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Exhibiton in the Arnhem museum of modern art in the Netherlands from June 25th - September 11th 2005. It is quite unusual for a company to use the occasion of its 100th birthday to invite no less than twelve designers to react to its products, production system and image and think about that company's future in their own particular way. Dutch furniture producer Arco(...)
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Exhibiton in the Arnhem museum of modern art in the Netherlands from June 25th - September 11th 2005. It is quite unusual for a company to use the occasion of its 100th birthday to invite no less than twelve designers to react to its products, production system and image and think about that company's future in their own particular way. Dutch furniture producer Arco(...)
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Arco : 12 Dutch designers do furniture
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Exhibiton in the Arnhem museum of modern art in the Netherlands from June 25th - September 11th 2005. It is quite unusual for a company to use the occasion of its 100th birthday to invite no less than twelve designers to react to its products, production system and image and think about that company's future in their own particular way. Dutch furniture producer Arco did just that. Its director, Willem van Ast, felt the need to do so, as his firm owes its very existence to commissioning designers from outside, something it has done since the 1970s. The project has acted as a perfect mirror for Arco itself in the shape of interesting and valuable designs, as well as eliciting a range of clear signatures from twelve talented Dutch designers, most of whom now enjoy a solid reputation on the international platform.
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Exhibiton in the Arnhem museum of modern art in the Netherlands from June 25th - September 11th 2005. It is quite unusual for a company to use the occasion of its 100th birthday to invite no less than twelve designers to react to its products, production system and image and think about that company's future in their own particular way. Dutch furniture producer Arco did just that. Its director, Willem van Ast, felt the need to do so, as his firm owes its very existence to commissioning designers from outside, something it has done since the 1970s. The project has acted as a perfect mirror for Arco itself in the shape of interesting and valuable designs, as well as eliciting a range of clear signatures from twelve talented Dutch designers, most of whom now enjoy a solid reputation on the international platform.
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January 1900, Rotterdam
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale(...)
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale(...)
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Ensembles mobiliers volume 9, 1949
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale témoigne de l'extraordinaire vitalité des décorateurs français de cette période. On y redécouvre l'Art déco traditionaliste des Ruhlmann, Groult et Follot, les créations minimalistes des Chareau, Le Corbusier, Perriand, Herbst et Mallet-Stevens, le néoclassicisme d'Arbus, Du Plantier et Poillerat. On y trouve également les fantaisies de Royère, l'élégance des Dupré-Lafon, Drouet et Pascaud, les fabrications en série, souvent issues des ateliers d'art des grands magasins, de Matégot, Guiguichon ou encore les survivants de l'Art déco, Leleu, Dominique, Adnet, Jollot et leurs épigones, Pré, Rinck, Raphaël ou Old.
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale témoigne de l'extraordinaire vitalité des décorateurs français de cette période. On y redécouvre l'Art déco traditionaliste des Ruhlmann, Groult et Follot, les créations minimalistes des Chareau, Le Corbusier, Perriand, Herbst et Mallet-Stevens, le néoclassicisme d'Arbus, Du Plantier et Poillerat. On y trouve également les fantaisies de Royère, l'élégance des Dupré-Lafon, Drouet et Pascaud, les fabrications en série, souvent issues des ateliers d'art des grands magasins, de Matégot, Guiguichon ou encore les survivants de l'Art déco, Leleu, Dominique, Adnet, Jollot et leurs épigones, Pré, Rinck, Raphaël ou Old.
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Ce livre offre un panorama des principaux designers et décorateurs des années 70 : Gae Aulenti, Steve Baer, Mario Bellini, Michel Boyer, Pierre Cardin, François Catroux, Luigi Colani, Charles Dillon, Ron Ferry, Pierre Guariche, Frank O'Gehry Davis Hicks, Hans Hollein, Geoffrey Hollington, Shiro Kuramata, Yonel Lebovici, Peter Maly, Pierre Paulin, Gustav Peichl, Alberto(...)
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Ce livre offre un panorama des principaux designers et décorateurs des années 70 : Gae Aulenti, Steve Baer, Mario Bellini, Michel Boyer, Pierre Cardin, François Catroux, Luigi Colani, Charles Dillon, Ron Ferry, Pierre Guariche, Frank O'Gehry Davis Hicks, Hans Hollein, Geoffrey Hollington, Shiro Kuramata, Yonel Lebovici, Peter Maly, Pierre Paulin, Gustav Peichl, Alberto(...)
