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If you’ve decorated on a budget, you’ve probably braved IKEA, where the promise of a brighter and better living space comes sealed in a cardboard box. But what do we lose when big-box retailers rule the home furnishings marketplace—and, by extension, our homes? Wouldn’t it be more satisfying to surround ourselves with handcrafted pieces that perfectly suit our needs?(...)
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March 2016
Dust free friends: 6a architects
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If you’ve decorated on a budget, you’ve probably braved IKEA, where the promise of a brighter and better living space comes sealed in a cardboard box. But what do we lose when big-box retailers rule the home furnishings marketplace—and, by extension, our homes? Wouldn’t it be more satisfying to surround ourselves with handcrafted pieces that perfectly suit our needs? While making your own furniture is not a requirement for a well-planned home, it is certainly possible—no matter one’s budget, skill level, or space—and immensely gratifying.
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Le quatrième numéro de Typologie, collection de livres de design sur les objets ordinaires, est dédié à la cagette en bois, objet familier et fugace questionné ici sous toutes ses facettes. On rencontre la cagette sur les marchés de plein vent. Echafaudée en pile et arrangée en étals, elle achemine puis expose les fruits et légumes. Submergée par ces denrées, on en(...)
Typologie : la cagette en peuplier
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Le quatrième numéro de Typologie, collection de livres de design sur les objets ordinaires, est dédié à la cagette en bois, objet familier et fugace questionné ici sous toutes ses facettes. On rencontre la cagette sur les marchés de plein vent. Echafaudée en pile et arrangée en étals, elle achemine puis expose les fruits et légumes. Submergée par ces denrées, on en distingue à peine la tranche. Ainsi l'œil vadrouille du poireau au navet et ne s'en soucie guère. Pourtant ce maillon de la chaîne alimentaire mérite qu'on s'y attarde. Depuis 60 ans, sa forme est intacte : quelques fines lattes de peuplier agrafées en claire-voie régulent l'humidité des légumes en même temps qu'elle les ventile. Malgré cette apparente pauvreté et son assemblage rudimentaire, elle incarne l'équilibre entre légèreté, résistance et économie de matière. Elle fige ainsi l'évolution des contenants alimentaires depuis les vanneries rurales jusqu'aux cageots ré-utilisables. De ces modèles anciens, son industrie conserve aussi une fabrication organisée selon des schémas vertueux. Une échelle humaine, locale, à proximité des champs et des forêts. Une production saisonnière, à l'image des denrées qu'elle transporte. Elle est questionnée ici sous toutes ses facettes à travers le regard de trois professionnels sensibles et renseignés à son sujet : un industriel, un historien et un illustrateur.
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This publication outlines the key aspects of lighting as a unique and creative artistic discipline and examines themes such as different typologies, the quality of light, and the evolution of the bulb. A series of essays by Sarah Schleuning and Cindi Strauss showcase lighting designs from different time periods and geographic locations and feature the work of significant(...)
Electrifying design: a century of lighting
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This publication outlines the key aspects of lighting as a unique and creative artistic discipline and examines themes such as different typologies, the quality of light, and the evolution of the bulb. A series of essays by Sarah Schleuning and Cindi Strauss showcase lighting designs from different time periods and geographic locations and feature the work of significant figures, including Poul Henningsen, Ingo Maurer, and Gino Sarfatti. With over 130 illustrations of functional and sometimes fantastical designs, a historical timeline, and comprehensive artist biographies, this volume expands our understanding of an understudied but influential art form and demonstrates lighting’s central role as both an expression of and a catalyst for innovations in modern and contemporary design.
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Matières et design
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Cet ouvrage passe en revue toutes les matières utilisées par les designers, des plus traditionnelles aux plus avant-gardistes, des plus sages aux plus inattendues, des biomatériaux aux trompe-l'œil. Riche de plus de 800 photographies, il est rythmé par des entretiens avec des designers, différentes rubriques (En coulisses dévoile la fabrication d'un objet, Tendances(...)
Matières et design
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Cet ouvrage passe en revue toutes les matières utilisées par les designers, des plus traditionnelles aux plus avant-gardistes, des plus sages aux plus inattendues, des biomatériaux aux trompe-l'œil. Riche de plus de 800 photographies, il est rythmé par des entretiens avec des designers, différentes rubriques (En coulisses dévoile la fabrication d'un objet, Tendances présente une matière dans l'air du temps, Zoom examine un objet sous toutes ses coutures), des doubles pages Objet culte font le point sur des créations marquantes.
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This publication accompanies the fourth installation in Cooper-Hewitt, the National Design Triennial exhibition series. It offers a glimpse into contemporary innovation and a survey of what progressive designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and citizens are doing in diverse fields and at different scales.
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July 2010
Why design now? national design triennial
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This publication accompanies the fourth installation in Cooper-Hewitt, the National Design Triennial exhibition series. It offers a glimpse into contemporary innovation and a survey of what progressive designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and citizens are doing in diverse fields and at different scales.
