Latex, plastic and passionate consumerism: Discover design trends that shapedAmerica in the 1950s. TASCHEN's reprint of theDecorative ArtYearbooks examines the years of reconstruction driven by anoptimistic spirit and idealistic visions, and presents the trends in architecture and interior design of the time for furniture, metalware, ceramics and glass—a celebration of the materials and styles that made the postwar boom possible.