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Eliot Noyes (1910–77) was a remarkable figure in twentieth-century design. An architect who began his career working in the office of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, he went on to become the first Director of the Industrial Design department at MoMA in the 1940s. From the late 1950s until his death in 1977 he was Consulting Director of Design for IBM, Mobil Oil,(...)
Eliot Noyes : a pioneer of design and architecture in the age of American modernism
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Eliot Noyes (1910–77) was a remarkable figure in twentieth-century design. An architect who began his career working in the office of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, he went on to become the first Director of the Industrial Design department at MoMA in the 1940s. From the late 1950s until his death in 1977 he was Consulting Director of Design for IBM, Mobil Oil, Westinghouse and Cummins Engine Company, and was responsible for bringing about a change in the way that these corporations, and others that followed, were to think about design and its impact on business. He enlisted pioneering designers, notably Charles Eames, Paul Rand, Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, to help him bring about innovative architectural, graphic and industrial design. He was personally responsible for the design of some notable twentieth-century classics, such as IBM’s Selectric typewriter and Mobil Oil’s service stations and petrol pumps. His own work includes architectural projects, such as the award-winning Noyes' family residence in Connecticut. This monograph traces the life of this unique architect, designer and businessman who devoted a great deal of his career to encouraging large American businesses to respect and develop policies that were rich in cultural expression. The author has had extended access to the Noyes' archive of personal as well as business projects, materials and letters, and he has carried out extended interviews with a great deal of Noyes' acquaintances and relations. His comprehensive and lively text is accompanied by archival and new colour photography, drawings, plans and a diverse range of documentary material, much of which is previously unpublished.
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October 2006, London, New York
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Super Potato Design is the first full-length book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned Japanese design firm Super Potato, founded by Takashi Sugimoto. Super Potato's powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as Takashi Sugimoto's designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex(...)
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November 2006, Tokyo / Rutland, Vermont / Singapore
Super Potato design : the complete works of Takashi Sugimoto
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Super Potato Design is the first full-length book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned Japanese design firm Super Potato, founded by Takashi Sugimoto. Super Potato's powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as Takashi Sugimoto's designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex compositions of materials which create simple, strong spaces. By finding contemporary expression for important concepts present in traditional Japan and combining materials in unexpected ways to create exciting spaces, Super Potato's work has had a significant impact on interior design in Japan and around the world.
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November 2006, Tokyo / Rutland, Vermont / Singapore
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Simply droog : 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion (updated edition 40 extra pages)
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The first part of the book handles ten themes Droog Design treats for its products and is larged with introduction by arts critics and international from the arts, such as Aaron Betsky, Gareth Williams, Ellen Lupton and Ed van Hinte. The second part gives a chronological overview of Droog's development.
Simply droog : 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion (updated edition 40 extra pages)
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The first part of the book handles ten themes Droog Design treats for its products and is larged with introduction by arts critics and international from the arts, such as Aaron Betsky, Gareth Williams, Ellen Lupton and Ed van Hinte. The second part gives a chronological overview of Droog's development.
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Illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann's masterpieces- on their own and as parts of interiors-this monograph focuses on significant aspects of Hoffmann's career: his early years as a member of the Secessionist Movement and founder of the Vienna Workshops, his role in the intellectual rebellion that took place in Austria; and his progression toward a Modernist(...)
November 2006, Munich / Berlin / London / New York
Josef Hoffmann : interiors 1902-1913
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Illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann's masterpieces- on their own and as parts of interiors-this monograph focuses on significant aspects of Hoffmann's career: his early years as a member of the Secessionist Movement and founder of the Vienna Workshops, his role in the intellectual rebellion that took place in Austria; and his progression toward a Modernist ethic. It takes readers through four dazzling interiors designed by Hoffmann and furnished with his signature pieces, including furniture, wall and floor coverings, textiles, lighting, ceramics, glassware and metalwork. The overall effect of these rooms is to be transported to a world in which form marries function, and simplicity and refinement reign supreme.
William Morris & red house
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Red House occupies a singular place in British architectural history : it was the first and only house that was built for designer William Morris, and it was the first independent architectural commission for his friend, Philip Webb. The challenge of furnishing the house inspired Morris and his Pre-Raphaelite friends to found the design firm of Morris & Co., which was the(...)
William Morris & red house
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Red House occupies a singular place in British architectural history : it was the first and only house that was built for designer William Morris, and it was the first independent architectural commission for his friend, Philip Webb. The challenge of furnishing the house inspired Morris and his Pre-Raphaelite friends to found the design firm of Morris & Co., which was the flagship for what was to become the Arts & Crafts movement. Red House captured Morris’ heart. Because of its illustrious first owner, Red House was never forgotten, and a succession of tenants kept Morris’ spirit alive in the house; in 2003, Red House was acquired for the National Trust.
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Charlotte Perriand
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Théoricienne de l'art d'habiter, Charlotte Perriand est sensible aux questions de son temps liées au logement, aux équipements collectifs et aux nécessités fonctionnelles de l'habitat. Par ailleurs inspirée par ses longs séjours au Japon, son travail s'enrichit de multiples sources culturelles. Elle collabore avec Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret pour la création de(...)
