Modern Scandinavian design
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Designers from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland have long pursued the shared goal of social equality through design, believing that well-designed everyday goods not only enhance daily life, but should also be the birthright of all. Modern Scandinavian Design is the ultimate guide to the distinctive design tradition arising out of these five Nordic countries(...)
Design, Periods and Styles
October 2017
Modern Scandinavian design
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Designers from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland have long pursued the shared goal of social equality through design, believing that well-designed everyday goods not only enhance daily life, but should also be the birthright of all. Modern Scandinavian Design is the ultimate guide to the distinctive design tradition arising out of these five Nordic countries since 1925. Bestselling design authors Charlotte and Peter Fiell have extensively researched all aspects of the aesthetic, along with contributions from Magnus Englund of Skandium. With sections on architecture, furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, metalwork, woodenware, plastics, textiles, jewellery and graphic design, this will be an indispensable resource for any design enthusiast, collector or casual reader seeking inspiration for their home.
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"Poltronova Backstage", curated by Francesca Balena Arista explores the history of the Italian furniture company Poltronova. It is a snapshot of the radical years between 1962and 1972, seen through the work of Archizoom, Ettore Sottsass, and Superstudio. A unique view into a moment in design history seen through the documents and photographs safeguarded at the Centro(...)
Poltronova backstage: Archizoom, Sottsass and Superstudio
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"Poltronova Backstage", curated by Francesca Balena Arista explores the history of the Italian furniture company Poltronova. It is a snapshot of the radical years between 1962and 1972, seen through the work of Archizoom, Ettore Sottsass, and Superstudio. A unique view into a moment in design history seen through the documents and photographs safeguarded at the Centro Studi Poltronova.
Design, Periods and Styles
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"Mid-Century Modern Interiors" explores the history of interior design during arguably its most iconic and influential period. The 1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for interior design. It not only saw the emergence of some of interior design's most globally-important designers, it also saw the field of interior design emerge at last as a profession(...)
Mid-century modern interiors: the ideas that shaped interior design in America
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"Mid-Century Modern Interiors" explores the history of interior design during arguably its most iconic and influential period. The 1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for interior design. It not only saw the emergence of some of interior design's most globally-important designers, it also saw the field of interior design emerge at last as a profession in its own right. Through a series of detailed case studies this book introduces the key practitioners of the period – world-renowned designers including Ray and Charles Eames, Richard Neutra, and George Nelson – and examines how they developed new approaches by applying systematic and rational principles to the creation of interior spaces.
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Danish design is central to what has come to be known as the mid-century modern style; its iconic pieces are still considered classics and continue to inspire designers all over the world. But if pieces like Hans J. Wegner’s Y Chair (1950) and Finn Juhl’s Chieftain Chair (1949) carry an aura of timeless elegance now, they were born of a specific historical context. In a(...)
Furniture boom: mid-century modern Danish furniture
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Danish design is central to what has come to be known as the mid-century modern style; its iconic pieces are still considered classics and continue to inspire designers all over the world. But if pieces like Hans J. Wegner’s Y Chair (1950) and Finn Juhl’s Chieftain Chair (1949) carry an aura of timeless elegance now, they were born of a specific historical context. In a new postwar welfare society, the demand for new kinds of furniture for new kinds of homes, workplaces and public institutions was booming. Danish furniture designers, cabinetmakers and industrial furniture factories were ready to deliver, with figures like Wegner, Juhl, Arne Jacobsen, Børge Mogensen, Poul Kjærholm and Verner Panton each contributing their own unique vision of what postwar modernity would look like. “Furniture Boom: Mid-Century Modern Danish Furniture 1945–1975” offers a comprehensive overview of the style that changed the world.
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Danish designers are renowned around the world for their beautiful and functional chairs. This substantial new book tells the full story of the Danish chairs that were created during the 20th century. “The Danish Chair: An International Affair” is structured around chair types and illustrates how the “golden age” of Danish furniture design was driven by the study and(...)
The Danish chair: an international affair
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Danish designers are renowned around the world for their beautiful and functional chairs. This substantial new book tells the full story of the Danish chairs that were created during the 20th century. “The Danish Chair: An International Affair” is structured around chair types and illustrates how the “golden age” of Danish furniture design was driven by the study and refinement of historical furniture types, including chairs from abroad that served as important sources of inspiration. It traces the family relations between the chairs and shows how they influenced each other in terms of detailing, construction and concept. Design was the cultural phenomenon that put Denmark on the world map in the mid-20th century. The international brand of Danish design arose in 1949 when American journalists began to write about the Danish furniture at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild exhibition.
