Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971371460
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sofa Chicago 2005 Exposition Catalog
Author: Sofa Chicago 2005
Author: Expressions Of Culture, IncorporatedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780971371453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
SOFA Chicago
Author: SOFA Chicago 2012
Author: As Seen
Author: Zoë RyanPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300228627
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Exhibitions have long played a crucial role in defining disciplinary histories. This fascinating volume examines the impact of eleven groundbreaking architecture and design exhibitions held between 1956 and 2006, revealing how they have shaped contemporary understanding and practice of these fields. Featuring written and photographic descriptions of the shows and illuminating essays from noted curators, scholars, critics, designers, and theorists, As Seen: Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History explores the multifaceted ways in which exhibitions have reflected on contemporary dilemmas and opened up new processes and ways of working. Providing a fresh perspective on some of the most important exhibitions of the 20th century from America, Europe, and Japan, including This Is Tomorrow, Expo '70, and Massive Change, this book offers a new framework for thinking about how exhibitions can function as a transformative force in the field of architecture and design.
Pippin Drysdale
Author: Ted SnellPublisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781920731199
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A major monograph on internationally renowned ceramic artist, Pippin Drysdale, written by Ted Snell. Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site, situates Pippin within Australian and international visual culture of the last half century. The book is beautifully illustrated with over 60 colour and 40 black and white photographs of Pippin's works and working practices. It will be launched in tandem with a major exhibition of Pippin's work at the John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology.
American Art Directory 2005-2006
Author: National Register PublishingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780872178465
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Kem Weber
Author: Christopher Alan LongPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300206275
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first major look at the renowned industrial designer and architect, who helped to shape the look of American modernism from the 1920s through the early 1950s For German-born Kem Weber (1889-1963), design was not about finding a new expression; it was about responding to "structural, economic, and social requirements . . . characteristic of our daily routine of living." He sought to ensure that each design he produced--whether a piece of furniture or a building or an interior--was an improvement that responded to modern needs and modern life. Weber was a leading figure of modernism on the West Coast from the 1920s through the early 1950s, and his work greatly influenced the California style of the time. His most iconic designs were his Bentlock line, the Air Line chair, the interiors for the Bixby House, and his tubular-steel furniture for Lloyd. This book, a result of significant new primary research in the Weber family's archives, represents the first major study of the life and career of this important designer. Christopher Long details the full range of Weber's contributions, focusing particularly on the part he played in the advancement of American modernism, and his role in heralding a new way of making and living.
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design
Author: Christopher LongPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300121024
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A comprehensive view of the life, work, and ideas of one of the creative giants of modern American design Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive collection of unpublished documents and family papers and photographs to provide the first full account of Frankl's life and ideas. The book also explores the history of modern American design and the extent of Frankl's influence on its trajectory. In the early 1920s, Frankl opened a New York City shop that became an epicenter of American modernism. Over the next decades, his work encompassed everything from individual pieces of furniture and decorative accessories to entire interiors, and his style continuously evolved, from early "Skyscraper" furniture to relaxed and casual designs favored by the Hollywood elite in the 1930s to manufactured pieces for the mass market in the 1950s. The book charts the impact of Frankl's ideas on merchants and consumers, on his fellow designers, and on the changing look of American homes and workplaces. With close to 170 illustrations, Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design is an essential reference on 20th-century design.