Charlotte Perriand
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Théoricienne de l'art d'habiter, Charlotte Perriand est sensible aux questions de son temps liées au logement, aux équipements collectifs et aux nécessités fonctionnelles de l'habitat. Par ailleurs inspirée par ses longs séjours au Japon, son travail s'enrichit de multiples sources culturelles. Elle collabore avec Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret pour la création de mobiliers à la fois simples, pratiques et esthétiques et participe à l'aménagement de nombreuses villas privées. On ne compte plus ses réalisations : immeuble d'Air France à Brazzaville, chambres d'étudiants pour la Maison de la Tunisie et celle du Mexique à la Cité Universitaire de Paris, agences d'Air France à Londres, Tokyo et Rio, etc. Savoyarde d'origine, amoureuse de la montagne, Charlotte Perriand contribue à la création et au développement des stations des Arcs, en concevant l'urbanisme, l'architecture et l'équipement intérieur. Publication réalisée à l'occasion de l'exposition "Charlotte Perriand" du 7 décembre 2005 au 27 mars 2006 au Centre Pompidou à Paris.
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Comme tous les grands inventeurs de formes, Piero Fornasetti a fini par disparaître derrière celles qu'il avait inventées. Figure essentielle des années cinquante, on lui doit (en particulier au cours d'une fructueuse collaboration avec Gio Ponti) quelques-uns des meubles et objets les plus caractéristiques de cette période, inlassablement reproduits dans les histoires(...)
Fornasetti : designer de la fantaisie
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Comme tous les grands inventeurs de formes, Piero Fornasetti a fini par disparaître derrière celles qu'il avait inventées. Figure essentielle des années cinquante, on lui doit (en particulier au cours d'une fructueuse collaboration avec Gio Ponti) quelques-uns des meubles et objets les plus caractéristiques de cette période, inlassablement reproduits dans les histoires du design et les magazines de décoration. Par-delà même ces réussites incomparables, Fornasetti fut une personnalité versatile, à la tête d'une œuvre multiforme, embrassant aussi bien l'art graphique que la verrerie, la porcelaine que le tissu, la gravure que le théâtre, le mobilier que la peinture. Travailleur acharné, il poursuivit souverainement, entre 1935 et 1988, une recherche obstinée, se créant une mythologie personnelle, un monde imaginaire dont il ne cessa, un peu comme Jean Cocteau, de varier les éléments. C'est à ce monde totalement méconnu qu'ouvre le présent ouvrage. Conçu en collaboration avec l'artiste peu avant sa disparition, il embrasse en une série d'étonnants documents et de superbes illustrations tous les aspects d'une œuvre aussi prolifique que méconnue. Alors que l'on redécouvre les uns après les autres tous les créateurs du " style cinquante ", il rend justice à l'un des plus riches d'entre eux, créateur d'espaces excentriques, d'images envoûtantes et seul, disait Gio Ponti, à " savoir faire parler les objets ".
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Carlo Mollino, according to Gio Ponti, designed furniture, “doggedly, as a builder of fantastic machines perfects a telescope or catapult, or a breeder selects a species”. Drawing on historical archives, photographs, sketches and production notes this catalogue provides a thorough examination of the highly prized work of this architect and designer whose furniture is(...)
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October 2005, Amsterdam
Carlo Mollino : furniture catalogue
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Carlo Mollino, according to Gio Ponti, designed furniture, “doggedly, as a builder of fantastic machines perfects a telescope or catapult, or a breeder selects a species”. Drawing on historical archives, photographs, sketches and production notes this catalogue provides a thorough examination of the highly prized work of this architect and designer whose furniture is much sought after by dealers and collectors alike.
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The epitome of Modernist style and luxurious comfort, Charles and Ray Eames's leather-upholstered rosewood-veneered chair and matching ottoman, launched in 1956, is a design classic of the twentieth century. This publication, celebrating the Lounge Chair's fiftieth anniversary, explores the design in detail and places it in its cultural, historical and social contexts,(...)
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March 2006, London / New York
The Eames lounge chair : an icon of modern design
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The epitome of Modernist style and luxurious comfort, Charles and Ray Eames's leather-upholstered rosewood-veneered chair and matching ottoman, launched in 1956, is a design classic of the twentieth century. This publication, celebrating the Lounge Chair's fiftieth anniversary, explores the design in detail and places it in its cultural, historical and social contexts, offering insights into this icon and its creators. Texts by Martin Eidelberg, Thomas Hine, Pat Kirkham, David A. Hanks, C. Ford Peatross.
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Best known as the founder in the early 1980s of Memphis, the Milan-based design collaborative, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is today known as a progenitor of Post-modern design. Published to coincide with Sottsass¹s first solo exhibition at a major American museum : Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Ettore Sottsass : architect and designer
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Best known as the founder in the early 1980s of Memphis, the Milan-based design collaborative, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is today known as a progenitor of Post-modern design. Published to coincide with Sottsass¹s first solo exhibition at a major American museum : Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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