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Art Deco style
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This book charts the various worldwide manifestations of Art Deco, and demonstrates that the style, although only retrospectively labelled a ‘movement’, had a coherence that led to its international appeal. The first book to explore Art Deco’s influence in all areas of life, Art Deco Style is illustrated with examples from all over the world, from liners to letter boxes(...)
Design, Periods and Styles
March 2003, London
Art Deco style
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This book charts the various worldwide manifestations of Art Deco, and demonstrates that the style, although only retrospectively labelled a ‘movement’, had a coherence that led to its international appeal. The first book to explore Art Deco’s influence in all areas of life, Art Deco Style is illustrated with examples from all over the world, from liners to letter boxes and lampposts.
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March 2003, London
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The art deco house
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This book considers the international influence of the art deco style on domestic design, providing insight into the ideas and lives of architects of the 1920s and 1930s and their clients.
The art deco house
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This book considers the international influence of the art deco style on domestic design, providing insight into the ideas and lives of architects of the 1920s and 1930s and their clients.
Design, Periods and Styles
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Accompanying the exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, this ground-breaking study of modern art, architecture, design and film examines the Cold War as a conflict between differing conceptions of modern life. It is an ambitious review of the geography of Cold War modernity, including works from the Socialist Bloc and western Europe, the United States, Cuba(...)
Design, Periods and Styles
October 2008, London
Cold war modern design 1945 - 1970
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Accompanying the exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, this ground-breaking study of modern art, architecture, design and film examines the Cold War as a conflict between differing conceptions of modern life. It is an ambitious review of the geography of Cold War modernity, including works from the Socialist Bloc and western Europe, the United States, Cuba and Japan. Essays on subjects as diverse as Cold War strategy, domesticity and hi-tech design developments are illustrated with remarkable images by internationally renowned artists and designers from Picasso to Kubrick, alongside the forgotten figures of the Cold War era.
Design, Periods and Styles
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated(...)
Japanese baskets: Woven art for an endangered planet
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Basketry is one of Japan’s oldest art forms. Since the eighth century, meticulously woven bamboo baskets have served daily functions, first in Buddhist liturgy and later in the tea ceremony. Over the past two centuries, bamboo art has risen to the status of fine art, with leading makers creating coveted works for ikebana and, more recently, sculptural objects celebrated as contemporary art. This elegant, richly illustrated volume presents over 160 baskets, highlighting their spectacular silhouettes and exquisite details—from complex weaving patterns and refined signatures to intricately plaited undersides. Informative captions reveal the techniques of an art now enjoying renewed attention, as bamboo offers a durable and ecological alternative to disposable materials. Most photographs were taken against specially conceived backdrops recalling the enigmatic architectural spaces of Giorgio de Chirico, while others show baskets with contemporary flower arrangements set before industrial waste-processing facilities, underscoring the book’s advocacy for bamboo as a renewable resource that challenges our throwaway plastic culture.
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This book examines the outstanding design achievements of Finland over the last seven decades, focusing on the central and decisive role played by Modernism.
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April 1998, New Haven, Conn.
Finnish modern design : utopian ideals and everyday realities, 1930-97
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This book examines the outstanding design achievements of Finland over the last seven decades, focusing on the central and decisive role played by Modernism.
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April 1998, New Haven, Conn.
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"Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was" presents a definitive and distinct perspective on the decorative arts of the mid-20th century, a period that has only grown in popularity since the book was first published in 1991. Now back in print with 37 new full-color plates of formerly black-and-white (...)
Design 1935-1965 : what modern was
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"Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was" presents a definitive and distinct perspective on the decorative arts of the mid-20th century, a period that has only grown in popularity since the book was first published in 1991. Now back in print with 37 new full-color plates of formerly black-and-white images, it is certain to be reaffirmed as a classic of design literature. The encyclopedic, lavishly illustrated volume spotlights seminal objects from the period's most significant innovators, including the Eames' iconic chairs; Noguchi's sculptural lamps; Sottsass's early, rebellious furniture; as well as jewelry, ceramics, and textiles by a range of contemporary masters. Historian Paul Johnson's essay provides a sociopolitical context for the works, and noted experts in various design fields offer a wealth of information.
