The wunderkammer of Odile Decq / texts by Lionel Lemire and Robin Thomas ; drawings by Lionel Lemire.

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia ; New York, NY, United States : The Images Publishing Group, 2019.
©2019

231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm

Odile Decq: The Wunderkammer of Odile Decq' invites you to take a voyage and explore Odile Decq's unique and complete universe of architecture, urban planning, design and art, which celebrates the freedom of imagination and shines a light on her distinctive approach to what is conventionally defined as architecture. Perhaps nothing could set the tone for this book better than Odile Decq's own poetic words, a credo that has become evident after 40 years of architectural and design practice: "The horizon line is a constant temptation, and gives the desire of beyond, the absence of limits blurs the perception, creates ambiguity, fusion, and illusion. The consciousness of elsewhere, the perception of the space beyond." With intricate sketches and concept models, rich photography and an intimate and unique commentary, this concept monograph (aptly described as a cabinet of curiosities) showcases quintessential frameworks of Odile Decq's multidisciplinary design approach; it illuminates her inspirational sources; and most importantly, demonstrates the coherence that is legible on every scale of her work. From her signature concept of dynamic space, setting body into tension and movement, to lifelong ideals of organic transformation of object, perception, and fluidity of things, there are within these pages as many realised and imaginary obsessions as there are aesthetic fascinations.

9781864708318 (hardcover)
186470831X (hardcover)

Decq, Odile.
Architecture, French 20th century.
Architecture, French 21st century.
Architecture française 20e siècle.
Architecture française 21e siècle.
Architecture, French.

Lemire, Lionel, writer of text, illustrator.
Thomas, Robin L., 1977- writer of text.

Location: Library main 308161
Call No.: BIB 253593
Status: Available