Living in motion : design and architecture for flexible dwelling / [edited by Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Alexander von Vegesack ; translations: Manfred Allie ...].

Main entry:

Living in motion. English.

Title & Author:

Living in motion : design and architecture for flexible dwelling / [edited by Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Alexander von Vegesack ; translations: Manfred Allie ...].

Publication:

Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2002.

Description:

272 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held May 17-Sept. 8, 2000 at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Includes bibliographical references (page 270).
Dwelling on living in motion -- an introduction / Mathias Schwartz-Clauss -- Modern architecture and the flexible dwelling / Robert Kronenburg -- Motion study of modern furniture / Mathias Schwartz-Clauss -- Mobile and flexible vernacular dwellings / Stephanie Bunn -- Mobility with tradition / Annemarie Seiler-Baldinger -- "Mighty fortress ... "?! On the sociology of flexible dwelling / Stephan Rammler -- Psychological considerations of dwelling / Antje Flade -- Head home / Peter Dobers, Lars Strannegård.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

This interdisciplinary account of the different types of flexible living presents work by Modernist and contemporary architects and designers, contrasting them with the flexible houses and installations featured in non-European cultures.

ISBN:

393193635X (English edition ; pbk.)
9783931936358 (English edition ; pbk.)

Subject:

Buildings, Portable Exhibitions.
Flexible structures Exhibitions.
Constructions transportables Expositions.
Structures flexibles Expositions.
21.62 history of architecture.
21.84 interior design and decoration.
81.82 education for special groups: general.
Buildings, Portable.
Flexible structures.
Architecture.
Interior art.
Design.
Design History 20th century.
Industrial design History 20th century.
Folding chairs.
Stacking chairs.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogues (form)

Added entries:

Schwartz-Clauss, Mathias.
Vegesack, Alexander von.
Vitra Design Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227844
Call No.: NA8480 .L5 2002
Status: Available

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