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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,(...)
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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,(...)
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September 2010
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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.
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.
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September 2010
September 2010
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Ineke Hans: Mind-sets
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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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
August 2010
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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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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,(...)
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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,(...)
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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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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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September 2010
September 2010
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Gavina Atlas
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(...)
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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(...)
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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 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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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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September 2010
September 2010
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Rietveld's universe
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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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
October 2010
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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, 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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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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October 2010
October 2010
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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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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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May 2011
May 2011
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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.
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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December 2011
December 2011
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been key players in French design of the 2000s; among their most popular works are their "Disintegrated Kitchen" (1997), "Closed Bed" (1998), "Spring Chair" (2000) and "Vegetal Chair" (2009), and they have also worked with Issey Miyake and Camper. This volume provides a survey of their activities.
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been key players in French design of the 2000s; among their most popular works are their "Disintegrated Kitchen" (1997), "Closed Bed" (1998), "Spring Chair" (2000) and "Vegetal Chair" (2009), and they have also worked with Issey Miyake and Camper. This volume provides a survey of their activities.
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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Lianes
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been key players in French design of the 2000s; among their most popular works are their "Disintegrated Kitchen" (1997), "Closed Bed" (1998), "Spring Chair" (2000) and "Vegetal Chair" (2009), and they have also worked with Issey Miyake and Camper. This volume provides a survey of their activities.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Lianes
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been key players in French design of the 2000s; among their most popular works are their "Disintegrated Kitchen" (1997), "Closed Bed" (1998), "Spring Chair" (2000) and "Vegetal Chair" (2009), and they have also worked with Issey Miyake and Camper. This volume provides a survey of their activities.
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January 2011
January 2011
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A look at the work of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71) through a detailed study of his masterwork, the SAS House in Copenhagen, completed in 1960. Divided into chapters that examine Room 606, the only preserved area of the hotel and a 'time-capsule' of exquisite woodwork, furnishings, and custom fabrics and colour palette. Contains hundreds(...)
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A look at the work of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71) through a detailed study of his masterwork, the SAS House in Copenhagen, completed in 1960. Divided into chapters that examine Room 606, the only preserved area of the hotel and a 'time-capsule' of exquisite woodwork, furnishings, and custom fabrics and colour palette. Contains hundreds(...)
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Room 606: The SAS House and the work of Arne Jacobson
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A look at the work of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71) through a detailed study of his masterwork, the SAS House in Copenhagen, completed in 1960. Divided into chapters that examine Room 606, the only preserved area of the hotel and a 'time-capsule' of exquisite woodwork, furnishings, and custom fabrics and colour palette. Contains hundreds of rare archival photographs, original drawings and sketches, and specially commissioned, new colour photographs of Room 606.
Room 606: The SAS House and the work of Arne Jacobson
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A look at the work of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71) through a detailed study of his masterwork, the SAS House in Copenhagen, completed in 1960. Divided into chapters that examine Room 606, the only preserved area of the hotel and a 'time-capsule' of exquisite woodwork, furnishings, and custom fabrics and colour palette. Contains hundreds of rare archival photographs, original drawings and sketches, and specially commissioned, new colour photographs of Room 606.
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March 2011
March 2011
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This volume explores Bel Geddes’s life and career in detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much more. It brings together never-before-seen drawings, models, photographs, and films drawn from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes collection. He is perhaps best known for his Futurama display for the(...)
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This volume explores Bel Geddes’s life and career in detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much more. It brings together never-before-seen drawings, models, photographs, and films drawn from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes collection. He is perhaps best known for his Futurama display for the(...)
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Norman Bel Geddes designs America
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This volume explores Bel Geddes’s life and career in detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much more. It brings together never-before-seen drawings, models, photographs, and films drawn from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes collection. He is perhaps best known for his Futurama display for the General Motors Highways and Horizons exhibit at the New York World’s Fair of 1939–40, which to this day remains a useful model for city planning and design.
Norman Bel Geddes designs America
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This volume explores Bel Geddes’s life and career in detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much more. It brings together never-before-seen drawings, models, photographs, and films drawn from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes collection. He is perhaps best known for his Futurama display for the General Motors Highways and Horizons exhibit at the New York World’s Fair of 1939–40, which to this day remains a useful model for city planning and design.
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November 2012
November 2012
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