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The English architects Alison Smithson (1928–1993) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) were ringleaders of the New Brutalism, active in CIAM and Team 10, and influential in English Pop Art. The Smithsons, who met as architecture students, built only a few buildings but wrote prolifically throughout their career, leaving a body of writings that consider issues in architecture(...)
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The English architects Alison Smithson (1928–1993) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) were ringleaders of the New Brutalism, active in CIAM and Team 10, and influential in English Pop Art. The Smithsons, who met as architecture students, built only a few buildings but wrote prolifically throughout their career, leaving a body of writings that consider issues in architecture(...)
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Not quite architecture: writing around Alison and Peter Smithson
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The English architects Alison Smithson (1928–1993) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) were ringleaders of the New Brutalism, active in CIAM and Team 10, and influential in English Pop Art. The Smithsons, who met as architecture students, built only a few buildings but wrote prolifically throughout their career, leaving a body of writings that consider issues in architecture and urbanism and also take up subjects that are “not quite architecture” (the name of a series of articles written by Alison Smithson for the Architects’ Journal)—including fashion design, graphic communication, and children’s tales. In this book, M. Christine Boyer explores the Smithsons’ writings—books, articles, lectures, unpublished manuscripts, and private papers. She focuses on unpublished material, reading the letter, the scribbled note, the undelivered lecture, the scrapbook, the “magic box,” as words in the language of modern architectural history—especially that of postwar England, where the Smithsons and other architects were at the center of the richest possible range of cultural encounters. Boyer is “writing around” the Smithsons’ work by considering the cultural contexts in which they formed and wrote about their ideas.
Not quite architecture: writing around Alison and Peter Smithson
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The English architects Alison Smithson (1928–1993) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) were ringleaders of the New Brutalism, active in CIAM and Team 10, and influential in English Pop Art. The Smithsons, who met as architecture students, built only a few buildings but wrote prolifically throughout their career, leaving a body of writings that consider issues in architecture and urbanism and also take up subjects that are “not quite architecture” (the name of a series of articles written by Alison Smithson for the Architects’ Journal)—including fashion design, graphic communication, and children’s tales. In this book, M. Christine Boyer explores the Smithsons’ writings—books, articles, lectures, unpublished manuscripts, and private papers. She focuses on unpublished material, reading the letter, the scribbled note, the undelivered lecture, the scrapbook, the “magic box,” as words in the language of modern architectural history—especially that of postwar England, where the Smithsons and other architects were at the center of the richest possible range of cultural encounters. Boyer is “writing around” the Smithsons’ work by considering the cultural contexts in which they formed and wrote about their ideas.
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March 2017
March 2017
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Los Angeles 1955-1985
Los Angeles 1955-1985
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La scène artistique de Los Angeles, lieu multiculturel complexe, est unique par sa qualité protéiforme, dont le spectre se développe de la culture californienne au cinéma hollywoodien, des mouvements underground à Disneyland. Elle s'est affirmée durant ces dernières années comme une force alternative à la situation new-yorkaise, le lieu d'un bouillonnement et d'une(...)
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La scène artistique de Los Angeles, lieu multiculturel complexe, est unique par sa qualité protéiforme, dont le spectre se développe de la culture californienne au cinéma hollywoodien, des mouvements underground à Disneyland. Elle s'est affirmée durant ces dernières années comme une force alternative à la situation new-yorkaise, le lieu d'un bouillonnement et d'une(...)
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Los Angeles 1955-1985
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La scène artistique de Los Angeles, lieu multiculturel complexe, est unique par sa qualité protéiforme, dont le spectre se développe de la culture californienne au cinéma hollywoodien, des mouvements underground à Disneyland. Elle s'est affirmée durant ces dernières années comme une force alternative à la situation new-yorkaise, le lieu d'un bouillonnement et d'une multiplicité artistique qui fascine aujourd'hui les créateurs du monde entier. Une large sélection de peintures, sculptures, installations, photographies, films et vidéos retrace l'histoire multiforme de cette scène particulière, depuis son émergence au début des années soixante jusqu'en 1985 (art de l'assemblage, Pop art, Minimalisme californien ou "Finish Fetish", du mouvement "Light and Space", de l'art conceptuel, de la performance, du féminisme, des installations, de la vidéo et du film expérimental au travers une sélection de nombreux artistes). Cet ouvrage prend la forme d'une large chronique, abondamment illustrée, de l'histoire de la création à Los Angeles et des relations que cette scène a entretenues avec la France. Selon un ordre chronologique, pour chaque année seront rassemblés des textes de l'époque, des photographies des oeuvres et des événements principaux. Des essais originaux sur la littérature et le cinéma, sur le film expérimental (par O'Neil), sur la musique, deux textes écrits par des artistes et une présentation de la scène artistique de Los Angeles par Catherine Grenier complètent cet ouvrage.
