Main entry:

Betsky, Aaron.

Title & Author:

False flat : why Dutch design is so good / Aaron Betsky with Adam Eeuwens.

Publication:

London : Phaidon, 2004.

Description:

398 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-394) and index.
Introduction : surfing the false flat / Aaron Betsky -- Vroom-vroom in the boom-boom years / Aaron Betsky -- Seeing is knowing is making / Aaron Betsky -- The fields of Babel / Aaron Betsky -- The solace of subsidies / Aaron Betsky -- The middle road to truth / Aaron Betsky -- Happy chaos / Adam Eeuwens -- Brilliant orange / Adam Eeuwens -- Do normal / Adam Eeuwens -- Chicken & egg / Adam Eeuwens -- Doors of perception / Adam Eeuwens -- We are the world / Adam Eeuwens.

Summary:

"False Flat documents the vitality of the current design scene in The Netherlands, one of today's most important centers of innovation and experimentation in architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and graphic design. Contemporary Dutch designers artfully recast and reinterpret known forms and modernist archetypes through technological know-how, creativity, and wit. The authors compare this transformation to the "false flat" of the subtly sloping Dutch landscape - the product of centuries of reclaiming territory from the waters of the North Sea and the Rhine. Written by Aaron Betsky with Adam Eeuwens, and designed by acclaimed Dutch graphic artist Irma Boom, False Flat brings to life the dynamism, diversity, and underlying structures of a unique and prolific design culture."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0714840696
9780714840697

Subject:

Architecture Netherlands.
City planning Netherlands.
Design Netherlands.
Architecture Netherlands 20th century.
Architecture Netherlands 21st century.
Design Pays-Bas Histoire 20e siècle.
Design Pays-Bas Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture Pays-Bas 20e siècle.
Architecture Pays-Bas 21e siècle.
Design Pays-Bas.
Architecture Pays-Bas.
Architecture
City planning
Design
Architektur
Vormgeving.
Netherlands
Niederlande

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Eeuwens, Adam.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232810
Call No.: NK967 .B4 2004
Status: Available