Møbeldesign

A thrilling exploration of the world's most innovatively designed hotels with a special focus on food. This influential reference work-revered by architects, designers, restaurateurs, hoteliers and creatives around the world-contains exquisite images from leading photographers and expert commentary from the world's greatest food writers and culinary innovators. Their stories take the reader beyond the dish, the kitchen and the dining room to explore the holistic connectivity between food and locality; its provenance and production; the people, landscape and architecture. From regional terroir, through the kitchen, to the community, the stories gathered from the experts that created them detail their methods of production; work practices; and visionary hospitality. It poses questions such as, how can we travel more responsibly? How can hotels reduce their impact on the environment? How can travelers give back more than they take? Journeying from the ancient island of Crete; through traditions in Swiss and Japanese mountains; to cutting-edge culinary practices in the Caribbean-every hotel featured in this annual compendium is uniquely exquisite.

Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was first and foremost famous for his furniture. In the 1940s, he broke with the established furniture tradition and designed a number of creations that regenerated Danish furniture design. At the Milan Triennials in the 1950s, he was awarded no fewer than five gold medals and won international acclaim for his furniture. But Finn Juhl was not only an excellent furniture designer: he worked with all aspects of the architect's profession. He gained international recognition as an interior designer for his work on the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. As an exhibition architect, he was the man behind the major showings of Danish applied art abroad which created the concept “Danish design" and paved the way for the Danish furniture industry's export triumphs in the 1960s. This book presents a full-length portrait of Finn Juhl as an artist designer, architect and cultural figure.

Oversigt over hele spektret af dansk klassicistisk møbelkunst i perioden ca. 1790-1850. Klassicismen behandles i lige så høj grad som udtryk for ideologiske bevægelser som udtryk for et stilistisk fænomen. (English edition available: Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen: The Dream of a Golden Age (2004), EAN: 9788772458984)

Erik Magnussen er i dag placeret internationalt som en af de betydeligste designere i vor tid. Når man beskæftiger sig med Erik Magnussens arbejde falder betegnelserne enkelhed, klarhed, tydeliggørelse lige for.Dansk design, når det er bedst.Erik Magnussen har til stadighed været optaget af materiale og teknik, uanset hvilket materiale, han har beskæftiget sig med.Denne bog er Henrik Sten Møllers hyldest til Erik Magnussen og hans design.Indbundet i shirtinghelbind, med smudsomslag. Bemærk, at bogen findes med to forskellige smudsomslag (Steltonkanden og stolen Plasma). HVIS du ønsker et bestemt smudsomslag, skal du bestille bogen direkte hos Forlaget Rhodos. Stort format: ca. 29 x 24 cm. 2007. Bogen er på 160 sider med mere en 130 illustrationer. Dansk og engelsk tekst.Today Erik Magnussen enjoys a position internationally as one of the most significant designers of our time. When one is dealing with Erik Magnussen’s work terms like simplicity, clarity, clarification spring to mind.Danish design at its best.Erik Magnussen has always been preoccupied with materials and technology, no matter which material he has worked with.This book is Henrik Sten Møller’s tribute to Erik Magnussen and his design.Bound, shirting canvas, with a dust jacket. Note: There are two different cover illustrations (The Stelton, and the Plasma chair). IF you prefer one cover illustration instead of the other, please order the book directly from the publishing house: Forlaget Rhodos. Large format: ca. 29 x 24 cm. 160 pages with more than 130 illustrations. Danish and English text.

Den verdensberømte danske møbeldesigner Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) efterlod sig ud over hundredvis af stole og andre møbler også en samling af akvareller og tegninger, primært af møbler og interiører, men også brugskunst, billedskærerarbejder og tapetmønstre samt en række studier af natur, landskaber og mennesker. Med udgangspunkt i akvarellerne kaster denne bog et nyt blik på Wegner – han var ikke kun en designer med kærlighed til snedkerfaget, han havde også en mere legende, kunstnerisk åre, en stor udtrykstrang og en fin koloristisk sans.Bogen sætter Wegners kunstneriske temperament i perspektiv i forhold til hans personlige historie og samtid og præsenterer knap 100 akvareller inddelt tematisk efter motiver. Til sidst opsamles Wegners liv og virke i en rigt illustreret biografi.Bogens forfatter, Anne Blond (f. 1976), er kunst- og designhistoriker med særlig interesse for Hans J. Wegner. Hun er direktør for Foreningen Museum Wegner, som arbejder på at etablere et museum for Wegners møbler i Tønder.