Los Angeles 1955-1985
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La scène artistique de Los Angeles, lieu multiculturel complexe, est unique par sa qualité protéiforme, dont le spectre se développe de la culture californienne au cinéma hollywoodien, des mouvements underground à Disneyland. Elle s'est affirmée durant ces dernières années comme une force alternative à la situation new-yorkaise, le lieu d'un bouillonnement et d'une multiplicité artistique qui fascine aujourd'hui les créateurs du monde entier. Une large sélection de peintures, sculptures, installations, photographies, films et vidéos retrace l'histoire multiforme de cette scène particulière, depuis son émergence au début des années soixante jusqu'en 1985 (art de l'assemblage, Pop art, Minimalisme californien ou "Finish Fetish", du mouvement "Light and Space", de l'art conceptuel, de la performance, du féminisme, des installations, de la vidéo et du film expérimental au travers une sélection de nombreux artistes). Cet ouvrage prend la forme d'une large chronique, abondamment illustrée, de l'histoire de la création à Los Angeles et des relations que cette scène a entretenues avec la France. Selon un ordre chronologique, pour chaque année seront rassemblés des textes de l'époque, des photographies des oeuvres et des événements principaux. Des essais originaux sur la littérature et le cinéma, sur le film expérimental (par O'Neil), sur la musique, deux textes écrits par des artistes et une présentation de la scène artistique de Los Angeles par Catherine Grenier complètent cet ouvrage.
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March 2006, Paris
March 2006, Paris
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Cet ouvrage collectif a été dirigé par le master métiers et arts de l'exposition (UFR arts, lettres, communication). Cette publication fait suite à l'exposition de Martha Rosler à la galerie Art & Essai, organisée par les étudiants de ce même master, du 15 mars au 21 avril 2006. "Figure majeure de l'art contemporain américain, Martha Rosler réalise, depuis le milieu(...)
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Cet ouvrage collectif a été dirigé par le master métiers et arts de l'exposition (UFR arts, lettres, communication). Cette publication fait suite à l'exposition de Martha Rosler à la galerie Art & Essai, organisée par les étudiants de ce même master, du 15 mars au 21 avril 2006. "Figure majeure de l'art contemporain américain, Martha Rosler réalise, depuis le milieu(...)
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Martha Rosler : sur / sous le pavé
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Cet ouvrage collectif a été dirigé par le master métiers et arts de l'exposition (UFR arts, lettres, communication). Cette publication fait suite à l'exposition de Martha Rosler à la galerie Art & Essai, organisée par les étudiants de ce même master, du 15 mars au 21 avril 2006. "Figure majeure de l'art contemporain américain, Martha Rosler réalise, depuis le milieu des années 1960, une oeuvre qui interroge et utilise conjointement plusieurs médiums de représentation. Photomontage, photographie, performance, écrit et vidéo sont ainsi pour l'artiste des formes d'expression qui lui permettent de créer des réponses artistiques radicales au contexte culturel, économique et social de son époque. Engagée dans les mouvements de revendications contre les offensives militaires menées par son pays, inscrite dans les groupes féministes californiens de la fin des années 1960, analysant les modifications sociales et économiques de l'espace public et urbain, dénonçant l'hégémonie des médias et du système de marchés ou encore se référant à la culture populaire, Martha Rosler propose également des relectures critiques de l'histoire de l'art contemporain. Ses réflexions théoriques et esthétiques sur le pop art, la photographie documentaire, l'art conceptuel et post-conceptuel ou encore sur les pratiques visuelles féministes sont devenues des références. À l'occasion de la publication de cette première monographie de l'artiste en français, le choix a été fait de présenter ses réalisations artistiques de façon exhaustive. Des traductions inédites de certains de ses essais, des textes d'auteurs, des entretiens et des notices accompagnent les reproductions d'oeuvres.