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Le craft est depuis longtemps l’objet de débats passionnés qui nécessitent aujourd’hui un éclairage critique et théorique renouvelé, que le seul terme d’« artisanat » restreint parfois. Politiques, écologiques, entrepreneuriales, humanitaires, patrimoniales, technologiques ou éducatives, les formes du craft se sont, ces dernières années, étendues, réinventées mais aussi(...)
Crafts : anthologie contemporaine pour un artisanat de demain
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Le craft est depuis longtemps l’objet de débats passionnés qui nécessitent aujourd’hui un éclairage critique et théorique renouvelé, que le seul terme d’« artisanat » restreint parfois. Politiques, écologiques, entrepreneuriales, humanitaires, patrimoniales, technologiques ou éducatives, les formes du craft se sont, ces dernières années, étendues, réinventées mais aussi complexifiées.
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At once beautiful works of art and technological wonders, the objects featured in "Making Marvels" demonstrate how European royalty from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment signaled their status through their collections of ingeniously crafted inventions. Featuring 150 exemplary objects ranging from mechanical toys to scientific instruments, timepieces to automata, this(...)
Making marvels: science and splendour at the courts of Europe
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At once beautiful works of art and technological wonders, the objects featured in "Making Marvels" demonstrate how European royalty from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment signaled their status through their collections of ingeniously crafted inventions. Featuring 150 exemplary objects ranging from mechanical toys to scientific instruments, timepieces to automata, this study brings to life a glorious period when luxury, a quest for knowledge, scientific invention, and political power combined to produce remarkable works of art. More than frivolous playthings, these works inspired technical innovations that influenced a broad spectrum of activities, including astronomy, engineering, and artisanal craftsmanship.
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In the mid-1960s, reacting to contemporary social and political upheaval, young Italian architects and designers began developing a new style that openly challenged Modernism. Known as 'Radical design', this movement probed possibilities for visually transforming the urban environment. This publication surveys the work of these pioneering designers through nearly 70(...)
Radical: Italian design 1965-1985. The Dennis Freedman collection
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In the mid-1960s, reacting to contemporary social and political upheaval, young Italian architects and designers began developing a new style that openly challenged Modernism. Known as 'Radical design', this movement probed possibilities for visually transforming the urban environment. This publication surveys the work of these pioneering designers through nearly 70 objects and architectural models — including rare prototypes and limited-production pieces.
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With eighty tales of design, laid out in A to Z format, and an irreverent structure, this becomes a picture book for the refined adult. Each letter delves into one facet of this enduring era of design: midcentury modern homes, interior design, graphic design, and illustration, as well as the iconic personalities.
From A to Eames: a visual guide to mid-century modern design
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With eighty tales of design, laid out in A to Z format, and an irreverent structure, this becomes a picture book for the refined adult. Each letter delves into one facet of this enduring era of design: midcentury modern homes, interior design, graphic design, and illustration, as well as the iconic personalities.
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UAM Les modernes à l'épreuve
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Métal contre bois, industrie contre artisanat, équipement contre décoration, peuple contre élite. La création de l'Union des artistes modernes (UAM), en 1929, par René Herbst, Francis Jourdain, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Hélène Henry et Raymond Templier, est souvent présentée comme une scission des "modernes" contre les "anciens", réunis au sein de la Société des artistes(...)
UAM Les modernes à l'épreuve
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Métal contre bois, industrie contre artisanat, équipement contre décoration, peuple contre élite. La création de l'Union des artistes modernes (UAM), en 1929, par René Herbst, Francis Jourdain, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Hélène Henry et Raymond Templier, est souvent présentée comme une scission des "modernes" contre les "anciens", réunis au sein de la Société des artistes décorateurs (Sad). Ces modernes, auxquels se joindront Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, les frères Martel, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé et bien d'autres, militent pour un art fonctionnaliste, sans ornement, destiné au plus grand nombre. Ils auraient tourné le dos aux Décorateurs et à l'artisanat de luxe, incarné par l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes de 1925, pour créer un mouvement en phase avec les besoins de leur époque.
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