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Jacques-�mile Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Charlotte Perriand, Eileen Gray: together these designers and their contemporaries pioneered the look of the modern French interior during the 1920s. Moderne presents the finest examples of this work in more than two hundred plates, selected by the curator of the Wolfsonian museum and faithfully reproduced(...)
Moderne fashioning the french interior
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Jacques-�mile Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Charlotte Perriand, Eileen Gray: together these designers and their contemporaries pioneered the look of the modern French interior during the 1920s. Moderne presents the finest examples of this work in more than two hundred plates, selected by the curator of the Wolfsonian museum and faithfully reproduced to preserve their original color pallets. This sumptuous volume is comprehensive in scope, beginning with the early art moderne of Ruhlmann and concluding with the avant garde work of Gray and Perriand, discussed in an essay by historian Jeremy Aynsley. Designers biographies and a brief bibliography are also included, making this an inspirational resource for interior designers and architects, and an indispensable reference for historians of the modern era.
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Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums, and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine(...)
Islamic design : a genius for geometry
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Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums, and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine messages they encode.
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Cette nouvelle édition bilingue français anglais de Panorama Design, guide du design en Europe retrouve le cadre initié en 1994 avec le guide du design européen et aujourd'hui élargi aux 27 pays de l'Union européenne grâce la participation de centres européens de promotion du design. Cet ouvrage qui s'adresse aux entrepreneurs, aux consultants d'entreprises publics et(...)
Panorama design 2007 : guide du design en Europe / European design guide
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Cette nouvelle édition bilingue français anglais de Panorama Design, guide du design en Europe retrouve le cadre initié en 1994 avec le guide du design européen et aujourd'hui élargi aux 27 pays de l'Union européenne grâce la participation de centres européens de promotion du design. Cet ouvrage qui s'adresse aux entrepreneurs, aux consultants d'entreprises publics et privés, aux étudiants et au grand public, se décline en trois parties. Un panorama du design : historique et définitions, design et innovation, enjeux et opportunités, la profession de designer. Un annuaire : agences, indépendants, consultants, écoles, centres européens de promotion du design. Un guide pratique : l'organisation de la promotion et de la profession, les aides en faveur du design, la réglementation, l'enseignement du design, la recherche, les concours et prix, l'information, les centres de ressources, les salons professionnels et manifestations grand public, les musées et lieux d'exposition, une bibliographie, plus de 1200 références. Un guide complet, indispensable à tous ceux que le design intéresse.
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L'atelier de Recherche et de Création a reçu pour vocation, selon les termes de Jean Coural, de contribuer à " promouvoir un style français contemporain dans le cadre d'un mécénat d'État ". L'intention initiale était double : il s'agissait à la fois de favoriser le renouveau de l'art français du meuble et de relancer l'industrie française dans ce secteur. Les créateurs(...)
Mobilier national 1964-2004 : 40 ans de création
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L'atelier de Recherche et de Création a reçu pour vocation, selon les termes de Jean Coural, de contribuer à " promouvoir un style français contemporain dans le cadre d'un mécénat d'État ". L'intention initiale était double : il s'agissait à la fois de favoriser le renouveau de l'art français du meuble et de relancer l'industrie française dans ce secteur. Les créateurs ont su saisir l'intérêt de ce mécénat public qui leur offrait la possibilité d'une dynamique de recherche libérée des contraintes du secteur marchand. De cette rencontre est née une collection de pièces uniques ou à tirage limité dont l'exécution témoigne d'une recherche de l'excellence conforme à la tradition et aux moyens du Mobilier national et dont l'esprit reflète la nature des besoins exprimés par l'État commanditaire, lesquels ont porté avant tout sur l'ameublement des lieux les plus prestigieux de la République.
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November 2004, Paris
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SPOON is a comprehensive view of new product design, presenting the work of 100 international designers who have emerged on an international platform in the last five years, selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs who are highly respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene. It provides a unique opportunity to see a(...)
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September 2004, London, New York
Spoon
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SPOON is a comprehensive view of new product design, presenting the work of 100 international designers who have emerged on an international platform in the last five years, selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs who are highly respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene. It provides a unique opportunity to see a diverse collection of recent design projects that includes a whole range of objects: furniture, lighting, tools, utensils, high-tech products, machinery and so on. The designers are listed in alphabetical order featuring two double-page spreads for each, with recent, exemplary products accompanied with sketches, drawings, computer renderings, model and prototypes that help to explain, together with the extensive captions, the process behind each project. A short explanatory text by the curator explains the designers’ work and the characteristics that make his/her projects forward-looking and ground breaking. SPOON also features, at the end of the book, 10 ‘classic’, industrially manufactured product designs, chosen by the curators as best examples of the concept of ‘good design’. These ‘classics’ are accompanied by text written by the curators that explains their choice of designers and generally what they see to be the concept of ‘good design’. SPOON takes its place in a series of surveys identifying 100 of the most interesting, cutting-edge practitioners of key art forms. Earlier surveys include cream and Fresh Cream, for contemporary art, 10x10 for architecture and BLINK for photography.
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Né au début du XIXe siècle, en Europe, au sein des mouvements avant-gardistes qui souhaitaient mettre les valeurs de l'art à la portée de tous, le design se situe au croisement de l'art et de l'industrie, du beau et de l'utile, de la forme et de la fonction. Destiné au grand public comme aux amateurs d'art moderne et contemporain, cet ouvrage dresse, de 1851 au début du(...)
