Formica and Design: From the Counter Top to High Art

Lewin, S.G. (Ed.), 1991. Formica and Design: From the Counter Top to High Art. Rizzoli, New York, NY. This book covers the following: Preface - Introduction by R. Craig Miller - The Formica history: It isn't what you think by Steven Holt - The logo by Karrie Jacobs - Plastics by Jeffrey L. Meikle - Evolutions in surface design by Marybeth Shaw - The autonomous image by Alessandro De Gregori - Formica in the Fifties by Barbara Goldstein - Brooke Stevens by Simon Leung - Formica and diners by Richard J.S. Gutman - Plastic expression by Sarah Bodine and Michael Dumas - The laminate woman: Formica in women's lives by Sarah Bayliss - Wood grains by Simon Leung - From magical to mundane and back by Susan Grant Lewin - The phenomenon of Formica by Steven Holt - Afterword by Vincent P. Langone - Bibliography - Index - Contributors.

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