BUREAU, with offices in Geneva and Lisbon, is directed by architects Daniel Zamarbide and Carine Pimenta, and visual artist, designer, and art educator Galliane Zamarbide. The practice operates at the intersection of architecture, scenography, design, landscape design, and education. Founded in 2012, the firm focuses on building new and converting existing structures, interior design and furniture, exhibition design, inhabitable sculptures, and temporary pavilions. Their buildings and interventions feature spatial experiments, unusual shapes and perspectives, and play with the time factor as well. BUREAU thus navigates across the traditional boundaries of architecture, design, visual art, architectural teaching, and cultural education. Short Stories is the first survey of the firm's work to date. Brief texts-some narrative, some descriptive and categorizing-are contributed by architects and researchers Fabrizio Gallanti, André Tavares, and Marina Otero Verzier; curators and critics Julia Albani and Tirdad Zolghadr; designer and curator Alexandra Midal; and by Daniel Zamarbide. Some 360 images, as well as concise information on the depicted buildings and projects by BUREAU, round off this beautiful book.

Die vorliegende Publikation widmet sich Marie-José Van Hees Projekten - von kleinen Interventionen und Möbeln bis zu preisgekrönten öffentlichen Räumen. Neun Schlüsselprojekte werden detailliert betrachtet und diverse Essays und ein Interview bieten einen umfassenden Überblick über ihr Schaffen. Zudem zeigen drei Fotografen Van Hees Architektur aus ihrem jeweils persönlichen Blickwinkel und drei Bauherrschaften berichten von ihrem Leben in ihren eindrucksvollen Häusern. Abgerundet wird die Publikation durch eine kleine Sammlung von Van Hees «schwarzen Zeichnungen», eine Betrachtung der kontextuellen Beziehung zwischen Architektur und Natur sowie eine aktualisierte Projektliste.Neue, überarbeitete Auflage der 2019 in Belgien erschienenen Ausgabe.Marie-José Van Hee (*1950) war 2008 RASAB Fellow und 2017 RIBA International Fellow. Für ihr Schaffen erhielt sie zahlreiche Preise. Zweimal war sie für den Preis der Europäischen Union für zeitgenössische Architektur - Mies van der Rohe Award nominiert und ihr Werk wurde mehrfach ausgestellt.This publication is dedicated to projects by Marie-José Van Hee - from small interventions and furniture to award-winning outdoor spaces. Nine key projects are examined in detail, while various essays and an interview provide a comprehensive overview of her work. Furthermore, three photographers present Van Hee's architecture from their personal perspectives, while three clients report on their lives and their impressive houses. The publication is rounded off by a small selection of Van Hee's "black drawings", affording insight into contextual relationships between architecture and nature, as well as an updated project list.New, revised edition of the volume published in Belgium in 2019.Marie-José Van Hee (born in 1950) became a RASAB Fellow in 2008 and a RIBA International Fellow in 2017. Her work has won numerous awards. She was nominated twice for the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award for contemporary architecture and her work has been the subject of several exhibitions.