Martha Rosler : sur / sous le pavé
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Cet ouvrage collectif a été dirigé par le master métiers et arts de l'exposition (UFR arts, lettres, communication). Cette publication fait suite à l'exposition de Martha Rosler à la galerie Art & Essai, organisée par les étudiants de ce même master, du 15 mars au 21 avril 2006. "Figure majeure de l'art contemporain américain, Martha Rosler réalise, depuis le milieu des années 1960, une oeuvre qui interroge et utilise conjointement plusieurs médiums de représentation. Photomontage, photographie, performance, écrit et vidéo sont ainsi pour l'artiste des formes d'expression qui lui permettent de créer des réponses artistiques radicales au contexte culturel, économique et social de son époque. Engagée dans les mouvements de revendications contre les offensives militaires menées par son pays, inscrite dans les groupes féministes californiens de la fin des années 1960, analysant les modifications sociales et économiques de l'espace public et urbain, dénonçant l'hégémonie des médias et du système de marchés ou encore se référant à la culture populaire, Martha Rosler propose également des relectures critiques de l'histoire de l'art contemporain. Ses réflexions théoriques et esthétiques sur le pop art, la photographie documentaire, l'art conceptuel et post-conceptuel ou encore sur les pratiques visuelles féministes sont devenues des références. À l'occasion de la publication de cette première monographie de l'artiste en français, le choix a été fait de présenter ses réalisations artistiques de façon exhaustive. Des traductions inédites de certains de ses essais, des textes d'auteurs, des entretiens et des notices accompagnent les reproductions d'oeuvres.
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March 2006, Rennes
March 2006, Rennes
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many(...)
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Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many(...)
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Graphic Designers, Monographs
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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October 2005, New York
October 2005, New York
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Chip Kidd : work : 1986-2006, book one
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Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields.Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he's worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider's look at the design and publishing process.The book also showcases Kidd's work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd's award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students.
Chip Kidd : work : 1986-2006, book one
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Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields.Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he's worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider's look at the design and publishing process.The book also showcases Kidd's work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd's award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students.
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October 2005, New York
October 2005, New York
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Graphic Designers, Monographs
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, "Devices of Wonder" explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. The encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities serves as a model for this study of the archaic instruments lurking in state-of-the art technology. Featured in "Devices of Wonder" are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective(...)
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An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, "Devices of Wonder" explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. The encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities serves as a model for this study of the archaic instruments lurking in state-of-the art technology. Featured in "Devices of Wonder" are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective(...)
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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November 2001, Los Angeles
November 2001, Los Angeles
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Devices of wonder from the world in a box to images on a screen
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An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, "Devices of Wonder" explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. The encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities serves as a model for this study of the archaic instruments lurking in state-of-the art technology. Featured in "Devices of Wonder" are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective theaters, vues d'optique, microscopes, magnetic games, magic lanterns, camera obscuras, boxes by Joseph Cornell, Lucas Samaras's Mirrored Room, Suzanne Anker's Zoosemiotics, Mark Tilden's UniBug 3.1, panoramic works by Jeff Wall and Giovanni Lusieri, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin and Joseph Wright of Derby, projections by Diana Thater and James Turrell, and a pop-up book by Kara Walker. Barbara Stafford's introduction weaves these fascinating artifacts into a provocative narrative analyzing the complex links between old and new media. Her wide-ranging investigation is complemented by thirty-one short essays in which Frances Terpak tracks the often surprising connections among individual items. Like the cabinet of curiosities, "Devices of Wonder" functions as an analogical instrument, reframing the beautiful "eye machines" that continue to mediate our encounters with the world. This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty from November 13, 2001, through February 6, 2002.
