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American Bauhaus creates a space for the history of Black Mountain College, which provided a new creative home for many World War II refugees in Europe from 1933 to 1957 and allowed the Bauhaus to live on in the United States. A unique place of freedom and creativity that became home to some of the most important artists of the 20th century!In 1992, todays Partner and Creative Director at studio1500 Erik Schmitt attended the reunion of Black Mountain College in San Francisco. The school is credited with shaping some of the greatest artists in American history: Willem de Kooning, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Franz Kline, and Robert Rauschenberg among them. Schmitt was invited because his two aunts and their family friend Ruth Asawa attended BMC. He took extensive notes that day and took photographs at the cocktail party after the event at Ruth Asawa's home. Those quotes and photographs are the foundation of the book American Bauhaus.

Gestalterinnen hatten einen entscheidenden Anteil an der Entwicklung der Moderne im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit. Die Publikation präsentiert neue Forschungen zu Designerinnen, Keramikerinnen, Modeschöpferinnen, Grafikerinnen, Gartenarchitektinnen, Fotografinnen, Kunsthistorikerinnen und Mäzeninnen. An ihrem Beispiel wird gezeigt, wie angestammte Rollenbilder in der Zwischenkriegszeit aufgebrochen wurden und welch eminente Bedeutung diese Frauen für die Wiener Moderne hatten. Sie setzten sich mit bestehenden Vorurteilen auseinander und schufen neue visuelle Sprachen, um erfolgreich Karriere zu machen. Gleichzeitig trugen sie zu einem kritischen Diskurs über die Emanzipation der Frau bei. Zu den Gestalterinnen der Wiener Moderne gehörten u.a. Emilie Flöge, Mathilde Flögl, Jacqueline Groag, Fanny Harlfinger-Zakucka, Yella Hertzka, Else Hofmann, Hilda Jesser, Maria Likarz, Madame d'Ora, Pauline Metternich-Sándor, Bertha Pappenheim, Marie Reidemeister-Neurath, Lisl Weil, Vally Wieselthier, Helene Wolf und Berta Zuckerkandl

Gepolsterte Sitzgegenstände sind uns allen vertraut als mehr oder weniger beständige Begleiter des Alltags. Polster vermitteln Geborgenheit und versprechen Komfort, behaupten oder schaffen Status und erzählen Geschichte(n). Über ihr Innenleben machen wir uns wenig Gedanken. Dabei ist ein Einblick ins Innere der Stühle und Sessel eine Reise in Geheimnisse, in geschnürte und gefederte Konstruktionen, die sich als unbekannte handwerkliche Meisterwerke erweisen. BESESSEN. Die geheime Kunst des Polsterns spürt den Möbeln und ihrem Innenleben nach und stellt dar, warum das Polstern immer auch Teil einer Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte ist. Gezeigt werden mehr als 100 Polstermöbel der vergangenen 400 Jahre, vom Renaissance-Stuhl über den Ratssessel des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts bis zum bewunderten Designobjekt und den Experimenten der letzten Jahrzehnte.

Festgestaltung fordert zum Experiment auf! Die MAK-Schau DAS FEST verlebendigt Kunst-, Kultur- wie Sozialgeschichte(n). Das Buch zur Ausstellung versammelt die Expertisen des MAK-Teams sowie jene namhafter Autor:innen und vertieft dabei wesentliche Aspekte künstlerischer Festgestaltung. Feste als Inspiration: vom Happening bis zur religiösen Feier Mit Beiträgen von Chiara Baldini, Brigitte Felderer, Lilli Hollein, Werner Oechslin u.v.m. Publikation zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im MAK, 14.12.2022-7.5.2023 Autor:innen des Buches: Chiara Baldini, Portugal/Italien Bogomir Doringer, Niederlande/Serbien Brigitte Felderer, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Werner Oechslin, Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Einsiedeln Peter Sandbichler, Wien Olga Wukounig, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Lilli Hollein, Rainald Franz, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Lara Steinhäußer, Bärbel Vischer, Mio Wakita-Elis, Marlies Wirth, MAK, Wien