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Meubles et décors des années 70
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Ce livre offre un panorama des principaux designers et décorateurs des années 70 : Gae Aulenti, Steve Baer, Mario Bellini, Michel Boyer, Pierre Cardin, François Catroux, Luigi Colani, Charles Dillon, Ron Ferry, Pierre Guariche, Frank O'Gehry Davis Hicks, Hans Hollein, Geoffrey Hollington, Shiro Kuramata, Yonel Lebovici, Peter Maly, Pierre Paulin, Gustav Peichl, Alberto Pinto, Henri Samuel, Ettore Sottsass, Roger Tallon, Joseph Paul d'Urso, Victor Vasarely, Carla Venosta, Klaus Vogt, John Weallans, Tim Whitmore...
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Ce livre offre un panorama des principaux designers et décorateurs des années 70 : Gae Aulenti, Steve Baer, Mario Bellini, Michel Boyer, Pierre Cardin, François Catroux, Luigi Colani, Charles Dillon, Ron Ferry, Pierre Guariche, Frank O'Gehry Davis Hicks, Hans Hollein, Geoffrey Hollington, Shiro Kuramata, Yonel Lebovici, Peter Maly, Pierre Paulin, Gustav Peichl, Alberto Pinto, Henri Samuel, Ettore Sottsass, Roger Tallon, Joseph Paul d'Urso, Victor Vasarely, Carla Venosta, Klaus Vogt, John Weallans, Tim Whitmore...
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January 1900, Paris
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale(...)
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale(...)
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Ensembles mobiliers volume 10, 1950
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale témoigne de l'extraordinaire vitalité des décorateurs français de cette période. On y redécouvre l'Art déco traditionaliste des Ruhlmann, Groult et Follot, les créations minimalistes des Chareau, Le Corbusier, Perriand, Herbst et Mallet-Stevens, le néoclassicisme d'Arbus, Du Plantier et Poillerat, On y trouve également les fantaisies de Royère, l'élégance des Dupré-Lafon, Drouet et Pascaud, les fabrications en série, souvent issues des ateliers d'art des grands magasins, de Matégot, Guiguichon ou encore les survivants de l'Art déco, Leleu, Dominique, Adnet, Jollot et leurs épigones, Pré, Rinck, Raphaël ou Old.
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Publiés entre 1937 et 1960, les 18 portfolios «Ensembles mobiliers» constituent un irremplaçable témoignage sur la création décorative française de l'après Art déco. Créés par Charles Moreau, ils tinrent la chronique annuelle des tendances et des nouveautés présentées principalement au Salon des artistes décorateurs et au Salon des arts ménagers. Cette réédition intégrale témoigne de l'extraordinaire vitalité des décorateurs français de cette période. On y redécouvre l'Art déco traditionaliste des Ruhlmann, Groult et Follot, les créations minimalistes des Chareau, Le Corbusier, Perriand, Herbst et Mallet-Stevens, le néoclassicisme d'Arbus, Du Plantier et Poillerat, On y trouve également les fantaisies de Royère, l'élégance des Dupré-Lafon, Drouet et Pascaud, les fabrications en série, souvent issues des ateliers d'art des grands magasins, de Matégot, Guiguichon ou encore les survivants de l'Art déco, Leleu, Dominique, Adnet, Jollot et leurs épigones, Pré, Rinck, Raphaël ou Old.
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April 2005, Paris
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Parlant du papier peint, un rédacteur du Dictionnaire de l’industrie paru en l’an III (1801) écrivait que “ presque inconnu en 1760, il a fait de tels progrès en vingt années, qu’à peine les manufactures, qui se sont multipliées depuis, suffisent à une mode constante et soutenue ”. On ne saurait mieux dire combien l’usage de ce papier peint s’est rapidement et fortement(...)
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Parlant du papier peint, un rédacteur du Dictionnaire de l’industrie paru en l’an III (1801) écrivait que “ presque inconnu en 1760, il a fait de tels progrès en vingt années, qu’à peine les manufactures, qui se sont multipliées depuis, suffisent à une mode constante et soutenue ”. On ne saurait mieux dire combien l’usage de ce papier peint s’est rapidement et fortement(...)
