Greta Magnusson Grossman: Modern Design from Sweden to California Hardcover – February 1, 2022 by Harriet Harriss, Naomi House

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Author: Harriss Harriet

Brand: Lund Humphries

Edition: None

Package Dimensions: 0x254x788

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 31-12-2021

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Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906-1999) was a prolific designer working within the male-dominated world of mid-century modern design, whose status and influence has been largely ignored. Grossman was the ultimate polymath: an industrial designer, interior designer, and architect working within the fascinating contexts of Scandinavia and North America. This book gives an overview of Grossman’s background, education, and the formative years of her career in Sweden, before describing her move to Los Angeles in 1940. While she is remembered for her work as a product and lighting designer, her work as an interior designer has been almost entirely overlooked. This book catalogs and emphasizes the significance of her contribution to interior design. It positions her contributions in relation to the canon of genres to which she contributed, her discipline, and the emerging canon of women designers who are only now being recognized, while considering her enduring legacy upon the world of design today.

About the Author

Harriet Harriss is the Head of Research Programmes at the Royal College of Art’s School of Architecture, London. She is the recipient of numerous awards and her published books include
A Gendered Profession: The Question of Representation in Space Making (ed.) and
Radical Pedagogies: Architectural Education and the British Tradition (ed.).
Naomi House is a designer, educator, and writer who has taught at the Royal College of Art and the Bartlett School of Architecture, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University and Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts. Her previous publications include the
Fundamentals of Interior Architecture and
Interiority Complex in a Gendered Profession.