' There have been many books about  Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and  furniture, but none as comprehensive  as this .' -   Interior Design The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its founding in the early twentieth century to today For more than 100 years, Michigan-based Herman Miller has played a central role in the evolution of modern and contemporary design, producing timeless classics while creating a culture that has had a remarkable impact on the development of the design world. Herman Miller is known as much for its pioneering designs and international influence as for its emphasis on environment and community service. In this far reaching survey, new and archival photography illustrates the evolution of Herman Miller's furniture designs over the course of the century. Featuring the stories and creations of legendary designers including Ray and Charles Eames, George Nelson, and Alexander Girard, and through its thousands of illustrations, this book tells the Herman Miller story as never before, documenting its defining moments and key leaders, and making  Herman Miller: A Way of Living  an indispensable volume for the bookshelves of design-lovers around the globe.

"In this lively book, Maggie Taft tells the story of how Danish modern furniture emerged in the wake of WWII and became all the rage in the US. By the 1950s Danish Modern furniture was everywhere-in living rooms and on the political stage. A Danish Modern chair was chosen for the first televised presidential debate, in 1960, between JFK and Richard Nixon. When the broadcast began, there were Nixon and Kennedy, sleekly seated in Hans Wegner's "Round Chair." Thanks to that broadcast, an international star, nicknamed simply "the Chair," was born. The story of Danish Modern that Taft tells is anchored in the biographies of two notable chairs: "the Chair" and another one known rather grandly as "The Chieftain" (based on Viking folklore) designed by Finn Juhl. Like Nixon and Kennedy, like Buckley and Vidal, like Elvis and the Beatles, these chairs and their designers and manufacturers duked it out for the hearts and minds and rumps of Americans sitting in front of their TV sets, drinking cocktails, getting frisky on the Danish sofas in their living rooms (and, yes, Mad Men fans, in their offices). These chairs serve as the opportunity for Taft to tell the broader tale of our love affair with Danish Modern-and with our continuing admiration for the innovative style of the early postwar period"--

A rich introduction to interior design in the 1980s and '90sPublished to accompany 80s Fashion, Design, & Graphic Design in France, an exhibition at the MAD in Paris, from October 2022 to April 2023Designers include: Ron Arad, ARC, Avant-Scène, François Bauchet, Andrea Branzi, David Gill, Michele De Lucchi, Tom Dixon, André Dubreuil, Sylvain Dubuisson, En Attendant les Barbares, Dan Friedman, Olivier Gagnère, Garouste & Bonetti, Michael Graves, Charles Jencks, Shiro Kuramata, Les Lalanne, Christian Liaigre, Ugo Marano, Javier Mariscal, Memphis, Alessandro Mendini, Juan Pablo Molyneux, Jasper Morrison, Patrick Elie Naggar, Néotù, Marc Newson, Gaetano Pesce, Andrée Putman, Pucci de Rossi, Eric Schmitt, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, Martin Szekely, Oscar Tusquets Blanca, Robert WilsonIn line with the works on decorators of the 1940s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, this book plunges us into the world of '80s and '90s. These have witnessed unprecedented experiments in the world of design and architecture. Composed of a rich introduction which gives a synoptic vision and 38 monographs that describe its many faces, this book makes an exceptionally creative period, and reveals through an abundant iconography, often unpublished, its formidable aesthetic richness.A new generation of designers stands out, among them Shiro Kuramata, Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Bob Wilson, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. All regenerate creation by refusing the elitism of their predecessors and by favoring the use of new materials. Some turn to recovery, such as the Creative Salvage group, and offer inventive and provocative furniture thanks to welding and assembly. Others, gathered in Italy around Ettore Sottsass and Memphis, combine unexpected colors and patterns to the playful use of plastic laminate. Sliding until the end of the '90s, the achievements presented in this book mark the desire for a dialog between artistic references with a new relationship to the industrial aspect, at the dawn of the 21st century and its technological innovations.Text in English and French.

Illuminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes

A design monograph on Charles and Ray Eames, the golden couple of postwar American design. Contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the couple, followed by an illustrated appreciation of their work.

In Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play The Chairs, chairs stand in for characters at the brink of the world's end. Artist and curator Andreas Angelidakis pays homage to Ionesco at Swiss Institute with Fin de Siècle, a fantastical and idiosyncratic narrative of design after modernism. Inspired by Ionesco's play, Angelidakis reanimates a number of important chairs from design history and popular culture, casting them in dramatic roles. As a document of Swiss Institute's inaugural Architecture and Design show, this volume includes a conversation on late-modernist design between Angelidakis and Beatrice Galilee, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design at the Met; a dialogue on AirBnB's approach to space with Alessandro Bava, Aaron Taylor Harvey, Sean Monahan and Rachael Yu; an essay and specially created artist's book by Angelidakis; and a glossary of the chairs selected for the exhibition.

A new and expanded slipcased edition of the 2007 monograph, with a particular focus on Prouvé's furniture designsThis exquisitely produced and comprehensive slipcased publication, edited by Paris' Galerie Patrick Seguin, is a new and enlarged edition of the original two-volume Jean Prouvé monograph that was published in 2007 to fill a hole in the previously existing scholarship, most of which had focused on Prouvé's architecture. Featuring a redesigned cover and graphics, it adds presentations of each house exhibited by Galerie Patrick Seguin (with archival images, plans and contemporary photos); an expanded selection of private international collections with photography of Prouvé furniture; and a catalog of Prouvé exhibitions organized by Galerie Patrick Seguin from 1990 to 2016. Also included (from the original edition) are a collection of interviews with collectors and design professionals; a detailed biography of Prouvé by his daughter, Catherine Prouvé; and essays by design historian Raymond Guidot and architecture historian Catherine Coley. Today the oeuvre of Prouvé is considered essential to the history of 20th-century design. Prouvé's furniture designs were determined by the interior spaces the pieces would inhabit, and they were developed in tandem with the modernist principles of the "art of living" and "harmonious habitat" that were so characteristic of the time. This volume celebrates the unity of his brilliant vision.

"In 1953, Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura designed a now-classic Japanese house and garden that he called Shåofusåo. It was built in Nagoya, Japan, and shipped to New York in 1954, where it was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and then relocated to Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The curators of MoMA's House in the Garden exhibition highlighted its synthesis of historic Japanese architecture with modern architecture: the clarity of the house's post and beam structure, its flexibility of use and the close relationship of indoor and outdoor spaces. This extensively illustrated volume centers on Yoshimura's design for Shåofusåo and two allied sites located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Raymond Farm (1939-41), a live-work residence built by Antonin and Néomi Raymond within the fabric of an existing 18th-century Quaker farmhouse; and Nakashima Studios, a complex of structures designed by George Nakashima over three decades (1947-77) to serve his furniture-making business and as his family's home. Each site, in its own way, is the embodiment of the personal relationships and cross-cultural collaborations among this group of architects and designers. The Raymonds, along with Yoshimura, Nakashima and others, came to understand Japan's changing environment through the act of building, through collaboration and travel. Together, they extended these lessons into the furniture and furnishings of modern living in both Japan and the United States. This volume documents an exhibition of objects and ephemera mounted at Shåofusåo. New York-based architectural photographer Elizabeth Felicella captures each site in a portfolio of newly commissioned images. Essays by Ken Tadashi Oshima and William Whitaker, illustrated with historical photographs, family snapshots and architectural drawings, further elucidate this important chapter in the history of modern architecture and design"--

