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A catalogue devoted to the work of an artist who was responsible for some of the most original glass artworks in art history. Through 300 works, documents, and original drawings from private collections and museums from all over the world, this important volume reconstructs the work and life of Carlo Scarpa from the very beginnings of his career when he worked as artistic(...)
Carlo Scarpa : Venini 1932-1947
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A catalogue devoted to the work of an artist who was responsible for some of the most original glass artworks in art history. Through 300 works, documents, and original drawings from private collections and museums from all over the world, this important volume reconstructs the work and life of Carlo Scarpa from the very beginnings of his career when he worked as artistic director for the Venini glassworks, between 1932 and 1947.
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This volume unveils a little-known side of the daily studio work of acclaimed designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976): their drawing. Printed on newsprint, this chunky book has been put together from a volume of sketchbooks and drawings realized between 2004 and 2012, totaling more than 850 color and black-and-white works. Drawing is published on the(...)
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec : Drawing, 2005-2012
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This volume unveils a little-known side of the daily studio work of acclaimed designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976): their drawing. Printed on newsprint, this chunky book has been put together from a volume of sketchbooks and drawings realized between 2004 and 2012, totaling more than 850 color and black-and-white works. Drawing is published on the occasion of several exhibitions of Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec designs, including their retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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One of the most celebrated, prolific, and unorthodox architects and designers of the twentieth century, Eero Saarinen has become a beacon of American modernism. While famous for his sculptural and bold architecture, such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and the TWA Terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Eero Saarinen: Furniture for(...)
Eero Saarinen : furniture for everyman
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One of the most celebrated, prolific, and unorthodox architects and designers of the twentieth century, Eero Saarinen has become a beacon of American modernism. While famous for his sculptural and bold architecture, such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and the TWA Terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman is the first monograph to focus exclusively on his furniture designs. A self-declared “form-giver,” his furniture, like his architecture, is characterized by its sleek and expressive forms.
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Il existe, à la racine du Cap Martin, un lieu singulier pour celui qui s'intéresse à l'art, au design et à l'architecture. Il fût façonné autour de trois personnalités aux parcours individuels distincts mais que l'histoire a liées indéfectiblement : Eileen Gray, Thomas Rebutato et Le Corbusier.Cet ouvrage explore ces aventures humaines et intellectuelles à l'origine d'un(...)
Eileen Gray, l'étoile de mer, Le Corbusier: trois aventures en Méditerranée
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Il existe, à la racine du Cap Martin, un lieu singulier pour celui qui s'intéresse à l'art, au design et à l'architecture. Il fût façonné autour de trois personnalités aux parcours individuels distincts mais que l'histoire a liées indéfectiblement : Eileen Gray, Thomas Rebutato et Le Corbusier.Cet ouvrage explore ces aventures humaines et intellectuelles à l'origine d'un site méditerrannéen d'exception. Ses auteurs, architectes ou spécialistes de l'histoire de l'art et de l'architecture du xxe siècle, présentent au lecteur des articles et une riche iconographie sur ces trois aventures humaines et intellectuelles.
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Gae Aulenti: objects, spaces
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Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) was one of the most internationally known Italian architects, and the most famous female Italian architect. Gae Aulenti. Objects, Spaces, which accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Triennale Design Museum, is dedicated to her, and to her work. The book, edited by Vanni Pasca, traces Gae Aulenti’s and her love of architecture and(...)
Gae Aulenti: objects, spaces
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Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) was one of the most internationally known Italian architects, and the most famous female Italian architect. Gae Aulenti. Objects, Spaces, which accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Triennale Design Museum, is dedicated to her, and to her work. The book, edited by Vanni Pasca, traces Gae Aulenti’s and her love of architecture and design, through a selection of her most important designs.
