Skrevet af LONG
For German-born Kem Weber (1889–1963), design was not about finding a
new expression; it was about responding to “structural, economic, and
social requirements . . . characteristic of our daily routine of
living.” He sought to ensure that each design he produced—whether a
piece of furniture or a building or an interior—was an improvement that
responded to modern needs and modern life. Weber was a leading figure of
modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and
his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most
iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors
for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd.
This
book, a result of significant new primary research in the Weber
family’s archives, represents the first major study of the life and
career of this important designer. Christopher Long details the full
range of Weber’s contributions, focusing particularly on the part he
played in the advancement of American modernism, and his role in
heralding a new way of making and living.
