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Scenography presents international projects of Atelier Bruckner 2002-2010 and the underlying design processes. From abstract drafts like the conceptual kit for the Mercedes-Benz travelling exhibition through to concepts for permanent exhibitions like the Archaeological Museum in Herne. From corporate architecture in the redesign of the BMW Museum in Munich or the Deutsche(...)
Scenography: Make spaces talk atelier Brückner 2002-2010
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Scenography presents international projects of Atelier Bruckner 2002-2010 and the underlying design processes. From abstract drafts like the conceptual kit for the Mercedes-Benz travelling exhibition through to concepts for permanent exhibitions like the Archaeological Museum in Herne. From corporate architecture in the redesign of the BMW Museum in Munich or the Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt to artistic multimedia installations like the Pavilion experiencing limits at the Swiss national exhibition Expo 02 in Biel through to media architecture like the African Pavilion at the Expo 08 in Zaragoza and and the State Grid Pavilion at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai. With more than 70 employees, Atelier Bruckner is now one of the world's leading ateliers for exhibition design and scenography.
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Monograph about the work of designer Wener Aisslinger.
Werner Aisslinger: Fast forward
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Monograph about the work of designer Wener Aisslinger.
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The story of Eames furniture
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In this 2-volume, Neuhart tells the story to paraphrase Charles Eames himself of how Eames furniture got to be the way it is.
The story of Eames furniture
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In this 2-volume, Neuhart tells the story to paraphrase Charles Eames himself of how Eames furniture got to be the way it is.
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On Becoming An Artist illuminates the friendships, mentorships and collaborations of Isamu Noguchi, in celebration of the artist’s experimentations and influences. It opens with an account of Noguchi’s early guidance at the hands of sculptors Gutzon Borglum, Constatin Brancusi and Onorio Ruotolo, and features such diverse works as his dance sets for Martha Graham,(...)
September 2010
On becoming an artist: Isamu Noguchi and his contemporaries, 1922-1960
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On Becoming An Artist illuminates the friendships, mentorships and collaborations of Isamu Noguchi, in celebration of the artist’s experimentations and influences. It opens with an account of Noguchi’s early guidance at the hands of sculptors Gutzon Borglum, Constatin Brancusi and Onorio Ruotolo, and features such diverse works as his dance sets for Martha Graham, collaborations with Buckminster Fuller, Florence Knoll and George Nelson, and his friendships with artists such as David Hare and Arshile Gorky, and others. The book concludes with Noguchi’s 1950s public projects, including his work with Marcel Breuer and Gordon Bunshaft, and his later unrealized project with Louis Kahn.
Ineke Hans: Mind-sets
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The independent-minded Ineke Hans has definite opinions about the role of the designer in today’s world. New products should be designed only if they really contribute something; this idea relates to her emphasis on durability and sustainability. MIND-SETS demonstrates clearly how Ineke Hans interprets traditional Dutch tea pots, candlesticks, chairs, and tables, and(...)
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August 2010
Ineke Hans: Mind-sets
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The independent-minded Ineke Hans has definite opinions about the role of the designer in today’s world. New products should be designed only if they really contribute something; this idea relates to her emphasis on durability and sustainability. MIND-SETS demonstrates clearly how Ineke Hans interprets traditional Dutch tea pots, candlesticks, chairs, and tables, and gives them a modern spin.
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Steiner's creative work, while also examining his historic roots and his ongoing influence. Several essays by different authors approach the phenomenon of Steiner from a variety of perspectives, examining topics such as the period in which his work evolved, the way that Steiner combined natural and spiritual science,(...)
Rudolf Steiner : alchemy of the everyday
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Steiner's creative work, while also examining his historic roots and his ongoing influence. Several essays by different authors approach the phenomenon of Steiner from a variety of perspectives, examining topics such as the period in which his work evolved, the way that Steiner combined natural and spiritual science, his work in architecture, design and stage performance, and his influence on tendencies in present-day art. The essays are supplemented by an extensive catalogue section which presents Steiner's major works and compares them to those of important contemporaries and current artists. An illustrated biography completes the book, which represents the first effort to introduce an important figure of the twentieth century to a wide public.
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Gavina Atlas
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The entrepreneurial and intellectual career of Dino Gavina is outlined in this book through quotes by leading figures and scholars of design about most of the objects inspired and produced by him, icons of modern design even today. Written material and thoughts providing a view of Dino Gavina’s enterprises poised between idealism and pragmatism, a collection of hints as(...)
Gavina Atlas
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The entrepreneurial and intellectual career of Dino Gavina is outlined in this book through quotes by leading figures and scholars of design about most of the objects inspired and produced by him, icons of modern design even today. Written material and thoughts providing a view of Dino Gavina’s enterprises poised between idealism and pragmatism, a collection of hints as a point of departure for new readings of a figure that crossed 20th century in a personal and multifaceted way, reinventing industrial design, its production structures and its cultural mission.
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Rietveld's universe
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Rietveld's Universe is a comprehensive publication on the range of this great designer's work, reproducing works and presenting new research and perspectives, including contributions by leading international scholars. Focusing on Rietveld's spatial philosophy and the mutual influences between his work and that of his close contemporaries such as Mondrian, Van Doesburg,(...)
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October 2010
Rietveld's universe
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Rietveld's Universe is a comprehensive publication on the range of this great designer's work, reproducing works and presenting new research and perspectives, including contributions by leading international scholars. Focusing on Rietveld's spatial philosophy and the mutual influences between his work and that of his close contemporaries such as Mondrian, Van Doesburg, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto, it expresses the unity of Rietveld's modernist pedagogy and affirms the audacity of his vision.
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Neglected in her lifetime, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century. She first worked as a lacquer artist, then as a furniture designer and finally as an architect. Her design style was as distinctive as her way of working; Gray developed an opulent, luxuriant take on the(...)
Eileen Gray: objects and furniture design
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Neglected in her lifetime, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century. She first worked as a lacquer artist, then as a furniture designer and finally as an architect. Her design style was as distinctive as her way of working; Gray developed an opulent, luxuriant take on the geometric forms and industrially produced materials used by International Style designers such as Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Mies van der Rohe.
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Ce deuxième volume de la collection Design Etc est consacré au travail de Konstantin Grcic. Le designer allemand qui fait partie des figures phares de la scène internationale (Authentics, Flos, Magis, Muji...) s'entretient avec Pierre Doze sur des sujets aussi divers que le confort, la musique, l'innovation. Une occasion unique pour appréhender l'univers de ce Munichois(...)
Konstantin GRCIC: entretien avec Pierre Doze
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Ce deuxième volume de la collection Design Etc est consacré au travail de Konstantin Grcic. Le designer allemand qui fait partie des figures phares de la scène internationale (Authentics, Flos, Magis, Muji...) s'entretient avec Pierre Doze sur des sujets aussi divers que le confort, la musique, l'innovation. Une occasion unique pour appréhender l'univers de ce Munichois toujours en quête de nouveaux défis. Cet ouvrage contient également un portfolio de 16 pages de photos couleur qui dresse un panorama de sa création.
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