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May 2001, New York
Design, Periods and Styles
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This broad selection of Swiss architecture, graphic design, and design from 1950 to 2006 demonstrates that in this context, playful humor and clarity are by no means opposites, but a highly unusual duo of qualities that mingle and interpenetrate. The question addressed by this publication is : are these examples from three professions, various regions and languages, and a(...)
December 2006, Baden
Playfully rigid : Swiss archtiecture, graphic design, product design, 1950-2006
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This broad selection of Swiss architecture, graphic design, and design from 1950 to 2006 demonstrates that in this context, playful humor and clarity are by no means opposites, but a highly unusual duo of qualities that mingle and interpenetrate. The question addressed by this publication is : are these examples from three professions, various regions and languages, and a period of more than fifty years bound together by a common denominator? No parade of luxury items, but talents and ideas finding material expression and clients with the courage to embrace new "inventions", presented with examples from architecture, graphic design, and design : movie theaters, swimming pools, pedestrian bridges, gas stations, posters, journals, record and CD covers, books, web design, furniture, and the legendary TEE train (Trans-Europe Express). This publication is accompanied by an exhibition at the Kornhausforum in Bern, which then goes on to additional locations throughout the world.
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Si le rôle joué par le dessin dans l’alchimie de la peinture n’est plus à démontrer, plus secrète est sa place dans le domaine des arts décoratifs. Prisées pour les ornemanistes des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, les "feuilles" d’arts décoratifs sont à redécouvrir pour le XIXe siècle, même si le destin ne les a sauvées qu’avec parcimonie de la destruction. Depuis sa(...)
L'objet et son double : dessins d'arts décoratifs des collections du musée d'Orsay
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Si le rôle joué par le dessin dans l’alchimie de la peinture n’est plus à démontrer, plus secrète est sa place dans le domaine des arts décoratifs. Prisées pour les ornemanistes des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, les "feuilles" d’arts décoratifs sont à redécouvrir pour le XIXe siècle, même si le destin ne les a sauvées qu’avec parcimonie de la destruction. Depuis sa création, le musée d’Orsay a eu à coeur d’en assembler une collection significative dont une sélection est exposée, à partir des fonds des artistes les plus emblématiques tels Viollet-le-Duc, Lassus, Bracquemond, Bugatti, Gallé, Lalique, Van de Velde, etc.
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December 2006, Paris
Design, Periods and Styles
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Contents : problems and methods from idelogy to strategy for social development ; the Academy for applied art, Zagreb, 1949-1955 ; institutional forms of the promotion of design ; product design ; graphic design ; towards synthesis of design and environment ; set design ; the artistic architecture department and the Academy of fine arts ; conclusion ; catalogue ;(...)
Design of the fifties in Croatia : from utopia to reality
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Contents : problems and methods from idelogy to strategy for social development ; the Academy for applied art, Zagreb, 1949-1955 ; institutional forms of the promotion of design ; product design ; graphic design ; towards synthesis of design and environment ; set design ; the artistic architecture department and the Academy of fine arts ; conclusion ; catalogue ; documents AAA ; documents Ritz bar ; bibliography ; sources ; abbreviations.
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The New Interior: Viennese Domestic Design and the Beginnings of the Wiener Wohnkultur, 1907-1914
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In ''The New Interior'', architectural historian Christopher Long examines how, over the course of the seven years preceding World War I, three leading Viennese modernists—Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos and Oskar Strnad—redefined the idea of the modern interior. While their building designs shaped Vienna’s urban landscape and exemplified the famous Secession movement, these(...)
The New Interior: Viennese Domestic Design and the Beginnings of the Wiener Wohnkultur, 1907-1914
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In ''The New Interior'', architectural historian Christopher Long examines how, over the course of the seven years preceding World War I, three leading Viennese modernists—Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos and Oskar Strnad—redefined the idea of the modern interior. While their building designs shaped Vienna’s urban landscape and exemplified the famous Secession movement, these three architects also applied their eclectic principles to domestic interiors, or Wohnkultur (meaning "living" or "dwelling culture"). This book follows the progress of their debates and works, and how each designer sought to frame his own distinctive vision of living. The result was a split between the imperatives of style, function and livability that is still in play today.
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