Devices of wonder from the world in a box to images on a screen
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An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, "Devices of Wonder" explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. The encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities serves as a model for this study of the archaic instruments lurking in state-of-the art technology. Featured in "Devices of Wonder" are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective theaters, vues d'optique, microscopes, magnetic games, magic lanterns, camera obscuras, boxes by Joseph Cornell, Lucas Samaras's Mirrored Room, Suzanne Anker's Zoosemiotics, Mark Tilden's UniBug 3.1, panoramic works by Jeff Wall and Giovanni Lusieri, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin and Joseph Wright of Derby, projections by Diana Thater and James Turrell, and a pop-up book by Kara Walker. Barbara Stafford's introduction weaves these fascinating artifacts into a provocative narrative analyzing the complex links between old and new media. Her wide-ranging investigation is complemented by thirty-one short essays in which Frances Terpak tracks the often surprising connections among individual items. Like the cabinet of curiosities, "Devices of Wonder" functions as an analogical instrument, reframing the beautiful "eye machines" that continue to mediate our encounters with the world. This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty from November 13, 2001, through February 6, 2002.
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November 2001, Los Angeles
November 2001, Los Angeles
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Étapes 03 : international
Étapes 03 : international
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic(...)
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic(...)
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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September 2005, Paris
September 2005, Paris
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Étapes 03 : international
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic design is still an applied art with the ability to cross over into other creative approaches and other cultures. British pop culture and musical genres are good examples of this. Vaughan Oliver is one of the graphic designers to have been spotted and then elevated to stardom for their work with a label, band or publication. Yet the picking-out of an individual style or attitude must not let us forget, and must not mask, the fact that the quality of such graphic output stems primarily from its complementarity with its subject. For Blue Note or 4AD, beautiful sleeves weren’t vital; the music and editorial project took pride of place. A lesser talent of the designers behind the artwork was to grasp this state of affairs and act accordingly. Peer recognition is relatively secondary, though it has the merit of underscoring excellence – and, even better, the exacting quest for the finest possible result.
Étapes 03 : international
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Exhibitions, platform events and publications track graphic design and boost its development. They enable designers and enthusiasts to keep tabs on recent experiments in the discipline and to appreciate the work of its stellar exponents. Indeed the public at large is starting to acquire an affinity and a feel for this strand of graphic culture. Tapping this trend, graphic design is still an applied art with the ability to cross over into other creative approaches and other cultures. British pop culture and musical genres are good examples of this. Vaughan Oliver is one of the graphic designers to have been spotted and then elevated to stardom for their work with a label, band or publication. Yet the picking-out of an individual style or attitude must not let us forget, and must not mask, the fact that the quality of such graphic output stems primarily from its complementarity with its subject. For Blue Note or 4AD, beautiful sleeves weren’t vital; the music and editorial project took pride of place. A lesser talent of the designers behind the artwork was to grasp this state of affairs and act accordingly. Peer recognition is relatively secondary, though it has the merit of underscoring excellence – and, even better, the exacting quest for the finest possible result.
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September 2005, Paris
September 2005, Paris
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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This unique look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture--the one constant is change. Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, this publication shows how nightlife spaces have(...)
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This unique look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture--the one constant is change. Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, this publication shows how nightlife spaces have(...)
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Temporary pleasure: Nightclub architecture, design and culture from the 1960s to today
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This unique look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture--the one constant is change. Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, this publication shows how nightlife spaces have evolved to meet the needs of their generation, and how each generation was seeking something a little different from the one before. Each chapter focuses on a distinct phase and city: Italy's politically radical clubs of the '60s, New York City's disco scene, Detroit and Chicago's house and techno paradises, Ibiza's counterculture communal retreats, Britain's rave culture, and Berlin's techno scene. The clubs come to life in double-page spreads that feature specs and detailed profiles. Author John Leo Gillen offers his take on various important cultural, design and architectural details, while numerous photographs offer their own vibey stories. The book features interviews with people who were involved in a number of the scenes included, from NYC disco mainstay DJ Justin Strauss to Ben Kelly, architect of Manchester's legendary venue The Haçienda. As the world emerges from its Covid-induced isolation, this celebration of crowded rooms, dance-worthy beats, and communal transcendence feels more important than ever.