Die vorliegende Publikation widmet sich Marie-José Van Hees Projekten - von kleinen Interventionen und Möbeln bis zu preisgekrönten öffentlichen Räumen. Neun Schlüsselprojekte werden detailliert betrachtet und diverse Essays und ein Interview bieten einen umfassenden Überblick über ihr Schaffen. Zudem zeigen drei Fotografen Van Hees Architektur aus ihrem jeweils persönlichen Blickwinkel und drei Bauherrschaften berichten von ihrem Leben in ihren eindrucksvollen Häusern. Abgerundet wird die Publikation durch eine kleine Sammlung von Van Hees «schwarzen Zeichnungen», eine Betrachtung der kontextuellen Beziehung zwischen Architektur und Natur sowie eine aktualisierte Projektliste.Neue, überarbeitete Auflage der 2019 in Belgien erschienenen Ausgabe.Marie-José Van Hee (*1950) war 2008 RASAB Fellow und 2017 RIBA International Fellow. Für ihr Schaffen erhielt sie zahlreiche Preise. Zweimal war sie für den Preis der Europäischen Union für zeitgenössische Architektur - Mies van der Rohe Award nominiert und ihr Werk wurde mehrfach ausgestellt.This publication is dedicated to projects by Marie-José Van Hee - from small interventions and furniture to award-winning outdoor spaces. Nine key projects are examined in detail, while various essays and an interview provide a comprehensive overview of her work. Furthermore, three photographers present Van Hee's architecture from their personal perspectives, while three clients report on their lives and their impressive houses. The publication is rounded off by a small selection of Van Hee's "black drawings", affording insight into contextual relationships between architecture and nature, as well as an updated project list.New, revised edition of the volume published in Belgium in 2019.Marie-José Van Hee (born in 1950) became a RASAB Fellow in 2008 and a RIBA International Fellow in 2017. Her work has won numerous awards. She was nominated twice for the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award for contemporary architecture and her work has been the subject of several exhibitions.

Eine Auswahl unverwechselbarer Kreationen des bekannten deutschen Designers und vom Studio, das seinen Namen trägt.

The first monograph on the work of the designer of the iconic 40/4 chair The American industrial designer and inventor David Rowland is best known for his signature 40/4 chair. Released in 1964, it is so named because it is possible to stack forty chairs in just four feet - an unprecedented achievement that established an entirely new category of versatile seating. Rowland's wife Erwin and writer Laura Schenone reveal the inspiring story of how he brought his ground-breaking design to market. Initially, it was rejected by all the major furniture brands, including Herman Miller and Knoll, but Rowland persevered, and ultimately, the 40/4 chair became one of the most successful chairs ever produced, winning numerous accolades and selling over 8 million by the early 21st century. Today it is found in the permanent collections of museums worldwide, and gracing public and private spaces of every type - from cathedrals to cultural centres, corporate and municipal buildings, to places of worship, schools, healthcare, hospitality and homes. This fascinating biography of David Rowland and his 40/4 chair, featuring more than 250 photographs and documents (many never seen before), tells the compelling story of his design practice and a singular chair, whose design, through the determination of its designer, became the commercially successful and influential classic that it is. The first monograph on American designer, David Rowland: 40/4 Chair , is published to mark the 60th anniversary of this timeless design and includes the wide range of Rowland's work before and after the development of his masterpiece. |The first monograph on the work of the designer of the iconic 40/4 chair| Erwin Rowland is a crafts designer and was married to David Rowland from 1971 until his death in 2010. Laura Schenone is a writer, editor, journalist, and James Beard Award winner. David Rowland  was a pioneering Mid-Century designer. Born in 1924 in Hollywood, California, he studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His elegant, perfectly engineered 40/4 chair is one of the most significant and masterful designs of the 20th century.

A comprehensive look at the history, the elements of construction, and all steps in furniture design from an expert in the industry

A manual to home design that is a reflection of the important moments and people in our lives by the founding style director at Garden & Gun, Haskell Harris

The first book, accompanying a traveling exhibition, dedicated to Cuban mid-century design anchored by an under-acknowledged collection of graphic design, prototypes, and furniture, much of which has never been exhibited outside the island or published.Primarily focused on the post-revolutionary era of Cuba from the late 1950s through the 1970s, this volume brings together a prolific cohort of artists, designers, and architects that materialized the ideology of their time, and ultimately narrate the country’s arc from revolutionary promise to authoritarian retrenchment.  Design and architecture played an important role in shaping the country's identity and cultural expression during this time period. Consisting of nearly 100 works, including approximately 50 pieces of furniture, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue features seminal objects of functional design, architectural renderings, speculative prototypes for a “design for all” ethos, and key examples of art and graphic design that contributed to the zeitgeist of the era. The book also includes several examples by contemporary Cuban artists and designers who explore how this post-revolutionary aesthetic survives today.

