Nature design : from inspiration to innovation / edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs ; essays by Barry Bergdoll, Dario Gamboni and Philip Ursprung.

Title & Author:

Nature design : from inspiration to innovation / edited by Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Angeli Sachs ; essays by Barry Bergdoll, Dario Gamboni and Philip Ursprung.

Publication:

Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2007]
©2007

Description:

319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-316) and index.
Passage 1. Discovering Nature -- Nature's Architecture: The Quest for the Laws of Form and the Critique of Historicism / Barry Bergdoll -- Sea -- Passage 2. Art Nouveau -- Art Nouveau: The Shape of Life / Dario Gamboni -- Topography -- Forest -- Passage 3. 1930s-1970s -- Double Helix and Blue Planet: The Visualization of Nature in the Twentieth Century / Philip Ursprung -- Anthropomorphe -- Zoomorphe -- Passage 4. Contemporary -- Paradise Lost? Contemporary Strategies of Nature Design / Angeli Sachs -- Scent -- Climate.

Summary:

"Nature has been a source of inspiration in the design of the human environment, and its influence on contemporary design is more than evident. The "model of nature," with its forms, structures, and organizing principles, does not only inspire the widest range of concept and design processes, but also can be expressed in a broad spectrum of forms and functions. Nature Design addresses this phenomenon from the eighteenth century until today, and presents an international selection of objects and projects from the fields of design, architecture, landscape architecture, art, photography, and scientific research that do not simply depict or imitate nature, but use it as a starting point and reservoir of inspiration for eclectic and innovative responses to the relationship between man and his environment."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783037780985 (paperback)
3037780983 (paperback)

Subject:

Nature in art.
Nature in art Exhibitions.
Nature dans l'art Expositions.
Nature dans l'art.
20.30 history of art: general.
Design.
Industrial design.
Architecture.
Nature.
Design industriel.
Naturen i konsten.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Bergdoll, Barry.
Gamboni, Dario.
Ursprung, Philip.
Sachs, Angeli.
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

From inspiration to innovation

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253773
Call No.: BIB 183573
Status: Available

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