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A Century of Lighting

Sarah Schleuning and Cindi Strauss; With contributions by Sarah Marie Horne, Martha MacLeod, and Berry Lowden Perkins

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An unprecedented survey of modern lighting design foregrounding its materials, innovators, and far-reaching influence

Offering the first comprehensive history of lighting design from the 20th and 21st centuries, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting explores how lighting has been integral to the development of modern design both in terms of aesthetics and technological advances. This fascinating book outlines the key aspects of lighting as a unique and creative artistic discipline and examines themes such as different typologies, the quality of light, and the evolution of the bulb. A series of essays by Sarah Schleuning and Cindi Strauss showcase lighting designs from different time periods and geographic locations and feature the work of significant figures, including Poul Henningsen, Ingo Maurer, and Gino Sarfatti. With over 130 illustrations of functional and sometimes fantastical designs, a historical timeline, and comprehensive artist biographies, this handsome volume expands our understanding of an understudied but influential art form and demonstrates lighting’s central role as both an expression of and a catalyst for innovations in modern and contemporary design.



Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


Exhibition Schedule:

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(February 21–May 16, 2021)

High Museum of Art, Atlanta
(July 2–September 26, 2021) 

Sarah Schleuning is the Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art. Cindi Strauss is the Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(February 21–May 16, 2021)

High Museum of Art, Atlanta
(July 2–September 26, 2021) 

"A rich tracing of the development of lighting fixtures by types, looking at creative ideas for desk, floor, and ceiling light sources. . . . The volume is blessed with detailed color and black-and-white photographic documentation that more than does justice to the actual creations."—R. P. Meden, CHOICE

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022
ISBN: 9780300254570
Publication Date: March 9, 2021
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
220 pages, 9 1/2 x 11
132 color illus.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Collecting by Design

Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection

Timothy A.

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Pioneers of Contemporary Glass

Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis DuBois Collection

Cindi Strauss; With Rebecca Elliot and Susie J. Silbert

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Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics

The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection

Garth Clark and Cindi Strauss; With Glenn Adamson, Mark Del

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speechless

different by design

Sarah Schleuning; Conversations with Ini Archibong, Matt Ch

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Radical

Italian Design 1965–1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection

Cindi Strauss; With an essay by Germano Celant and contribu

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