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Décors de papier : production, commerce et usages des papiers peints à Paris 1750-1820
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Parlant du papier peint, un rédacteur du Dictionnaire de l’industrie paru en l’an III (1801) écrivait que “ presque inconnu en 1760, il a fait de tels progrès en vingt années, qu’à peine les manufactures, qui se sont multipliées depuis, suffisent à une mode constante et soutenue ”. On ne saurait mieux dire combien l’usage de ce papier peint s’est rapidement et fortement imposé dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIème siècle à Paris, en cette époque et ce lieu qui furent alors ceux d’un véritable âge d’or des arts décoratifs. L’ouvrage resitue cette histoire des premiers succès du papier peint, présente le vaste répertoire de motifs dont il s’empare où qu’il fait naître, analyse ses modes de production, son commerce, ses usages.
Décors de papier : production, commerce et usages des papiers peints à Paris 1750-1820
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Parlant du papier peint, un rédacteur du Dictionnaire de l’industrie paru en l’an III (1801) écrivait que “ presque inconnu en 1760, il a fait de tels progrès en vingt années, qu’à peine les manufactures, qui se sont multipliées depuis, suffisent à une mode constante et soutenue ”. On ne saurait mieux dire combien l’usage de ce papier peint s’est rapidement et fortement imposé dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIème siècle à Paris, en cette époque et ce lieu qui furent alors ceux d’un véritable âge d’or des arts décoratifs. L’ouvrage resitue cette histoire des premiers succès du papier peint, présente le vaste répertoire de motifs dont il s’empare où qu’il fait naître, analyse ses modes de production, son commerce, ses usages.
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February 2006, Paris
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Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of(...)
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Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of(...)
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Success through failure : the paradox of design
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Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure--not through easy imitation of success. Success through Failure shows us that making something better--by carefully anticipating and thus averting failure--is what invention and design are all about. Petroski explores the nature of invention and the character of the inventor through an unprecedented range of both everyday and extraordinary examples--illustrated lectures, child-resistant packaging for drugs, national constitutions, medical devices, the world's tallest skyscrapers, long-span bridges, and more.
Success through failure : the paradox of design
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Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure--not through easy imitation of success. Success through Failure shows us that making something better--by carefully anticipating and thus averting failure--is what invention and design are all about. Petroski explores the nature of invention and the character of the inventor through an unprecedented range of both everyday and extraordinary examples--illustrated lectures, child-resistant packaging for drugs, national constitutions, medical devices, the world's tallest skyscrapers, long-span bridges, and more.
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April 2006, Princeton
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of(...)
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of(...)
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New chairs : innovations in design, technology, and materials
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of utility are all present. Inflatable, sculptural, and illuminated chairs apply imaginative dimensions to this ubiquitous object. The book includes concept drawings, prototypes, manufacturing details, and insights into the creative process in the designers' own words, all accompanied by color photos of each piece—making.
New chairs : innovations in design, technology, and materials
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This book offers more than 70 examples of contemporary chair design worldwide by designers Tom Dixon, the Campana Brothers, Frank Gehry, and Massimo Vignelli, an others. Chairs of new and reprocessed materials, chairs that knock-down or stack in imaginative ways, chairs impossible to imagine before computer-aided design, even chairs that push the traditional concept of utility are all present. Inflatable, sculptural, and illuminated chairs apply imaginative dimensions to this ubiquitous object. The book includes concept drawings, prototypes, manufacturing details, and insights into the creative process in the designers' own words, all accompanied by color photos of each piece—making.
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July 2006, San Francisco
July 2006, San Francisco
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For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, "Ecodesign"—now fully revised and updated—is a shopping resource. The latest edition of this sourcebook includes up-to-the-minute listings for more than seven hundred consumer products—from clothing to kitchenware, electronics to furniture—that have a minimal(...)
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For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, "Ecodesign"—now fully revised and updated—is a shopping resource. The latest edition of this sourcebook includes up-to-the-minute listings for more than seven hundred consumer products—from clothing to kitchenware, electronics to furniture—that have a minimal(...)
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Eco design : the source book, revised edition
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For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, "Ecodesign"—now fully revised and updated—is a shopping resource. The latest edition of this sourcebook includes up-to-the-minute listings for more than seven hundred consumer products—from clothing to kitchenware, electronics to furniture—that have a minimal impact on the earth while remaining useful and beautiful. This compendium also directs readers to little known handcrafted objects from artisanal studios. Detailed, illustrated entries describe the products, while an extensive reference section defines new and hybrid materials and provides information on manufacturers, design studios, and green organizations.
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For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, "Ecodesign"—now fully revised and updated—is a shopping resource. The latest edition of this sourcebook includes up-to-the-minute listings for more than seven hundred consumer products—from clothing to kitchenware, electronics to furniture—that have a minimal impact on the earth while remaining useful and beautiful. This compendium also directs readers to little known handcrafted objects from artisanal studios. Detailed, illustrated entries describe the products, while an extensive reference section defines new and hybrid materials and provides information on manufacturers, design studios, and green organizations.
