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This wide-ranging collection brings together a fistful of graphic designs that were produced in the first half of the 20th century and deal with both industrial and product design. Hand-drawn, these images employ full lines, shapes and vibrant colours whose richness and originality still impress today. The collection features hundreds of reproductions of posters,(...)
20th century industrial design
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This wide-ranging collection brings together a fistful of graphic designs that were produced in the first half of the 20th century and deal with both industrial and product design. Hand-drawn, these images employ full lines, shapes and vibrant colours whose richness and originality still impress today. The collection features hundreds of reproductions of posters, advertising, product and packaging graphics drawn from different corners the world.
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Maharam: agenda
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First renowned as a supplier of theatrical textiles to Broadway and beyond, Maharam pioneered the concept of engineered textiles for interior applications in the sixties, and is the world's leading provider of textiles to commercial architects and interior designers. Maharam takes a holistic view of design, embracing a range of disciplines including architecture and(...)
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First renowned as a supplier of theatrical textiles to Broadway and beyond, Maharam pioneered the concept of engineered textiles for interior applications in the sixties, and is the world's leading provider of textiles to commercial architects and interior designers. Maharam takes a holistic view of design, embracing a range of disciplines including architecture and interiors, furniture, fashion, accessories, graphic and digital media. The Maharam Design Studio oversees the cultivation of an extensive textile collection, ranging from re-editions of enduring designs by the twentieth century's most noted visionaries to textile-based collaborations with industry outsiders including Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, Maira Kalman, Bruce Mau, Jasper Morrison, Nike and Paul Smith, among others. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the company's history, cultural markers and design projects. Abstracted product applications are featured through "Useless Objects," a collaboration with Jasper Morrison.
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In 2008, with a thousand dollars, a laptop and an outsized conviction that design can change the world, rising San Francisco-based product designer and activist Emily Pilloton launched Project H Design, a radical non-profit that supports, inspires and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design.
Design revolution: 100 products that empower people
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In 2008, with a thousand dollars, a laptop and an outsized conviction that design can change the world, rising San Francisco-based product designer and activist Emily Pilloton launched Project H Design, a radical non-profit that supports, inspires and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design.
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Knoll: A modernist universe
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The history of Knoll is the history of modern design. Founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll and joined by his wife, Florence Knoll, the company is credited for bringing European modern design to America. Throughout its history Knoll has been at the forefront of cutting-edge design, the first company to produce Mies van der Rohe’s and Marcel Breuer’s tubular furniture for a(...)
Knoll: A modernist universe
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The history of Knoll is the history of modern design. Founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll and joined by his wife, Florence Knoll, the company is credited for bringing European modern design to America. Throughout its history Knoll has been at the forefront of cutting-edge design, the first company to produce Mies van der Rohe’s and Marcel Breuer’s tubular furniture for a receptive domestic market, making Bauhaus ideals a reality to an American audience. More recently Knoll has produced instant classics from Frank Gehry and Richard Meier. Comprehensive in narrative and scope, this monograph presents images and texts on furniture, furnishings, systems, and graphics.
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DesignAndDesign.com is a website dedicated to the worldwide community of designers and was created to showcase their latest design work. Every day, the homepage features two design pieces, selected from the graphic, packaging and product design submissions received daily from a wide range of international designers. The book of the year shows these 730 fresh, and for the(...)
Design and design.com: Book of the year, volume 2
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DesignAndDesign.com is a website dedicated to the worldwide community of designers and was created to showcase their latest design work. Every day, the homepage features two design pieces, selected from the graphic, packaging and product design submissions received daily from a wide range of international designers. The book of the year shows these 730 fresh, and for the most part unpublished original designs.
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Abitare: 50 years of design
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The first-ever compilation of the most innovative design magazine of the 1960s and 1970s. Abitare was founded to cover the growing influence of Italian design but also to gather the most interesting trends worldwide, from the mod fashion in London, and the rise of alternative lifestyles in New York and San Francisco, to the development of industrial design in Milan.(...)
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The first-ever compilation of the most innovative design magazine of the 1960s and 1970s. Abitare was founded to cover the growing influence of Italian design but also to gather the most interesting trends worldwide, from the mod fashion in London, and the rise of alternative lifestyles in New York and San Francisco, to the development of industrial design in Milan. Classic articles from Abitare are reproduced in full, with their original English and Italian texts, while new essays by noted writers and past editors reflect on the influence of this trailblazing magazine.
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The century of Modern design
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The Stewart Collection -in Montreal—celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2010. The Collection incorporates iconic furniture, ceramics, textiles, posters, graphic art, jewelry, and everyday objects from the 1930s to today. This book presents items chronologically, highlighting contrasts and parallels between works including posters by Max Bill and an armchair by Frank(...)
The century of Modern design
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The Stewart Collection -in Montreal—celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2010. The Collection incorporates iconic furniture, ceramics, textiles, posters, graphic art, jewelry, and everyday objects from the 1930s to today. This book presents items chronologically, highlighting contrasts and parallels between works including posters by Max Bill and an armchair by Frank Lloyd Wright. Each decade of the twentieth century is introduced by an essay giving the context that shaped the works, providing a history of modern design. Great designers, including lesser-known but highly influential figures, are presented alongside their signature creations that retain a prominent place in the design world today.
How to design a chair
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How to Design a Chair looks at the principles and processes of designing a chair, from its symbolic and functional properties to materials and mass-production techniques. In a working case study Konstantin Grcic traces the design and development of one of his most successful chairs - the Myto - from start to finish and reveals what it takes to create a successful design.
How to design a chair
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How to Design a Chair looks at the principles and processes of designing a chair, from its symbolic and functional properties to materials and mass-production techniques. In a working case study Konstantin Grcic traces the design and development of one of his most successful chairs - the Myto - from start to finish and reveals what it takes to create a successful design.
Industrial Design
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True beauty lies in the design and process that leads matter to become a work of art. Before the final gesture that at last makes it a “work”, its beauty is contained in the invisible layers of thought and enthusiasm that lie beneath the surface of the finished object – from choice of materials to precision of execution.
Art in process: A work of Persol
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True beauty lies in the design and process that leads matter to become a work of art. Before the final gesture that at last makes it a “work”, its beauty is contained in the invisible layers of thought and enthusiasm that lie beneath the surface of the finished object – from choice of materials to precision of execution.
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The publication presents the designs of six internationally renowned bicycle builders whose embrace of the tradition of working in metal brings striking innovation to their craft. Through their manipulation of steel, aluminum and titanium, the builders of Bespoke produce racing bicycles that speed champion athletes to victory, mountain and cyclocross bicycles built to(...)
Bespoke : the handbuilt bicycle
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The publication presents the designs of six internationally renowned bicycle builders whose embrace of the tradition of working in metal brings striking innovation to their craft. Through their manipulation of steel, aluminum and titanium, the builders of Bespoke produce racing bicycles that speed champion athletes to victory, mountain and cyclocross bicycles built to negotiate vertiginous terrain, urban bicycles that stylishly convey commuters, and randonneur bicycles elegantly stripped down for epic journeys. Candid portraits including builder’s inspirations, working methods and bicycles, photographed in great detail, highlight this exhibition at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design. Bespoke offers an intimate view of objects that sit squarely at the intersection of art, design, craft and performance. With contributions by Michael Maharam and Sacha White (Vanilla Bicycles) Photographs by D. James Dee. Includes bicycles by the following builders : Mike Flanigan (A.N.T), Jeff Jones, Dario Pegoretti, Richard Sachs, J. Peter Weigle
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