Deco Radio

The Most Beautiful Radios Ever Made

Peter Sheridan

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Schiffer Publications
01 December 2014

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Antiques & collectables

With 380 brilliant photos and engaging text, this book presents some 300 of the rarest and most beautiful radios ever made for home or workplace. The advent of the small, mantle or tabletop radio in 1930 gave a huge impetus to the spread of radio, not only allowing multiple sets in the home, but changing the listener from the family to the individual. This book highlights a small subset of tube (valve) radios that incorporated new styling, materials, and approaches to consumer marketing in the 1930s and 1940s. Until now they have been underrated by many radio enthusiasts, and largely unrecognized in the world of Art Deco and Industrial Design. The radios of 35 industrial designers, including the luminaries of streamlining in the USA and UK (Loewy, Bel Geddes, Teague, Van Doren, Vassos, Coates, and Chermayeff) are identified and examples from 15 countries are stunningly displayed.

AUTHOR: Peter Sheridan is a respected historian, lecturer, and author, with a collection of radios considered one of the world's finest.

His highly acclaimed book Radio Days--Australian Bakelite Radios (2008) is the standard reference for Australian radio collectors. A member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers, Peter's photos are used by media, museums, and specialist publications.

By: Peter Sheridan
Imprint: Schiffer Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 305mm,
Weight: 2.948kg
ISBN: 9780764346057
ISBN 10: 0764346059
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 December 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Peter Sheridan is a respected historian, lecturer, and author, with a collection of radios considered one of the world's finest. His highly acclaimed book Radio Days--Australian Bakelite Radios (2008) is the standard reference for Australian radio collectors. A member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers, Peter's photos are used by media, museums, and specialist publications.