Felice Rix-Ueno studierte bei Josef Hoffmann, einem Mitbegründer der Wiener Werkstätte (1903-1932). Inspiriert von der japanischen Formensprache bildete sie einen eigenen Stil aus, der sich in besonders fantasievollen Stoff- und Tapetenmustern, Mode- und Wohnaccessoires sowie Wandmalereien ausdrückte. Nach ihrer Heirat mit dem japanischen Architekten Isaburo Ueno übersiedelte sie 1926 nach Japan. Hier entstanden gemeinsame Arbeiten, die viel Beachtung fanden, wie etwa die Star Bar in Kyoto, die 1932 in der berühmten Ausstellung Modern Architecture im New Yorker MoMa gezeigt wurde. Felice Rix-Ueno, die schon in der erfolgreichen MAK Ausstellung Die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte prominent vertreten war, wird mit diesem Katalog erstmals außerhalb Japans eine substanzielle monographische Aufarbeitung zuteil.

‘Panton – Environments, colours, systems, patterns’ is part of the new series Compact design classics.»A less successful experiment is preferable to a beautiful platitude.« Verner PantonVerner Panton is the enfant terrible of Danish design. While his Danish colleagues during the 1950s and 60s prioritised natural materials and manual craftsmanship, Panton went abroad and experimented with coloured plastic, fibre glass, steel and synthetic fabrics and tried out new industrial mass-production methodsThis book examines Panton’s almost scientific approach to environments, colours, systems and patterns unfolded in colourful total interiors and imaginative product designs. Panton’s oeuvre is presented as a truly pioneering effort that points towards modern design and the role of the visual experience in a globalised society.Ida Engholm, professor and PhD (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation), and Anders Michelsen, professor and PhD (University of Copenhagen), has created a thought-provoking and multi-facetted portrait of one of Denmarks most influential designers.

‘The Danish Chair – an international affair’ er en del af serien Kompakte designklassikere, der udkommer på både dansk og engelsk.Bogen ‘The Danish Chair – an international affair’ sætter fokus på den danske designarv, som skulle blive det kulturelle fænomen, der satte Danmark på verdenskortet i midten af det 20. århundrede. Brandet Danish Design opstod i 1949, da amerikanske journalister begyndte at skrive om danske møbler fra Snedkerlaugets møbeludstilling i København. Hans J. Wegners ”Den runde stol” kaldte de ”The Chair” – ”Stolen”. Det blev ikke kun starten på et stort eksporteventyr, men også en udfordring for de danske designere, som blev verdenskendte for deres besættelse af at skabe den perfekte stol.Stolen er designernes prøvesten og designhistorikernes yndlingsobjekt. Den berører og spejler den krop, den skal bære med arme, ben, sæde og ryg. Og så er stolen et af vores mest kulturbærende design-objekter, og fortæller om den tid og det samfund, den er skabt i.Bogens særlige greb er, at den i ord, tegninger og billeder vil vise, at danske stole bygger på historiske møbeltyper, som forfines og rafineres i det uendelige. Budskabet og forklaringen på dansk møbelkunsts succes internationalt er, at dansk møbelkunst er baseret på fremmede kulturer og på ældre tiders bedste frembringelser.

- First book by master sculptor and craftsman Michael Coffey- Memoir that spans from the Great Depression, to the tumult of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, to a long, dedicated career making some of the most high sought after pieces of wood furniture- A highly sophisticated reflection on the relationship between art and lifeMichael Coffey: Sculptor and Furniture Maker in Wood unsettles the conventional distinction between craftsman and artist, which is often assumed to be the difference between creating something new, as opposed to reproducing old forms. Inspired by but not beholden to artist-craftsmen such as George Nakashima, Wendell Castle, and Jack Rogers Hopkins, Coffey's handmade, one-of-a-kind works seamlessly combine the irregular forms of nature, an aesthetic built on the variable and unexpected, with a deep sense for the haptic and functional qualities of wood. This book includes not only a generous reproduction of Coffey's body of work, but also an in-depth autobiographical reflection on how his formative experience, from his rural and bohemian childhood to community organizing, and to the discovery of his passion for woodworking, molded him into the sculptor and artisan he is today. Coffey makes all his work in his western Massachusetts studio, deeply integrating his life and practice. This reflects the work itself, as this book makes clear, Coffey's pieces that are both uniquely sculptural but also highly functional, recognizing the complex relationship people have with the objects they choose for their space. His pieces are meant to be lived in.

