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Ouvrage collectif, sous la direction de Maurice Culot et Anne-Marie Pirlot. Privés de la commande des meubles de luxe (monopole de la France) et de la grande série (fief de l'Allemagne et de l'Autriche), les décorateurs belges modernistes de l'entre-deux-guerres se sont frayé une voie originale et expérimentale. Le livre évoque leur histoire au coeur d'une période(...)
Design, Periods and Styles
October 2023
Architectes décorateurs belges 1920-1930
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Ouvrage collectif, sous la direction de Maurice Culot et Anne-Marie Pirlot. Privés de la commande des meubles de luxe (monopole de la France) et de la grande série (fief de l'Allemagne et de l'Autriche), les décorateurs belges modernistes de l'entre-deux-guerres se sont frayé une voie originale et expérimentale. Le livre évoque leur histoire au coeur d'une période d'intenses changements, marquée par la naissance des contreplaqués qui remédient aux effets dévastateurs du chauffage central sur le mobilier, l'engouement pour le bois malléable, l'apparition des meubles en tubes chromés, du mobilier à combinaisons, de l'éclairage indirect, le renouveau du tissage, du papier peint, des bibelots... C'est une véritable aventure artistique qui se dévoile au cours de ces pages abondamment illustrées, et rédigées par une équipe de spécialistes, à partir des collections exceptionnelles du Centre international pour la ville, l'architecture et le paysage, bientôt abritées par un nouveau musée de Bruxelles : le Kanal-Centre Pompidou.
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This sumptuously illustrated volume presents over 180 outstanding Viennese silver objects representing the period from Neoclassicism to the Wiener Werkstätte. Comparing early eighteenth-century works with examples of twentieth-century design and architecture, it offers a fascinating look at Vienna's contribution to the development of modern decorative arts. The authors(...)
August 2003, Ostfildern
Viennese silver : modern design 1780-1918
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This sumptuously illustrated volume presents over 180 outstanding Viennese silver objects representing the period from Neoclassicism to the Wiener Werkstätte. Comparing early eighteenth-century works with examples of twentieth-century design and architecture, it offers a fascinating look at Vienna's contribution to the development of modern decorative arts. The authors demonstrate how the roots of modern design go back further than is generally assumed. Achieving remarkable clarity and formal reduction, Viennese Biedermeier designers created everyday objects of silver with astonishingly straightforward and purposeful forms that remain as progressive as ever today. In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser drew inspiration from the intellectual legacy of the period in their designs for the Wiener Werkstätte. Many of the ideas introduced by the Viennese avant-garde were later expressed in such movements as the Bauhaus and De Stijl. By examining this history in all its complexity, the book traces the development of the vocabulary for contemporary design.
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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 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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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
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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
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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting,(...)
With pleasure : Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985
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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting, sculpture, and collage to ceramics, installation art, and performance. This book showcases works by more than 40 artists from across the United States, examining the movement’s defiant adoption of art forms traditionally viewed as feminine, craft-based, or otherwise inferior to fine art.
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered(...)
Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a magazine, 1920-2010
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine's meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents exclusively and intimately the renowned magazine's history and cultural significance, and celebration of the ever evolving homes and lifestyles. This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world's top architects and interior designers such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton and Ralph Lauren. Each chapter, written in the first person--is followed by lavishly illustrated anecdotes from Rense's memories of past issues. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of ''Architectural Digest,'' a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.
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