3. The Nierentisch Nemesis: The Promise and Peril of Organic Design 109
9. 4. Design and Its Discontents: The Ulm Institute of Design 139
10. 5. Design, Liberalism, and the State: The German Design Council 178
11. 6. Coming in from the Cold: Design and Domesticity 212
12. Conclusion. Memory and Materialism: The Return of History as Design 249
13. Notes 265
14. Bibliography 319
15. Index 339