The spirit of chairs
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The chairs in this private collection are not an assembly of objects of everyday use. They are a congregation of creatures often eluding their primary purpose as seating. Metaphorically exaggerated height and disassociation transform the chairs into individuals, or sculptures exploring the uncertain boundaries of physics. The book’s generous layout allows readers to(...)
The spirit of chairs
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The chairs in this private collection are not an assembly of objects of everyday use. They are a congregation of creatures often eluding their primary purpose as seating. Metaphorically exaggerated height and disassociation transform the chairs into individuals, or sculptures exploring the uncertain boundaries of physics. The book’s generous layout allows readers to immerse themselves in this cabinet of curiosities and give their imagination free rein. Nicolas Polli and Jean Vincent Simonet use their photographic essays to interpret the exhibits originating from well-known artists and designers. The texts illustrate the collection in terms of the friction between art and design. They explain the collection’s significance in the life of the collector, and they discuss the general motives that lead to a passion for collecting.
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''U-Joints – A taxonomy of connections'' looks at human history through its details, and invites us to see design and architecture in new ways. Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, U-JOINTS is a collective project that brings together the voices and viewpoints of more than 120 authors. Together they “tell” design and architecture in the form of stories, essays,(...)
U-Joints: A taxonomy of connections
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''U-Joints – A taxonomy of connections'' looks at human history through its details, and invites us to see design and architecture in new ways. Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, U-JOINTS is a collective project that brings together the voices and viewpoints of more than 120 authors. Together they “tell” design and architecture in the form of stories, essays, interviews, statements, visits to factories, reportage, facts and figures and, not least, a vast taxonomy of joints. Photo portfolios examine how joints are produced, illustrate their diverse uses, or simply show the inherent yet often overlooked beauty of connections in the man-made world.
Industrial Design
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Showcasing selected works from The Museum of Modern Art's architecture and design collection, "Objects of Design" features a wide variety of industrial and domestic artifacts by great designers of the modern period, from early masters such as Hector Guimard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Josef Hoffmann to contemporary practitioners including Droog Design, Ettore Sottsas, Gaetano(...)
Objects of design : from the Museum of Modern Art
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Showcasing selected works from The Museum of Modern Art's architecture and design collection, "Objects of Design" features a wide variety of industrial and domestic artifacts by great designers of the modern period, from early masters such as Hector Guimard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Josef Hoffmann to contemporary practitioners including Droog Design, Ettore Sottsas, Gaetano Pesce, Hella Jongerius and others. Some of the objects represent turn-of-the-century designs of the Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement; others are Bauhaus and de Stijl explorations; still others show Charles and Ray Eames and other American designers of the second half of the 20th century; representations of the Italian design revolutions; and contemporary manifestations of familiar genres using radical new materials and techniques of manufacture. The book's 360 colour plates not only reveal the range of aesthetic viewpoints in design since the late 19th century but together trace the historical development of MOMA's celebrated design collection.
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Barcelona lab
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The project consists of photos Jordi Bernadó and Oriol Rigat have compiled in a series showing workshops and studios, along with portraits of the people who work in them.
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Barcelona lab
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The project consists of photos Jordi Bernadó and Oriol Rigat have compiled in a series showing workshops and studios, along with portraits of the people who work in them.
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Italian design
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The story of Italian design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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The story of Italian design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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American design
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The story of American Design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
American design
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The story of American Design, told through works selected from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Industrial Design
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Tangible Traces proffers context, craftsmanship and tradition as antidotes to our seamless global landscape of bland architecture and design. The architecture firm Onix, spatial designer Frank Havermans, textile designer Claudy Jongstra, fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe and industrial designer Hella Jongerius share a common quest to imbue their work with unexpected(...)
Tangible traces: Dutch architecture and design in the making
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Tangible Traces proffers context, craftsmanship and tradition as antidotes to our seamless global landscape of bland architecture and design. The architecture firm Onix, spatial designer Frank Havermans, textile designer Claudy Jongstra, fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe and industrial designer Hella Jongerius share a common quest to imbue their work with unexpected meaning derived from consideration of local culture and context, rediscovery of traditional craft, use of quotidian materials and a fascination with chance and improvisation. Though they look to the past for inspiration, a fusion of state-of-the-art technologies and an unmistakably Dutch vision lends their designs a contemporary air.
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Amateurism
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'Amateurism's naive passion often makes it of greater interest than professional work.' Erik Kessels, the 4th artist in Residence to be associated with the Academy of Architecture and the research group Art Practice and development of the Amsterdam School of the Arts, curated a celebration of amateurism.
Amateurism
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'Amateurism's naive passion often makes it of greater interest than professional work.' Erik Kessels, the 4th artist in Residence to be associated with the Academy of Architecture and the research group Art Practice and development of the Amsterdam School of the Arts, curated a celebration of amateurism.
Industrial Design
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Le nouvel ouvrage des Collections Typologie est consacré à la tente de camping. Motif commun des paysages ruraux et des espaces urbains, la tente est une typologie omniprésente dont la simplicité apparente est trompeuse. A mi-chemin entre l'architecture que l'on manipule et le mobilier que l'on habite, la tente recouvre de nombreux usages et fait converger des réalités(...)
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Typologie : La tente de camping
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Le nouvel ouvrage des Collections Typologie est consacré à la tente de camping. Motif commun des paysages ruraux et des espaces urbains, la tente est une typologie omniprésente dont la simplicité apparente est trompeuse. A mi-chemin entre l'architecture que l'on manipule et le mobilier que l'on habite, la tente recouvre de nombreux usages et fait converger des réalités hétéroclites. Réminiscence de huttes primitives, descendante des campements militaires, abri de loisir ou de fortune, précaire tout en étant résistante, protectrice mais poreuse, la tente est utilisée autant en milieux balisés qu'extrêmes. Assemblage élémentaire de matériaux ultra-performants, elle est conçue en Occident et produite en Asie du Sud-Est. Plus encore que les objets mono-matériaux étudiés dans les précédentes revues de Typologie, cet objet composite permet de prendre conscience de la nature complexe des choses qui nous entourent.
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Reprint: November 1998