Past tense, future sense
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Celebrating the 80th anniversary of design at Philips, Past Tense, Future Sense is a highly visual book presenting an analysis and history of design at Philips. Engaging topics like the rise of design, the role of visionary projects and what actually constitutes good design are discussed at length and vividly brought to life by numerous case studies.
Past tense, future sense
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Celebrating the 80th anniversary of design at Philips, Past Tense, Future Sense is a highly visual book presenting an analysis and history of design at Philips. Engaging topics like the rise of design, the role of visionary projects and what actually constitutes good design are discussed at length and vividly brought to life by numerous case studies.
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DESIGNsuisse
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"DESIGNsuisse" propose un regard sur 25 créateurs dont les objets, logos et marques font partie de du quotidien. Accompagné de deux DVD présentant 25 courts métrages (25 portraits filmés), l'ouvrage présente en quatre langues un panorama original du design suisse. Chaque film montre la personnalité et la méthode de travail d’un créateur à travers ses réalisations et ses(...)
Industrial Design
March 2006, Zürich
DESIGNsuisse
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"DESIGNsuisse" propose un regard sur 25 créateurs dont les objets, logos et marques font partie de du quotidien. Accompagné de deux DVD présentant 25 courts métrages (25 portraits filmés), l'ouvrage présente en quatre langues un panorama original du design suisse. Chaque film montre la personnalité et la méthode de travail d’un créateur à travers ses réalisations et ses projets en cours. Quant au livre, il décline le résultat du travail de chaque artiste au fil de textes percutants et de nombreuses photographies. / This is an important book about contemporary design that provides essential information in this sphere of professional and general interest. Posters, furniture, typography, sneakers, textiles: Swiss design is rich, manifold and renowned. "DESIGNsuisse" includes reports specially written and illustrated by young photographers for this book on 25 representative designers. It looks at their way of working and most important works, and also catalogues their complete works. An essay on the history and the current role and importance of design in Switzerland places them in context, and the book also includes further important names, clients, producers, schools and artists active in several fields. The book includes an index and an annotated bibliography. Featured on the cover of the book are two DVDs of the designers discussed.
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March 2006, Zürich
Industrial Design
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Founded in 1987, the design collection of the Museum of Design Zurich now has more than 15,000 exhibits, 20,000 examples of packaging and the Archive for Swiss Design and is the first and most comprehensive of its type in Switzerland. "Take away" is the first in a series of publications which presents treasures from the collection on a specific theme. Like the(...)
Industrial Design
February 2006, Ludwigsburg, Zürich
Take away
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Founded in 1987, the design collection of the Museum of Design Zurich now has more than 15,000 exhibits, 20,000 examples of packaging and the Archive for Swiss Design and is the first and most comprehensive of its type in Switzerland. "Take away" is the first in a series of publications which presents treasures from the collection on a specific theme. Like the exhibition of the same name, the focus here is the contentious world of items used in mobile food culture: stacking plates, paper cups, pizza boxes, picnic baskets as well as things like mini toothbrushes, folding furniture and much more. This book shows just how much mobile eating shapes our lives, with all its advantages and disadvantages. Not only has it changed what we eat, but also how, where and what we use to eat. Whether fast food, take away, system gastronomy or convenience food.
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Simply material
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In the fields of design - interior, product, industrial, fashion and architecture, no single creative element matters more than the materials used to create the product. Materials underpin all of the design criteria implemented by the designers and unequivocally influence the end result. Simply Materials presents a broad selection of objects created using a range of(...)
Simply material
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In the fields of design - interior, product, industrial, fashion and architecture, no single creative element matters more than the materials used to create the product. Materials underpin all of the design criteria implemented by the designers and unequivocally influence the end result. Simply Materials presents a broad selection of objects created using a range of sophisticated new technologies and many born of traditional handcraftsmanship. This book introduces the reader to a variety of materials that can be used to create objects or art forms of great beauty in an array of irregular shapes, sizes and compositions. It demonstrates clearly how composition alone is able to liberate materials from the category of raw junk into materials that arouse great visual interest. With contributors including BOEK (PIET HEIN EEK), Tim Parsons, Sand & Birch Design, Contraforma, and many more. This is the first volume in the groundbreaking new series Simply.. From Victionary.
