This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.
This lavish book celebrates the rich heritage of Chinese craftsmanship, exploring the revival of artisanal spirit in contemporary design. It highlights key pioneers and features various crafts, including lacquer, jade carving, silk embroidery, and porcelain, showcasing the depth and diversity of this artistic tradition.
Design is a multi-disciplined approach to problem-solving that has always uniquely reflected humankind's aspirations, needs and desires. It has both shaped and mirrored the spirit of our times. 'The Story of Design' is a fascinating multi-stranded account that is truly comprehensive in its scope, introducing the styles, movements, theories, materials, processes, technologies, leading practitioners and companies that have shaped modern design into what it is today. Contextualizing developments in design with regard to wider social, cultural and political matters, this is an indispensable overview of creative endeavour in the pursuit of the better-designed product.
Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s. This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and positive spirit, applied from the suburbs to the inner cities, and from furniture to metalware. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition...
An keinem anderen Möbelstück hat sich die Fantasie der Designer so sehr ausgetobt wie am Stuhl. Die subtile Krümmung einer Rückenlehne, die Drehung eines Stuhlbeins, der Winkel einer Sitzfläche oder die Farbe des ganzen Möbels: Jedes Element spiegelt das Stilbewusstsein einer Ära. Von Gerrit Rietveld und Alvar Aalto bis Verner Panton und Eva Zeisel, vom Jugendstil bis zum Internationalen Stil, von der Pop-Art bis zur Postmoderne: Alle sind sie hier vertreten: Thonets Bugholzstühle und Hoffmanns Sitzmaschinen, Marcel Breuers Wassily-Stuhl und Ron Arads avantgardistische Lehnstühle. Frühe Designer und Pioniere des modernen Stuhls werden neben den jüngsten Sitzmöbelinnovationen präsentiert. Dieses monothematische Kompendium zeigt jeden Stuhl als reine Form nebst biografischen und historischen Informationen über die Stücke und ihre Designer. Ein aufschlussreiches Werk für alle, die Design lieben, und ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für Sammler!
This work reproduces material from "Studio Magazine" - a look at innovations in 1920s interior design and architecture. It spans through the design styles of the roaring Twenties, from the Art Deco movement flaunting excess through Modernism and into Le Corbusiers "machines for living".
This guide to the design trends and styles of the 1930s and 1940s reproduces material from "Studio Magazine" - a work dedicated to decorative arts. It examines the transition from Romanticism to Rationalism, from the opulent Art Deco style to the pragmatic Modernist designs.
This reference book highlights the period which marked the aesthetic transition from the Victorian era to the modern age. It reproduces examples from Studio Magazine's "Decorative Arts Yearbook", looking at the avant garde work of designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Scandtastic! (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Scandinavians are exceptionally gifted in design. They are world-famous for their inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production. The marriage of beautiful, organic forms with everyday functionality is one of the primary strengths of Scandinavian design and one of the reasons why Scandinavian creations are so cherished and sought after. This guide provides a detailed look at Scandinavian design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on featured designers and design-led companies, plus essays on the similarities and differences in approach between Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.
double-jumbo Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings hit bookstores around the world. --
