144 pages; 37 photographs; 21 in colour; 10 illustrations; paper
French
Co-published with Design Exchange and McGill-Queen's University Press Leading artists, curators, and art historians from Douglas Coupland to Paul Bourassa look at design and Canadian identity in the 1960s. Government programs presented Canada as a sophisticated and autonomous nation and design initiaves increase, such as modern airports, space satellites, a new national flag... Canadians embraced this heightened sense of individuality and demanded products as unique as they are. The essays in this volume look at how designers and craftspeople responded with solutions that were made in Canada.