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Formica forever
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Formica® is 100 years old : to celebrate this centennial, Formica Corporation has published Formica Forever. The book takes us on a walk through the life of this material : from its humble beginnings as electrical insulation; to its initial adoption by designers including Donald Deskey in the 1930s; to a golden age ushered in by the post–World War II housing boom;(...)
Formica forever
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Formica® is 100 years old : to celebrate this centennial, Formica Corporation has published Formica Forever. The book takes us on a walk through the life of this material : from its humble beginnings as electrical insulation; to its initial adoption by designers including Donald Deskey in the 1930s; to a golden age ushered in by the post–World War II housing boom; through global expansion in the second half of the twentieth century; to the laminate’s inventive uses by designers, artists and architects such as Jasper Morrison, Daniel Buren, Frank Gehry, Laurinda Spear and Zaha Hadid; and finally through to the present, which finds the Formica Group working with young designers to push the limits of this pioneering material.
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La chaise est sans doute la pièce de mobilier la plus propice à l’inventivité : alliant, dans sa fonction même, l’utile à l’agréable, elle était destinée à marquer l’histoire du design. C’est ce que démontre ce nouvel ouvrage des spécialistes Charlotte et Peter Fiell, qui présente les 1 000 chaises les plus novatrices du monde, de 1800 à nos jours, dessinées par les(...)
Chaises: 1000 chefs-d'oeuvre du design du XIXe siècle à nos jours
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La chaise est sans doute la pièce de mobilier la plus propice à l’inventivité : alliant, dans sa fonction même, l’utile à l’agréable, elle était destinée à marquer l’histoire du design. C’est ce que démontre ce nouvel ouvrage des spécialistes Charlotte et Peter Fiell, qui présente les 1 000 chaises les plus novatrices du monde, de 1800 à nos jours, dessinées par les plus grands designers, d’Alvar Aalto à Marco Zanuso.
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A full-color photographic survey of early mailboxes, highlighting those of the grand art deco period, together with a brief history of the innovative mailbox-and-chute system patented in 1883 by James Cutler of Rochester, New York, Art Deco Mailboxes features dozens of the best examples of this beloved, dynamic design’s realization in the mailboxes of New York City as(...)
Art deco mailboxes: an illustrated design history
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A full-color photographic survey of early mailboxes, highlighting those of the grand art deco period, together with a brief history of the innovative mailbox-and-chute system patented in 1883 by James Cutler of Rochester, New York, Art Deco Mailboxes features dozens of the best examples of this beloved, dynamic design’s realization in the mailboxes of New York City as well as Chicago, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and beyond.
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Twentieth-century Brazilian furniture design is perhaps the last great largely unknown tradition of modernism, characterized by rich and sensually textured hardwoods and an ingenuity, grace, and simplicity that exemplify the national character of brasiliadade. With well over 400 historic images and new photography, Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century(...)
Brazil modern: the rediscovery of twentieth-century Brazilian furniture
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Twentieth-century Brazilian furniture design is perhaps the last great largely unknown tradition of modernism, characterized by rich and sensually textured hardwoods and an ingenuity, grace, and simplicity that exemplify the national character of brasiliadade. With well over 400 historic images and new photography, Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Furniture surveys the history and legacy of this innovative design tradition. Featuring the work of the titans of Brazilian design—Lina Bo Bardi, Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Sergio Rodrigues—as well as numerous designers whose work and reputations only recently reached foreign shores, Brazil Modern is the first comprehensive guide to this untapped vein of modernist design. - See more at: http://www.monacellipress.com/book/?isbn=9781580934442#sthash.tuYQR08a.dpuf
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In every segment of retail, countless products compete for our attention. Whether fashion, cosmetics, furnishings, accessories, or gourmet food, the range of goods is overwhelming. Designers and manufacturers are faced with the daunting challenge of setting their products apart to reach their target audiences. The best ones captivate us by telling fascinating(...)
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September 2015
The still life: in product presentation and editorial design
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In every segment of retail, countless products compete for our attention. Whether fashion, cosmetics, furnishings, accessories, or gourmet food, the range of goods is overwhelming. Designers and manufacturers are faced with the daunting challenge of setting their products apart to reach their target audiences. The best ones captivate us by telling fascinating stories or creating compelling retail spaces and experiences. The Still Life compiles striking editorial photography, innovative shop window displays, and intelligent visual merchandising that succeed in doing exactly that. The featured work is created by imaginative stylists and photographers who arrange products, objects, and materials in unusual ways. Distinctive worlds of images result that are reminiscent of Baroque and Renaissance still life paintings in which arrangements of flowers, fruit, musical instruments, and other objects were used as powerful allegories for various aspects of life and death. Today's creatives are developing new visual storytelling techniques for engaging customers. The Still Life showcases their entire spectrum. The book illustrates how a combination of quality handcraft and inspired flair are being used to put familiar products, such as gardening tools, cutlery, purses, writing implements, or jewelry, into surprising new contexts, ranging from minimalistic understatement to opulent glamour.
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