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Eileen Gray
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Eileen Gray (1878-1976) , architecte-décoratrice irlandaise ayant choisi la France comme pays d’adoption, a été une exceptionnelle artiste pluridisciplinaire : laqueuse, décoratrice, créatrice textile, architecte, photographe ou encore peintre. Son travail novateur en matière de mobilier et d'architecture allie les lignes épurées du Mouvement moderne à un souci du confort(...)
Eileen Gray
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Eileen Gray (1878-1976) , architecte-décoratrice irlandaise ayant choisi la France comme pays d’adoption, a été une exceptionnelle artiste pluridisciplinaire : laqueuse, décoratrice, créatrice textile, architecte, photographe ou encore peintre. Son travail novateur en matière de mobilier et d'architecture allie les lignes épurées du Mouvement moderne à un souci du confort et un sens pratique. Contemporaine de Charlotte Perriand, Eileen Gray est l'une des figures marquantes des arts décoratifs français des années 1910 et 1920 et fait partie du panthéon des architectes et designers modernes.
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Kem Weber was a leading figure of modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd. In this book, Christopher Long details the full range of(...)
Kem Weber, designer and architect
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Kem Weber was a leading figure of modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd. In this book, Christopher Long details the full range of Weber’s contributions, focusing particularly on the part he played in the advancement of American modernism, and his role in heralding a new way of making and living.
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The name of Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is inseparable from his unrivalled chairs, which have helped Danish design achieve international recognition. Any fan of design has his or her favorite among Wegner's approximately 500 creations, and there is hardly an interior design magazine that has not included an illustration of his elegant China Chair (1943) or Y Chair (1950).(...)
Hans J. Wegner: just one good chair
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The name of Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is inseparable from his unrivalled chairs, which have helped Danish design achieve international recognition. Any fan of design has his or her favorite among Wegner's approximately 500 creations, and there is hardly an interior design magazine that has not included an illustration of his elegant China Chair (1943) or Y Chair (1950). Even John F. Kennedy sat on the Round Chair, now known simply as The Chair (1949). Trained as a furniture maker, Wegner typically made his prototypes by hand, using traditional joinery techniques such as tongue-and-groove or finger joints.
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Finn Juhl and his house
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The Danish design scholar Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen discovered the work of Finn Juhl (1912-1989) when she was looking for a suitable sofa for her 1950s home. Juhl's furniture is undergoing a renaissance at present, and when his house in Charlottenlund--which he designed and decorated in 1941-42--came up for sale, Pedersen purchased the building and all of its furnishings,(...)
Finn Juhl and his house
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The Danish design scholar Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen discovered the work of Finn Juhl (1912-1989) when she was looking for a suitable sofa for her 1950s home. Juhl's furniture is undergoing a renaissance at present, and when his house in Charlottenlund--which he designed and decorated in 1941-42--came up for sale, Pedersen purchased the building and all of its furnishings, presenting it immediately afterward to the adjacent Ordrupgaard Museum. This monograph takes a look at Finn Juhl-who, alongside Hans J. Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, is one of the most important Danish modernists-in an agreeable, unpretentious fashion. Per H. Hansen, a renowned expert in Scandinavian furniture design, provides a humorous, extremely informative description of Juhl's unconventional character and his classic furniture
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Pierre Charpin
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The furniture, objects and exhibition designs of French designer Pierre Charpin (born 1962) deal with notions of landscape and autonomy, humor and surprise, poetic presence and minimalism. Illustrated with both objects and drawings, this monograph gathers together essays by former Centre Pompidou Head of Design Françoise Guichon and design critic Alessandra Fanari, a(...)
Pierre Charpin
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The furniture, objects and exhibition designs of French designer Pierre Charpin (born 1962) deal with notions of landscape and autonomy, humor and surprise, poetic presence and minimalism. Illustrated with both objects and drawings, this monograph gathers together essays by former Centre Pompidou Head of Design Françoise Guichon and design critic Alessandra Fanari, a conversation with design historian Marco Romanelli and an index of Charpin's creations of the past 25 years.
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