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The “Designed” Israeli Interior, 1960–1977: Shaping Identity
Author(s) -
Smith Daniella Ohad
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of interior design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1939-1668
pISSN - 1071-7641
DOI - 10.1111/joid.12010
Subject(s) - mirroring , conceptualization , identity (music) , space (punctuation) , sociology , political science , aesthetics , engineering , computer science , art , communication , artificial intelligence , operating system
The concept of a “home” had played an important role during the early decades of Israel's establishment as a home for all the Jewish people. This study examines the “designed” home and its material culture during the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on aesthetic choices, approaches, and practices, which came to highlight the home's role as a theater for staging, creating, and mirroring identities, or a laboratory for national boundaries. It seeks to identify the conceptualization of the domestic space during fundamental decades in the history of Israel.