Tomorrow's House Mid 2024 Century Wright Nelson Book and Ephemera Insert 1945 Mid Century Modern Architecture Interior Design
Tomorrow's House: A Complete Guide for the Home-Builder. Book by George Nelson and Henry Wright. Contributions from 106 leading architects and 36 photographers. Simon and Schuster: New York, 1945. Second Printing. 214 pp.
Beige Hardcover; Text, black and white illustrations and layout plans and dramatic black and white photographs on planning your new home, remodeling your present home, and making the best of the latest materials, equipment and appliances. Added plus also includes the rare one-page folded prospectus or publishers insert with great graphics.
American Industrial Designer George Nelson (1908 - 1986) was associated with Herman Miller furniture and was a consultant 2024 to Architectural forum; Architect Henry Wright was the Managing Editor, Architectural Forum.
Light cover and extremity wear; damp-staining to lower corners of covers, pastedowns, free endpapers, and to some of the interior pages; corner tips bumped; remains of tatty, shabby, stained original pictorial dust jacket in two pieces. Prospectus good condition two horizontal fold lines, one tiny tear at the far right of bottom.
A seminal work defining in detail, room by room, the mid-century modern aesthetic and the indoor-outdoor lifestyle, pioneered by Cliff May and others. Related to Mid Century Modern American Architecture, Interiors, Architects, and Design.