Gerry Johansson: deutschland
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Deutschland is a visual encyclopedia, a catalogue of the rural and urban landscapes of Germany arranged in alphabetical order. In carefully structured greyscale images, Johansson sensitively explores German history through its landscape, picking out the industrial scenes, industrial buildings, residential roads and shop fronts. His quiet photographs are carefully(...)
Gerry Johansson: deutschland
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Deutschland is a visual encyclopedia, a catalogue of the rural and urban landscapes of Germany arranged in alphabetical order. In carefully structured greyscale images, Johansson sensitively explores German history through its landscape, picking out the industrial scenes, industrial buildings, residential roads and shop fronts. His quiet photographs are carefully constructed, grid patterns recur constantly and each frame is packed with information.
Photography monographs
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We all know what a tool is, and what toys are. But what happens if the two concepts are combined? Manu's message is that many of the succesful products of the future will be – ToolToys.
January 1995, Kobenhavn
Tooltoys : redskaber med et element af leg / tools with an element of play
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We all know what a tool is, and what toys are. But what happens if the two concepts are combined? Manu's message is that many of the succesful products of the future will be – ToolToys.
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This captivating survey of Soviet design from 1950 to 1989 features more than 350 items from the Moscow Design Museum's unique collection. From children's toys, homewares, and fashion to posters, electronics, and space-race ephemera, each object reveals something of life in a planned economy during a fascinating time in Russia's history. Organized into three chapters -(...)
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Designed in the USSR: 1950-1989
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This captivating survey of Soviet design from 1950 to 1989 features more than 350 items from the Moscow Design Museum's unique collection. From children's toys, homewares, and fashion to posters, electronics, and space-race ephemera, each object reveals something of life in a planned economy during a fascinating time in Russia's history. Organized into three chapters - Citizen, State, and World - the book is a micro-to-macro tour of the functional, kitsch, politicized, and often avant-garde designs from this largely undocumented period.
Space for your future
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Space for your future is the catalogue of an exhibition about the possibilities of change in an age when the future is uncertain. A diverse collection of 35 participants, including; Sejima + Nishizawa, Tobias Rehberger, R(n)+D, Bless, Demakersvan, the Campana Brothers, Ernesto Neto, Barbara Visser, Carsten Nicolai and Michael Lin
January 2007, Tokyo
Space for your future
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Space for your future is the catalogue of an exhibition about the possibilities of change in an age when the future is uncertain. A diverse collection of 35 participants, including; Sejima + Nishizawa, Tobias Rehberger, R(n)+D, Bless, Demakersvan, the Campana Brothers, Ernesto Neto, Barbara Visser, Carsten Nicolai and Michael Lin
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Going Public showcases the creative revival of public space in our urban and rural landscapes. The book’s selection of formal and informal interventions, reclamations, and architecture illustrates the current scope and interest in refashioning and repurposing our built environment for public use. The objectives of the featured examples are as diverse as the projects(...)
August 2012
Going public : public architecture, urbanism and interventions
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Going Public showcases the creative revival of public space in our urban and rural landscapes. The book’s selection of formal and informal interventions, reclamations, and architecture illustrates the current scope and interest in refashioning and repurposing our built environment for public use. The objectives of the featured examples are as diverse as the projects themselves and range from inspiring communication and community experience to devising new means of gathering in and connecting to nature. Ranging from bold to subtle and from temporary to permanent, the architecture and urban design featured in Going Public offers inspiring and surprising interpretations of our public surroundings and natural landscapes.
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(...)
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 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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Art in public spaces often makes a critical commentary on the planning, use, and commercialization of public space. With a rich visual selection of projects and methods, Urban Interventions documents this new artistic approach to urban art that is currently making a profound mark on our contemporary visual language. The book shows the growing connections and interplay(...)
Urban interventions: personal projets in public spaces
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Art in public spaces often makes a critical commentary on the planning, use, and commercialization of public space. With a rich visual selection of projects and methods, Urban Interventions documents this new artistic approach to urban art that is currently making a profound mark on our contemporary visual language. The book shows the growing connections and interplay of this scene with art, architecture, performance, and installation.
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.
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Urban Nomads is the first English-language publication to focus solely on Winfried Baumann’s powerful and thought-provoking body of work. Rounding out the volume is an extensive interview with the artist and several essays by scholars in the field, shedding light on how the Urban Nomads projects prompt reflection on our own lifestyles and those around us.
Urban nomads: Winfried Baumann
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Urban Nomads is the first English-language publication to focus solely on Winfried Baumann’s powerful and thought-provoking body of work. Rounding out the volume is an extensive interview with the artist and several essays by scholars in the field, shedding light on how the Urban Nomads projects prompt reflection on our own lifestyles and those around us.
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Bourgeois and aristocratic cultural encounters in garden art, 1550-1850 / edited by Michel Conan.
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vi, 384 pages : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm.
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2002], ©2002
Bourgeois and aristocratic cultural encounters in garden art, 1550-1850 / edited by Michel Conan.
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Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2002], ©2002