In der Postmoderne zeichnen sich Konflikte der Gegenwart, vom Rechtspopulismus bis zur Identitätspolitik, bereits ab. Spektakuläre Beispiele aus Design, Architektur, Kino, Pop, Philosophie, Kunst und Literatur erzählen vom Beginn der Informationsgesellschaft, von der Entfesselung der Finanzmärkte, von Subkulturen, Disco, Punk, Techno-Pop, Schulterpolstern und Memphis-Möbeln.1967 begann unsere Gegenwart: Die Moderne, die glaubte, alles sortieren zu können mit gleichen Häusern, Möbeln und Rechten für alle, wurde verabschiedet, und aus ihren Ruinen entstand eine bizarre, exzentrische Welt. Architekt*innen erklärten den Vergnügungspark zur idealen Stadt, Designer*innen befreiten sich vom guten Geschmack, Selbstverwirklichung trat an die Stelle der Systemkämpfe, und neue Medien synchronisierten den Globus. Der Band ist ein Standardwerk zur Postmoderne, opulent und breit angelegt in Bildern und Texten verschiedener Disziplinen.Künstler*innen:Aldo Rossi, Alessandro Mendini, Andy Warhol, Arata Isozaki, Charles Jencks, Charles Moore, Coop Himmelb(l)au, David Byrne, David Hockney, David Lynch, Denise Scott Brown, Donald Barthelme, Donna Haraway, Ed Ruscha, Ettore Sottsass, Félix Guattari, Frank Gehry, Frederic Jameson, Gaetano Pesce, General Idea, Gilles Deleuze, Gustav Peichl, Hans Hollein, Harumi Yamaguchi, J.G. Ballard, Jacques Derrida, James Stirling, James Wines, Jean-Luc Godard, Jenny Holzer, John Landis, John Portman, Judith Butler, Kraftwerk, Leonard Koren, Leslie Fiedler, Linder Sterling, Louise Lawler, Lucinda Childs, Madelon Vriesendorp, Makato Nakamura, Marshall McLuhan, Martin Margiela, Michel Foucault, Nam June Paik, Neville Brody, Nigel Coates, Óscar Tusquets, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Pedro Almodóvar, Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Ricardo Bofill, Richard Rogers, Ridley Scott, Robert Venturi, Robert Wilson, Robert Wyatt, Roland Barthes, Sally Potter, Shin Tamakatsu, SITE, Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Tigerman, Stephen King, Stewart Brand, Studio 65, Sturtevant, Terry Farrell, Thomas Gordon Smith, Thomas Pynchon, Trisha Brown, Van Dyke Parks, Walter Pichler, Werner Rösler, Yellow Magic Orchestra, u.v.m.

‘Panton – Miljøer, farver, systemer, mønstre’ er en del af serien Kompakte designklassikere.»Hellere et mindre vellykket eksperiment end en smuk trivialitet« Verner PantonVerner Panton er dansk designs enfant terrible. Mens de hjemlige designkolleger i 1950’erne og 60’erne arbejdede i naturmaterialer og i hånden, boltrede Panton sig i udlandet med farvet plast, glasfiber, stål og syntetiske tekstiler og afprøvede nye industrielle masseproduktionsmetoder.Denne bog sætter fokus på, hvordan Pantons nærmest videnskabelige arbejde med miljøer, farver, systemer og mønstre udfolder sig i farvestrålende totalindretninger og fantasifulde design. Panton var en pioner, som med sit værk peger frem mod moderne design og det visuelles rolle i et globaliseret oplevelsessamfund.Professor og Ph.d. ved Kunstakademiets Designskole, Ida Engholm, og professor og Ph.d. ved Københavns Universitet, Anders Michelsen, har skabt et tankevækkende og mangfoldigt portræt af én af Danmarks mest toneangivende designere.