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Activité noble par excellence, le design consiste à rechercher une réponse intelligente, fonctionnelle et si possible esthétique à nos besoins, des plus quotidiens aux plus extraordinaires. Pourtant, aujourd'hui il s'apparente plus à un label de mode ou de style. Le mot «design» a-t-il été vidé de son sens? Est-il devenu un vague concept de marketing et de communication?(...)
Prodesign : Éloge du design utile
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Activité noble par excellence, le design consiste à rechercher une réponse intelligente, fonctionnelle et si possible esthétique à nos besoins, des plus quotidiens aux plus extraordinaires. Pourtant, aujourd'hui il s'apparente plus à un label de mode ou de style. Le mot «design» a-t-il été vidé de son sens? Est-il devenu un vague concept de marketing et de communication? La réponse est oui, et en voici la démonstration. S'appuyant sur de nombreux exemples d'objets, l'intervention de quelques uns des plus grands designers et le parcours de James Dyson, une nouvelle démarche de création est proposée: le ProDesign un design axé sur l'innovation et une approche responsable, ergonomique, économique et durable au service des utilisateurs-consommateurs du monde entier.
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We all know what a tool is, and what toys are. But what happens if the two concepts are combined? Manu's message is that many of the succesful products of the future will be – ToolToys.
January 1995, Kobenhavn
Tooltoys : redskaber med et element af leg / tools with an element of play
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We all know what a tool is, and what toys are. But what happens if the two concepts are combined? Manu's message is that many of the succesful products of the future will be – ToolToys.
Dutch design meets bamboo
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This book consists of three parts. The first part contains the result of the design workshop "Bamboo labs", supplemented with the designers personal comments. The second part consists of an introduction on bamboo as a plant and as a material, and an analysis of the causes of the low market share of bamboo products in Western Europe. The thrid part is dedicated to the(...)
Industrial Design
May 2007
Dutch design meets bamboo
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This book consists of three parts. The first part contains the result of the design workshop "Bamboo labs", supplemented with the designers personal comments. The second part consists of an introduction on bamboo as a plant and as a material, and an analysis of the causes of the low market share of bamboo products in Western Europe. The thrid part is dedicated to the structure and the proceedings of the 2Bamboo labs", which formed the core of the project.
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Not just another book on architecture and design: Atmosphere invites, encourages and motivates. It goes beyond the basic components of form, colour and material to identify and explore seven atmospheric layers that not only exist simultaneously but owing to their fleeting nature can easily merge to form new combinations, over and over again: Almost Alive, Fields of(...)
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September 2007, Basel, Boston, Berlin
Atmosphere: The shape of things to come
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Not just another book on architecture and design: Atmosphere invites, encourages and motivates. It goes beyond the basic components of form, colour and material to identify and explore seven atmospheric layers that not only exist simultaneously but owing to their fleeting nature can easily merge to form new combinations, over and over again: Almost Alive, Fields of Colour, Drawing the Line, In the Mix, Form Follows Fold, Handicraft 2.0, Down to Earth. Atmosphere is a seven-part exploration of the themes that spark creative work. It delves into a renewed interest in handicrafts, into creases and crinkles as generators of form, into nature as an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Learn how designers deal with the chill perfection of CAD and how they counter a period of baroque extravagance. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated with recent work by top designers, architects and artists. Atmosphere will pump oxygen into future projects including yours.
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things(...)
Taking things seriously : 75 objects with unexpected significance
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We all have something in our lives that while not obviously valuable, is displayed as though it were a precious and irreplaceable artifact. Inquire about the object's provenance and you'll likely be treated to a lively anecdote about how it came into your host's possession. Keep digging, and you might even crack the code of what the thing really means. "Taking things seriously" is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes : scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagel burned by actor Christopher Walken, moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things. You'll never look at the bric-a-brac on your shelves the same way again.
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New Directions in Jewellery II is a sourcebook of the most experimental jewellery design today, profiling the work of over 40 makers. Following the success of New Directions in Jewellery, this second volume showcases the latest developments in the field, and includes all new designers and illustrations.
December 2006, London
New Directions in Jewellery II
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New Directions in Jewellery II is a sourcebook of the most experimental jewellery design today, profiling the work of over 40 makers. Following the success of New Directions in Jewellery, this second volume showcases the latest developments in the field, and includes all new designers and illustrations.
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December 2006, London