Main entry:

Blaser, Werner, 1924-2019.

Title & Author:

Mies van der Rohe, furniture and interiors / Werner Blaser.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication:

Woodbury, N.Y. : Barron's, 1982.

Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Il design di Mies van der Rohe.
Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.
Principles of design -- Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969 -- The significance of his work -- Changing form through technology -- Background for an understanding of Mies's design -- The beginnings of Modernism -- The pioneers of modern design -- The avant-garde -- Design and the Werkbund -- The design of Mies van der Rohe, furniture and interiors -- Early furniture in wood and steel -- Evolution of skeleton forms, 1925-35 -- Early tubular-steel furniture -- The Weissenhof development (Werkbund Exposition) in Stuttgart, 1927 -- Form and architecture, 1927 -- Furniture designs for specific buildings -- Spatial studies/interiors -- Realizations in Chicago -- Museum for a small city, 1942 -- Mies on technology and architecture, 1950 -- Evolution of form -- Chair forms before and after 1940 -- Sketches for Bentwood armchairs, 1933-35 -- Shell-shaped creations, 1940-46.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0812054059
9780812054057

Subject:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Design History 20th century.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Design.

Form/genre:

Essays.
Quotations (texts)
History.

Added entries:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 151742
Call No.: NA44.M632.5 B5 1982a
Status: Available