Nu tilgængelig i en kompakt og prisvenlig ny udgave.Design blev det kulturelle fænomen, som satte Danmark på verdenskortet midt i det 20. århundrede. Brandet Danish Design opstod i 1949, da amerikanske journalister begyndte at skrive om danske møbler fra Snedkerlaugets møbeludstilling i København. Hans J. Wegners ”Den runde stol” kaldte de ”The Chair” – ”Stolen”. Det blev ikke kun starten på et stort eksporteventyr, men også en udfordring for de danske designere, som blev verdenskendte for deres besættelse af at skabe den perfekte stol.Stolen er designernes prøvesten og designhistorikernes yndlingsobjekt. Den berører og spejler den krop, den skal bære med arme, ben, sæde og ryg. Og så er stolen et af vores mest kulturbærende designobjekter, og fortæller om den tid og det samfund, den er skabt i. Bogens særlige greb er, at den i ord, tegninger og billeder vil vise, at danske stole bygger på historiske møbeltyper, som forfines og raffineres i det uendelige. Budskabet og forklaringen på dansk møbelkunsts succes internationalt er, at dansk møbelkunst er baseret på fremme-de kulturer og på ældre tiders bedste frembringelser.

Die Maschrabiyya haben ihren Ursprung in der Antike. Als skalierbare Fenstergitter dienten sie der Belüftung von Gebäuden und boten zugleich Schatten und Privatsphäre; ihre komplizierten Geometrien entwickelten sich mit der Ausbreitung des Islam weiter. Heute, da Restaurierungsarbeiten jahrhundertealte Architektur in der ganzen Region um Kairo wiederbeleben und auch das Interesse an handwerklichen Fertigkeiten wieder auflebt, sind die hölzernen Maschrabiyya nicht nur ergreifende Metaphern für Kunstschaffende, sondern auch Inspirationen für angehende Holzbearbeiter:innen. Die vorliegende Publikation, die sich erstmals dem Studium der Maschrabiyya annimmt, verbindet ein kulturspezifisches Handwerk mit zeitgenössischer künstlerischer Praxis. Mit Fotografien, die die Schönheit und das Handwerk dieser Holzkonstruktionen vermitteln, sowie mit zeitgenössischen Werken führender Künstler:innen wird die komplexe Schönheit und Bedeutung der Maschrabiyya zum Leben erweckt.

The Chairman Der Architekt und Designer Martin Mostböck entwirft Möbel, Häuser, Geschäftseinrichtungen, Interieurs, Dinge des Alltags und ist ein Grenzgänger zwischen den Disziplinen. Der Sessel stellt für ihn eine ganz besondere Herausforderung dar, denn wie es der Architekt Frank Gehry einmal ausdrückte: Einen Sessel zu entwerfen sei so schwierig, wie den Mount Everest zu besteigen. Manche sprechen gar vom Olymp des Designs. Mostböck entsagt oberflächlichem Styling, geht den Dingen mit seinen Entwürfen auf den Grund. Er forscht, sucht und findet das Authentische. In der Ausstellung "The Chairman" zeigt Mostböck nun in der Landesgalerie Burgenland in Eisenstadt viele Entwürfe aus mehreren Jahrzehnten seines Schaffens. Dabei sind Sessel, Möbel, Häuser und Interieurs im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kunst- und Serienprodukt zu sehen. Präsentiert werden unter anderem seine ausgezeichneten Museumstücke, darunter Objekte aus dem Museum of Arts and Design in New York, dem Design Museum Holon in Tel-Aviv oder dem Museum für angewandte Kunst in Wien. - Entwürfe im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kunst- und Serienprodukt- International gefragtes und vielfach ausgezeichnetes Design aus Österreich

