Main entry:

Hollein, Hans, 1934-2014.

Title & Author:

Design : MAN transFORMS : Konzepte einer Ausstellung = concepts of an exhibition / Hans Hollein ; edited by the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna.

Publication:

Wien : Löcker, ©1989.

Description:

167 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
German and English.
Presents the process of conception of the inaugural exhibit, in 1976, of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Man transforms was an exhibition held at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York in 1976.
"Unlike the original catalogue, this book illustrates the structure and the features of the exhibition as they actually were to be seen"--p. 5.
Spine title: Hollein design.
Introduction -- Structuring of material -- The Carnegie mansion -- Products: daily routine -- Products: walking tours -- Products: daily routine -- Daily routine: time -- Products: variations of a typical object -- Variations of a product: hammers -- Variations of a product: bread -- Variations of a basic item -- Variations of a product: stars -- Metamorphosis of a piece of cloth -- A piece of cloth: the flag -- Cloth as a tool -- Cloth embellished -- Cloth: shelter -- Cloth: windmill, sail -- Cloth: flying -- Cloth: clothing -- Clothing: two principles -- A piece of cloth: ritual -- A piece of cloth: banners -- 4 elements: water -- 4 elements: water and sand -- 4 elements: fire -- Environmental prototypes: doors -- Environmental prototypes: rooms -- Situations of man -- Behavior: language of the hands -- Behavior: gesture -- Behavior: language of the face -- Face -- Behavior: hats -- Design a being -- Redesigning man -- Dolls -- The nomade -- The seamless surface -- Scarecrow -- Stand-in -- Invisible design coordinates -- Geometric versus anthropomorphous -- Contributors : Peter M. Bode ; Oswald M. Ungers ; Richard Meier ; Arata Isozaki ; Ettore Sottsass ; Nader Ardalan/Karl Schlamminger ; Richard Buckminster Fuller -- Behavior: visitors -- Game situations -- Plan of the exhibition.

ISBN:

3854090455
9783854090458

Subject:

Hollein Hans New York <NY> New York <NY> / Man Transforms <1976> Bildband.
Man transforms.
Design Exhibitions.
Industrial design Exhibitions.
Design Expositions.
Design
Industrial design
Vormgeving.
Design History.
Art Exhibition techniques
Design Philosophy Exhibitions

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst (Vienna, Austria)
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Art and Design.

Man transforms

Holdings:

Location: Library main 63318
Call No.: ID NK512.N4.C66; ID:91-B1467
Status: Available