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A unique ”who´s who” of the design scene in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This book will offer management decision-makers valuable assistance in obtaining an overview of the capabilities of designers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition, it will provide agencies concise information on the spectrum of services offered by potential design partners. For(...)
Designer profile 2002/2003 : designers present themselves
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A unique ”who´s who” of the design scene in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This book will offer management decision-makers valuable assistance in obtaining an overview of the capabilities of designers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition, it will provide agencies concise information on the spectrum of services offered by potential design partners. For professionals, students, and designers just beginning their career, the book is an excellent analysis of the very latest competitors.
Interior Design
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Plywood is arguably the most modern design artifact: it is a material born of natural wood and formed by vigorous industrial processes that can assume the most organic of shapes through bending, laminating, and molding. This book consists of two parts: the first, an illustrated history of plywood (tracing its origins to ancient Egypt, circa 2900 BC); the second, an(...)
Bent ply : the art of plywood furniture
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Plywood is arguably the most modern design artifact: it is a material born of natural wood and formed by vigorous industrial processes that can assume the most organic of shapes through bending, laminating, and molding. This book consists of two parts: the first, an illustrated history of plywood (tracing its origins to ancient Egypt, circa 2900 BC); the second, an annotated journal of the making of a piece of bent plywood furniture, from the forest to the showroom. "Bent Ply" contains numerous illustrations of the classics of bent ply design, including furniture from Alvar Aalto, Michael Thonet, and Charles and Ray Eames, and examples of its appropriation by the military: John F. Kennedy's PT109 boat and the DeHavilland "Mosquito" were both fabricated from plywood.
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Quiconque s'intéresse aux antiquités doit être capable de reconnaître des motifs caractéristiques et des détails représentatifs des différents styles. Cet ouvrage vous montre ce qu'il faut chercher en examinant des objets anciens afin de les acquérir en toute tranquillité. Les principaux styles sont ici étudiés: - le baroque et le rococo (des styles épurés de(...)
Reconnaître les styles du mobilier et de objets anciens
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Quiconque s'intéresse aux antiquités doit être capable de reconnaître des motifs caractéristiques et des détails représentatifs des différents styles. Cet ouvrage vous montre ce qu'il faut chercher en examinant des objets anciens afin de les acquérir en toute tranquillité. Les principaux styles sont ici étudiés: - le baroque et le rococo (des styles épurés de l'Amérique du Nord aux plus florissants de l'Europe Continentale - le chippendale - le néoclassique - les résultats de la révolution industrielle - les inventions du 2Oeme siècle (l'art nouveau - l'art déco et l'arrivée du modernisme, les innovations apportées par Tiffany, Jensen, Lalique et autres). Cet ouvrage sera utile non seulement pour reconnaître le meubles mais également les objets en verre, en argent, en faïence. Avec plus de 400 photos, c'est un ouvrage facile à consulter pour l'amateur d'antiquité. Chaque photo comporte plusieurs numéros qui renvoient à des explications situées dans le texte. Pour aider le néophyte, les principaux termes techniques sont également expliqués.
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Studies in design
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In Christopher Dresser's own words, "I have prepared this Work with the hope of assisting to bring about a better style of decorations for our houses. My book is intended to help the decorator and to enable those who live in decorated houses to judge, to an extent, the merit of the ornament around them." Indeed, in this reprint of the classic "Studies in Design", the(...)
Studies in design
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In Christopher Dresser's own words, "I have prepared this Work with the hope of assisting to bring about a better style of decorations for our houses. My book is intended to help the decorator and to enable those who live in decorated houses to judge, to an extent, the merit of the ornament around them." Indeed, in this reprint of the classic "Studies in Design", the timeless designs and wisdom of Christopher Dresser are reintroduced. Originally published in 1875, "Studies in Design" features Dresser's exquisite design and classic theories that have enduring appeal. Dresser's designs, which later influenced other artisans such as William Morris and Charles Tiffany, reveal exotic influences from such locations as Egypt, Japan, China, India, and Morocco.
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"Curiosity" is a Tokyo-based design office that has rapidly built up an impressive body of work for international clients. This book presents their designs for cosmetics, products, furniture, and interiors. In the "Frame" series of monographs.
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September 2002, Basel / Amsterdam
Curiosity : 30 designs for products and interiors
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"Curiosity" is a Tokyo-based design office that has rapidly built up an impressive body of work for international clients. This book presents their designs for cosmetics, products, furniture, and interiors. In the "Frame" series of monographs.
Interior Design
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Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. And underlying every concrete design is a design methodology that can be analyzed, taught, and learned as a transformation of these four categories. Taking this theory as its starting point, this book is nothing less(...)
Transformation: basic principles and methodology of design
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Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. And underlying every concrete design is a design methodology that can be analyzed, taught, and learned as a transformation of these four categories. Taking this theory as its starting point, this book is nothing less than a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history. It details what could be called the unrivaled grammar of design. With a systematic aim and progressively increasing complexity, it unfolds the creative potential of these categories with succinct texts, uniform drawings, and a broad array of examples from architecture, design, and art. However, the book also occupies an exceptional position as a physical book: the layout makes it especially easy to compare and combine different design steps, and the separate binding of individual groups of pages makes doing so even easier. The result is a kind of construction set that invites the reader to play as well as research.