This book explores the significant contribution to design culture made by Cassina, the first company to develop and industrialize timeless reeditions.Since 1973, when Cassina launched the iMaestri Collection, the company has authentically reissued some of the most iconic models by the greatest architects of the twentieth century. The brand began this process in 1965 with the first reeditions of furniture by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, expanding over the years to create a specific collection with names such as Erik Gunnar Asplund, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Gerrit Thomas Rietveld. These designs have been updated, finding new life, thanks to innovative technological development carried out by the company, always in respect of the original designs.The collection also tells of encounters between the company and renowned Italian architects, including Franco Albini, Gio Ponti, and Carlo Scarpa, and of how this combination of creative excellence and production quality has generated such extraordinary works. With the introduction of designs by Giacomo Balla, Marco Zanuso, Ico Parisi, and Vico Magistretti, the Cassina iMaestri Collection has become a symbol of timeless elegance representing the true essence of excellence Made in Italy.Thanks to its original graphic design, the book reflects the richness and variety of Cassina’s catalog in which icons naturally dialogue with contemporary pieces to fully emphasize the continuity between past, present, and future.The book, edited by Ivan Mietton, is organized into five thematic chapters that feature influential texts and new photographic material produced by international contributors.

"With a keen eye for evocative design, Adam Blackman and David Cruz have been delighting audiences in their Blackman Cruz showroom with their passion for acquiring showstopping furniture, lighting, decorative arts, artifacts, and iconography for over thirty years. Gravitating toward the rare, dramatic, and playful, these purveyors of 'life enhancers' create environments with objects that captivate with their multisensory design aesthetic and unusual provenance. With a design ethos that runs the gamut from operatic to telenovela, their pieces are rarely perfect but always entertaining. ... [This book] showcases the merchants' predilection for the quirky and the quintessential, inviting readers to indulge their senses and curate their own spaces"--

- New afterword by Chris Eitel, Kagan's sucessor- Featuring many previously unseen pictures- Charting the future of Kagan's firmWith Vladimir Kagan's death in 2016, the world of design lost one of its most celebrated practitioners. Pointed Leaf Press is honored to be reissuing, in its third edition: Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design. In addition to showcasing Kagan's unique impact on post-war American design, this book recounts the amazing story of his life, and retains a moving preface by Tom Ford and poignant foreword by the late architect Zaha Hadid. It also features a new afterword by Chris Eitel, who began as an intern at Kagan's design studio in 2013 and quickly became his protégé, offering an intimate look at the designer and the man. With this first-hand account, Kagan's life and work is more fully contextualized and his legacy more clearly illuminated.

Bayern steht für: Lederhosen und Dirndl, Bier, Schweinshaxen, Knödel, Brezeln und Weißwürste, Oktoberfest, FC Bayern München, BMW, Schloss Neuschwanstein (Vorlage des Disney-Logos), Airbus und MTU (die meisten deutschen Waffenexporte kommen aus Bayern), das Deutsche Museum, Die Neue Sammlung, Bayrische Oper, Karl Valentin, Lothar Matthäus (»I hope we have a little bit lucky«) ... Stop. Bei Bayern kann die Liste der Klischees unendlich weitergeführt werden. Noch bis in die 1950er Jahre galt Bayern für viele als Agrarland - ein Bild, das schon damals nur für eine Seite des Freistaates stand. Die Olympischen Spiele in München präsentierten 1972 der Welt eine zivil geprägte Bundesrepublik, die das trübe Grau der Nachkriegsjahre abgelegt hatte und offen nach vorne blickte. Die »Weltstadt mit Herz« wurde ausgerufen. Mit Hilfe der Designagentur bayern design hat Slanted Designerinnen, Künstlerinnen, Fotografen, Illustratorinnen und Handwerker ausfindig gemacht - alles Menschen, die ihre Region lieben (fast ein Drittel der bayerischen Bevölkerung verbringt ihren Urlaub am liebsten im eigenen Bundesland) und mit Leidenschaft bei der Sache sind. Dieser Band der Slanted Special Edition Bavaria zeigt Bayerns Reichtum an Kreativität, Vielfalt und Intelligenz.