Temporary pleasure: Nightclub architecture, design and culture from the 1960s to today
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This unique look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture--the one constant is change. Opening with the psychedelic haunts of the 1960s New York pop art scene and closing more than half a century later with the rise of post-club happenings, this publication shows how nightlife spaces have evolved to meet the needs of their generation, and how each generation was seeking something a little different from the one before. Each chapter focuses on a distinct phase and city: Italy's politically radical clubs of the '60s, New York City's disco scene, Detroit and Chicago's house and techno paradises, Ibiza's counterculture communal retreats, Britain's rave culture, and Berlin's techno scene. The clubs come to life in double-page spreads that feature specs and detailed profiles. Author John Leo Gillen offers his take on various important cultural, design and architectural details, while numerous photographs offer their own vibey stories. The book features interviews with people who were involved in a number of the scenes included, from NYC disco mainstay DJ Justin Strauss to Ben Kelly, architect of Manchester's legendary venue The Haçienda. As the world emerges from its Covid-induced isolation, this celebration of crowded rooms, dance-worthy beats, and communal transcendence feels more important than ever.
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April 2023
April 2023
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's(...)
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Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's(...)
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A critic writes : essays by Reyner Banham
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Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. The volume, which includes discussions of Italian Futurism, Adolf Loos, Paul Scheerbart, and the Bauhaus as well as explorations of contemporary architecture by Frank Gehry, James Stirling, and Norman Foster, conveys the full range of Banham's belief in industrial and technological development as the motor of architectural evolution. Banham's interests and passions ranged from architecture and the culture of pop art to urban and industrial design. In brilliant analyses of automobile styling, mobile homes, science fiction films, and the American predilection for gadgets, he anticipated many of the preoccupations of contemporary cultural studies. Los Angeles, the city that Banham commemorated in a book and a film, receives extensive attention in essays on the Santa Monica Pier, the Getty Museum, Forest Lawn cemetery, and the ubiquitous freeway system. Eminently readable, provocative, and entertaining, this book is certain to consolidate Banham's reputation among architects and students of contemporary culture. For those acquainted with his writing, it offers welcome surprises as well as familiar delights. For those encountering Banham for the first time, it comprises the perfect introduction.
A critic writes : essays by Reyner Banham
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Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. The volume, which includes discussions of Italian Futurism, Adolf Loos, Paul Scheerbart, and the Bauhaus as well as explorations of contemporary architecture by Frank Gehry, James Stirling, and Norman Foster, conveys the full range of Banham's belief in industrial and technological development as the motor of architectural evolution. Banham's interests and passions ranged from architecture and the culture of pop art to urban and industrial design. In brilliant analyses of automobile styling, mobile homes, science fiction films, and the American predilection for gadgets, he anticipated many of the preoccupations of contemporary cultural studies. Los Angeles, the city that Banham commemorated in a book and a film, receives extensive attention in essays on the Santa Monica Pier, the Getty Museum, Forest Lawn cemetery, and the ubiquitous freeway system. Eminently readable, provocative, and entertaining, this book is certain to consolidate Banham's reputation among architects and students of contemporary culture. For those acquainted with his writing, it offers welcome surprises as well as familiar delights. For those encountering Banham for the first time, it comprises the perfect introduction.
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April 1999, Berkeley
April 1999, Berkeley
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Japanese design
Japanese design
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The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern(...)
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The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern(...)
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Japanese design
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The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern Art's unmatched collection. This season, they take on Japan. Japanese designers' special ability to combine aesthetic tradition with contemporary visual culture and material innovation has created a distinctive and exceptionally successful design industry in Japan, which has produced such divergent icons of Modern design as Sori Yanagi's Butterfly Stool, the Sony Walkman, the Honey-Pop Armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka and the Toyota Prius. This volume traces the development of Japanese design from the country's craft revival in the early twentieth century to the extraordinary objects of high technology that have been a specialty of Japanese designers since the middle of the century. Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of Japan's design culture, while an essay and timeline by Penny Sparke illuminate the masterpieces of Modern Japanese design that are superbly reproduced in this volume's plate section.
Japanese design
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The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern Art's unmatched collection. This season, they take on Japan. Japanese designers' special ability to combine aesthetic tradition with contemporary visual culture and material innovation has created a distinctive and exceptionally successful design industry in Japan, which has produced such divergent icons of Modern design as Sori Yanagi's Butterfly Stool, the Sony Walkman, the Honey-Pop Armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka and the Toyota Prius. This volume traces the development of Japanese design from the country's craft revival in the early twentieth century to the extraordinary objects of high technology that have been a specialty of Japanese designers since the middle of the century. Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of Japan's design culture, while an essay and timeline by Penny Sparke illuminate the masterpieces of Modern Japanese design that are superbly reproduced in this volume's plate section.