Le design : histoire, principaux courants, grandes figures
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Né au début du XIXe siècle, en Europe, au sein des mouvements avant-gardistes qui souhaitaient mettre les valeurs de l'art à la portée de tous, le design se situe au croisement de l'art et de l'industrie, du beau et de l'utile, de la forme et de la fonction. Destiné au grand public comme aux amateurs d'art moderne et contemporain, cet ouvrage dresse, de 1851 au début du XXIe siècle, un panorama international et historique du design.
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October 2004, Paris
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During the years of the Great Depression in America, modernist designers developed products and lifestyle conceptes intended for middle-class-not elite-consumers. In this book, Kristina Wilson coins the term "livable modernism" to describe this school of design. Wilson discusses the relation of modernism to the cultural and economic climate of the Depression and(...)
Livable modernism : interior decorating and design during the great depression
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During the years of the Great Depression in America, modernist designers developed products and lifestyle conceptes intended for middle-class-not elite-consumers. In this book, Kristina Wilson coins the term "livable modernism" to describe this school of design. Wilson discusses the relation of modernism to the cultural and economic climate of the Depression and examines the sophisticated marketing strategies of the movement that coincided with a period of tremendous growth for print magazines and advertising industry.
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The Stedelijk Museum opened its doors in 1895, the same year as the first Venice Biennale. It was a "quiet, civilized museum for the Amsterdam bourgeoisie in a time when there was nothing as troublesome as modern art." Initially, the museum exhibited the legacy of the eccentric Sophia Augusta de Bruyn, Douairière Lopez Suasso: a heterogeneous collection of antiques,(...)
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August 2004, Amsterdam
The furniture collection, Stedelijk Mueum, Amsterdam : 1850-2000 from Michael Thonet to Marcel Wanders
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The Stedelijk Museum opened its doors in 1895, the same year as the first Venice Biennale. It was a "quiet, civilized museum for the Amsterdam bourgeoisie in a time when there was nothing as troublesome as modern art." Initially, the museum exhibited the legacy of the eccentric Sophia Augusta de Bruyn, Douairière Lopez Suasso: a heterogeneous collection of antiques, coins, jewels, timepieces, silver knickknacks, and other curiosa. Period rooms, from canal houses that had been demolished when Raadhuisstraat was driven through, helped create a presentable whole. The museum's renowned furniture collection was not begun until 1934, but since then it has grown to include more than 1000 objects from circa 1850 to the present, with an accent on the twentieth century. Chairs, settees, tables, folding screens, cabinets, and even complete interiors are included.~This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the Stedelijk Museum’s furniture collecting activities from 1934 to 2000. It charts the museum's rich collection, which includes work by H.P. Berlage, K.P.C de Bazel, Piet Kramer, Gerrit T. Rietveld, Martin Visser, Piet Hein Eek, and Marcel Wanders, as well as international furniture classics designed by Michael Thonet, Charlotte Perriand, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Joe Colombo, Arne Jacobsen, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, and Ron Arad. Besides a complete overview of the furniture collection, this annotated catalogue includes an introduction to the history of the collection and its exhibition activities. In addition, the volume explores various themes, such as international and Dutch icons, and contrasts and evolutions, in greater depth in a number of short essays.
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August 2004, Amsterdam
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“Inspiring Designers” a sourcebook provides an insight into the minds of 18 of the world's most distinguished designers working today. The book comprehensively explores what makes these designers critically and commercially successful. Moreover, it poses the question: Do designers possess a special something in their genetic make up - 'cultural DNA' - that makes them(...)
Inspiring designers : a sourcebook
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“Inspiring Designers” a sourcebook provides an insight into the minds of 18 of the world's most distinguished designers working today. The book comprehensively explores what makes these designers critically and commercially successful. Moreover, it poses the question: Do designers possess a special something in their genetic make up - 'cultural DNA' - that makes them flourish in the contemporary design world? ”Inspiring Designers” presents personal narratives of each designer's cultural development providing a comprehensive overview of the iconic influences used in today's design practice. Each designer has been interviewed about their influences and inspiration sources - buildings, products, films, artists, books, cars, music, magazines, people. As such the book provides a unique and accessible introduction as to how inspiration works within and informs our modern world.
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June 2004, London
Interior Design
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« Déposez votre mobilier cassé à l’hôpital des objets. 5,5 Designers le réaniment avec le Secours Populaire Français. » L’hôpital des objets, grâce aux savoir-faire de médecins-designers, permet d’optimiser l’espérance de vie de meubles abandonnés. L’usure, les altérations des objets récupérés deviennent les matières premières de créations ludiques et décalées. Pour le(...)
Sauver les meubles : 5.5 designers
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« Déposez votre mobilier cassé à l’hôpital des objets. 5,5 Designers le réaniment avec le Secours Populaire Français. » L’hôpital des objets, grâce aux savoir-faire de médecins-designers, permet d’optimiser l’espérance de vie de meubles abandonnés. L’usure, les altérations des objets récupérés deviennent les matières premières de créations ludiques et décalées. Pour le Secours Populaire Français, à l’initiative du projet, l’accès à la culture et à la création pour les victimes de la pauvreté et de la précarité est une priorité dans la lutte contre l’exclusion.
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