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May 2006, San Francisco
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Arts and crafts furniture
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This is a fully illustrated history of the Arts and Crafts movement covering : the influence of Ruskin, Pugin, Talbert, Eastlake and G.E. Street; the founding of William Morris & Co. in the 1860s until its demise in the early twentieth century; the fruition of the Movement from 1880 to 1910 including the Guilds, the major personalities and their attitude to Art Nouveau;(...)
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This is a fully illustrated history of the Arts and Crafts movement covering : the influence of Ruskin, Pugin, Talbert, Eastlake and G.E. Street; the founding of William Morris & Co. in the 1860s until its demise in the early twentieth century; the fruition of the Movement from 1880 to 1910 including the Guilds, the major personalities and their attitude to Art Nouveau;(...)
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This is a fully illustrated history of the Arts and Crafts movement covering : the influence of Ruskin, Pugin, Talbert, Eastlake and G.E. Street; the founding of William Morris & Co. in the 1860s until its demise in the early twentieth century; the fruition of the Movement from 1880 to 1910 including the Guilds, the major personalities and their attitude to Art Nouveau; the aftermath into the 1920s and the rise of Modernism The Arts and Crafts Movement (1860-1920)changed the way designers think about furniture. All of the main leaders of the movement are covered. Illustrations show examples of museum quality pieces: the typical production of the Guilds, the Cotswold School, the Glasgow designers, Heal, Liberty and the major commercial companies including Gordon Russell. The principal American followers are also included. Each section details the furniture of the architects and designers involved.
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This is a fully illustrated history of the Arts and Crafts movement covering : the influence of Ruskin, Pugin, Talbert, Eastlake and G.E. Street; the founding of William Morris & Co. in the 1860s until its demise in the early twentieth century; the fruition of the Movement from 1880 to 1910 including the Guilds, the major personalities and their attitude to Art Nouveau; the aftermath into the 1920s and the rise of Modernism The Arts and Crafts Movement (1860-1920)changed the way designers think about furniture. All of the main leaders of the movement are covered. Illustrations show examples of museum quality pieces: the typical production of the Guilds, the Cotswold School, the Glasgow designers, Heal, Liberty and the major commercial companies including Gordon Russell. The principal American followers are also included. Each section details the furniture of the architects and designers involved.
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January 1900, Suffolk / Easthampton
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Selling shaker
Selling shaker
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The Shakers - a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century - continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple, yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. "Selling Shaker" aims to explore this influence and chart its(...)
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The Shakers - a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century - continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple, yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. "Selling Shaker" aims to explore this influence and chart its(...)
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The Shakers - a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century - continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple, yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. "Selling Shaker" aims to explore this influence and chart its evolution throughout the course of the twentieth century via the interest shown by the media, art institutions and general public in the Shaker story. Whilst other books have sought to examine the origins of the religious or aesthetic basis of the movement throughout the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book seeks to deal with the Shaker phenomenon from a different angle. "Selling Shaker" examines the means by which the Shakers have been 'promoted' during the course of the last century by scholars and museum academics, in order to establish a 'national' style. The book follows this process from high art to popular culture influences, illustrating how the Shaker style has entered the general design consciousness, and in doing so, has become a generic style largely divorced from the original Shaker aesthetic. Using a variety of sources ranging from museum catalogues to contemporary design magazines, "Selling Shaker" aims to tell the story of the rise and rise of the Shaker phenomenon.
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The Shakers - a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century - continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple, yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. "Selling Shaker" aims to explore this influence and chart its evolution throughout the course of the twentieth century via the interest shown by the media, art institutions and general public in the Shaker story. Whilst other books have sought to examine the origins of the religious or aesthetic basis of the movement throughout the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book seeks to deal with the Shaker phenomenon from a different angle. "Selling Shaker" examines the means by which the Shakers have been 'promoted' during the course of the last century by scholars and museum academics, in order to establish a 'national' style. The book follows this process from high art to popular culture influences, illustrating how the Shaker style has entered the general design consciousness, and in doing so, has become a generic style largely divorced from the original Shaker aesthetic. Using a variety of sources ranging from museum catalogues to contemporary design magazines, "Selling Shaker" aims to tell the story of the rise and rise of the Shaker phenomenon.
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May 2006, Liverpool
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