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January 2009
January 2009
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Design Monographs
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Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de l'artiste au Centre Pompidou, cet ouvrage présente des photographies inédites de l'époque où Cohen est passée de la gravure et de la sculpture à la photographie sous l'influence du minimalisme, du Pop Art et de l'art conceptuel. Figure internationale de la photographie, Lynne Cohen élabore des images vides de toute présence humaine :(...)
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Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de l'artiste au Centre Pompidou, cet ouvrage présente des photographies inédites de l'époque où Cohen est passée de la gravure et de la sculpture à la photographie sous l'influence du minimalisme, du Pop Art et de l'art conceptuel. Figure internationale de la photographie, Lynne Cohen élabore des images vides de toute présence humaine :(...)
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Lynne Cohen : Observatoires / Laboratoires
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Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de l'artiste au Centre Pompidou, cet ouvrage présente des photographies inédites de l'époque où Cohen est passée de la gravure et de la sculpture à la photographie sous l'influence du minimalisme, du Pop Art et de l'art conceptuel. Figure internationale de la photographie, Lynne Cohen élabore des images vides de toute présence humaine : des espaces intérieurs - laboratoires, stations thermales, salles d'attente ou d'entraînement... - aux décors parfois kitsch et dans lesquels planent un certain mystère, une atmosphère inquiétante. Ses cadrages rigoureux, une certaine mise à distance et une lumière qui souligne matières et surfaces confèrent aux lieux qu'elle capture une apparence à la fois " surréelle " et factice. Par la neutralité de l'éclairage et l'absence de personnages, les intérieurs domestiques et lieux de travail évoquent un contrôle social qui s'exerce de manière diffuse. Fascinée par les techniques photographiques employées dans la publicité, les annonces immobilières, les catalogues de vente par correspondance ou encore celles des cartes postales, Lynne Cohen s'inscrit dans le sillon de l'art conceptuel des années 1970, celui des artistes pour qui l'art est un moyen d'analyse. Eclairage, profondeur de champ et composition rigoureuse, voire clinique, donnent à voir des univers clos qui sont autant d'enquêtes sur la configuration de l'espace social. Salles de classe, de restaurants, de sports, halls d'hôtels, bureaux, laboratoires, espaces domestiques ou dédiés aux spas, à la police... partout s'exercent les notions d'observation, de jeux et de contrôles du social. Ces vues frontales aux cadres imposants sont toujours à double fond : quelque chose, de dérisoire ou de grave, y semble camouflé.
Lynne Cohen : Observatoires / Laboratoires
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Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de l'artiste au Centre Pompidou, cet ouvrage présente des photographies inédites de l'époque où Cohen est passée de la gravure et de la sculpture à la photographie sous l'influence du minimalisme, du Pop Art et de l'art conceptuel. Figure internationale de la photographie, Lynne Cohen élabore des images vides de toute présence humaine : des espaces intérieurs - laboratoires, stations thermales, salles d'attente ou d'entraînement... - aux décors parfois kitsch et dans lesquels planent un certain mystère, une atmosphère inquiétante. Ses cadrages rigoureux, une certaine mise à distance et une lumière qui souligne matières et surfaces confèrent aux lieux qu'elle capture une apparence à la fois " surréelle " et factice. Par la neutralité de l'éclairage et l'absence de personnages, les intérieurs domestiques et lieux de travail évoquent un contrôle social qui s'exerce de manière diffuse. Fascinée par les techniques photographiques employées dans la publicité, les annonces immobilières, les catalogues de vente par correspondance ou encore celles des cartes postales, Lynne Cohen s'inscrit dans le sillon de l'art conceptuel des années 1970, celui des artistes pour qui l'art est un moyen d'analyse. Eclairage, profondeur de champ et composition rigoureuse, voire clinique, donnent à voir des univers clos qui sont autant d'enquêtes sur la configuration de l'espace social. Salles de classe, de restaurants, de sports, halls d'hôtels, bureaux, laboratoires, espaces domestiques ou dédiés aux spas, à la police... partout s'exercent les notions d'observation, de jeux et de contrôles du social. Ces vues frontales aux cadres imposants sont toujours à double fond : quelque chose, de dérisoire ou de grave, y semble camouflé.
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June 2023
June 2023
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