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From total look to total living: Alchimia, Tadao Ando, Armani, Vanessa Beecroft, Benetton, Pierre Cardin, CP Company, Courrèges, Diesel, Diller & Scofidio, Droog Design, Final Home, Dan Flavin, Tom Ford, Future Systems, Eileen Gray, Gucci, Andreas Gursky, Halston, Herzog & De Meuron, Tommy Hilfiger, Damien Hirst, Ikea, Philip Johnson, Rei Kawakubo, Calvin Klein, Rem(...)
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January 1900, Milan
Total living : fashion, architecture, design, art, communication
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From total look to total living: Alchimia, Tadao Ando, Armani, Vanessa Beecroft, Benetton, Pierre Cardin, CP Company, Courrèges, Diesel, Diller & Scofidio, Droog Design, Final Home, Dan Flavin, Tom Ford, Future Systems, Eileen Gray, Gucci, Andreas Gursky, Halston, Herzog & De Meuron, Tommy Hilfiger, Damien Hirst, Ikea, Philip Johnson, Rei Kawakubo, Calvin Klein, Rem Koolhaas, Helmut Lang, Le Corbusier, Levi's, Mandarina Duck, Marni, Steven Meisel, Alessandro Mendini, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Issey Miyake, Moschino, Helmut Newton, Nike, NL Architects, Ora-Ito Studio, John Powson, Prada, Emilio Pucci, Ralph Lauren, Claudio Silvestrin, Hedi Slimane, Paul Smith, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Bruce Weber, Yves Saint Laurent. Styles and lifestyles are fast becoming uniform under labels and definitions of fashion, and as an industry and a cultural form. Total Living is the point of no return in a project which, step-by-step, develops strategies whose goal it is to offer an even more sophisticated and targeted lifestyle. It is a place where there are definitions for clothes, behavior modes, and even the atmoshpheres and spaces in which one moves. Assuming the contours of a landscape of the future, this scenario raises topical themes and problems connected with the overwhelming power of consumerism. Accompanying scholarly essays consider the thematic universes of fashion designers and brands; models of total living in 20th century history; references to total living in mass culture; living and eating; arty fashion and fashionable art; the world of fashion design; the languages of shopping; urban fashion districts; and advertising as a narrative. A rich and interconnected iconographic passage visually narrates the various forms and ramifications of total living today and in the recent past through a succession of utopias, life-projects, urban visions, architecture, special homes, stores, art galleries, museums, and editorial pages and ads from fashion and lifestyle magazines. With texts by Papla Antonelli, Francesco Bonami, Michele Ciavarella, Emanuela de Cecco, Riccardo Dirindin, Roberto Monelli, Herbert Muschamp, Chee Pearlman, Michele Sernini, Dietmar Steiner, and Deyan Sudjic.
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This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects. Heskett also reveals how simple objects, such as a toothpick, can have their design modified to suit the specific cultural behaviour in different countries. There are also fascinating insights into how major companies such as Nokia,(...)
Toothpicks & logos : design in everyday life
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This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects. Heskett also reveals how simple objects, such as a toothpick, can have their design modified to suit the specific cultural behaviour in different countries. There are also fascinating insights into how major companies such as Nokia, Ford, and Sony approach design. Finally, we are shown an exciting vision of what design can offer us in the future and especially its role in humanising new technology.
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The red dot award for product design is an internationally renowned competition which gives prizes for excellence in all fields of industrial production, from tableware to vehicles, from communication to multimedia, culture and sport. This book is the unique documentation of the entries and prizewinners, providing an overview of the cutting edge trends and future(...)
Design innovations yearbook 2002
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The red dot award for product design is an internationally renowned competition which gives prizes for excellence in all fields of industrial production, from tableware to vehicles, from communication to multimedia, culture and sport. This book is the unique documentation of the entries and prizewinners, providing an overview of the cutting edge trends and future perspectives in international product design. It also contains an introductory essay and a report on the design team of the year.
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July 2002, Essen
Interior Design
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For the first time, the development of interiors and furniture in Switzerland from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day have been surveyed and documented. Following introductory essays by Lucius Burckhardt and Stanislaus von Moos, both experts in design research, there are seven main chapters each focussing on a period of 15 years; these are complemented(...)
Swiss furniture and interiors in the 20th century
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For the first time, the development of interiors and furniture in Switzerland from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day have been surveyed and documented. Following introductory essays by Lucius Burckhardt and Stanislaus von Moos, both experts in design research, there are seven main chapters each focussing on a period of 15 years; these are complemented by detailed information on those masterpieces which can be considered to define the epoch. Some 20 representative interiors reveal the significant changes which have taken place in living space in the 20th century. A fully illustrated catalogue of over 300 objects from furniture to ceramics and household objects and around 150 biographies conclude the publication. Much of the information was previously inaccessible and this volume contains invaluable details regarding the origins and the production of the objects. The book is a fascinating compendium of the great classics in Swiss design, with rare early works as well as new pieces. A large part of the material has been photographed especially for this publication and the model furnished interiors have been drawn to the same scale.
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