Als Pionier des modernen Designs schuf Willy Guhl weltbekannte Möbel wie den Eternit Strandstuhl oder den ersten Kunststoffschalenstuhl Europas. In der Tradition der Moderne und gegen den «völkischen» Heimatstil entwickelte er nach 1945 einen ganzheitlichen, am Menschen und seinen Bedürfnissen orientierten Gestaltungsansatz; Funktionalität und die Reduktion auf das Wesentliche kennzeichnen seine Gebrauchsgegenstände. In der Zusammenarbeit mit Schweizer Firmen wie Dietiker, Eternit oder Aebi entwarf Willy Guhl Sitzmöbel, Pflanzgefässe und Mähmaschinen.Willy Guhls Entwürfe, seine Lehrmethoden und sein Bildarchiv zeugen von den Innovationen der boomenden Designindustrie der Nachkriegszeit und dem sich wandelnden Berufsbild des Industrial Designers. Als Lehrer und später Leiter der Fachklasse für Innenausbau und Produktgestaltung an der Zürcher Kunstgewerbeschule von 1941 bis 1980 hat Willy Guhl Generationen von Schweizer Designschaffenden geprägt, darunter Robert Haussmann, Kurt Thut oder Andreas Christen. Sein Designwissen gab der ausgebildete Schreiner und Innenarchitekt «hands-on», mit Anschauungsobjekten, praktischen Übungen und einprägsamen Geschichten weiter.Die erste umfassende Monografie beleuchtet Willy Guhls gestalterischen Nachlass im Kontext dieser Entwurfs- und Lehrpraxis sowie aktueller Theorien der Designdisziplin. Als thematisch ausgelegter Werkkatalog bietet sie ein vollständiges Verzeichnis aller Entwürfe und illustriert in Skizzen, Plänen und Fotografien seine forschende Arbeitsweise sowie die Leidenschaft für Material und Technologie, die in der Auswahl exemplarischer Schülerarbeiten ebenso zum Tragen kommt.

" The definitive volume on Gaetano Pesce's incomparable life and career, as told in the artist-designer's own words In a category all his own, Gaetano Pesce is widely considered one of the most important, and elusive, creative figures of the last half century. Bridging numerous key art and design movements, while never belonging to any of them, Pesce's singular practice has remained steadfastly provocative, defying convention, utility, and good taste. Glenn Adamson, the acclaimed curator and writer, conducted the wide-ranging interview with Pesce on which this book is based, drawing out new stories and insights, as well as providing an introduction that thoroughly contextualizes Pesce's unique position in contemporary art and design. As postmodern design has become increasingly desirable, interest in Pesce has grown with renewed exhibition activity and critical attention, and his work has become even more valuable and collectible. In this long overdue summary co-published with Salon 94, Pesce looks back at his incomparable and wildly inventive career, recounting his life and practice in his own words. "

The Story of Eames Furniture ist das Standardwerk über Eames Möbel. Es ist keine Biografie über eine einzelne Person, sondern die Biografie der wohl einflussreichsten und wichtigsten Möbelstücke unserer Zeit. Mit über 2.500 Bilder auf 800 Seiten leuchtet dieses aus zwei Bänden in einem Schuber bestehende Buch vor allem den Kontext aus, in dem die Möbel von Charles und Ray Eames entstanden. Dabei wird sorgfältig herausgearbeitet, wie der Prozess der Gestaltung im Eames Büro verlief und welche Designer und Auftraggeber maßgeblichen Anteil daran hatten.Denn durch die intensive und selbstkritische Arbeit im Team hat es das Eames Büro als erstes geschafft, die theoretischen Ansätze des Bauhauses in kommerzielles, massentaugliches Design umzusetzen. Die Bedeutung ihres modernen Gestaltungskonzeptes ist heute kaum zu überschätzen und der Erfolg ihrer Entwürfe beruht in vielen Fällen auf der eigenen Entwicklung und Perfektionierung von Fertigungsverfahren für ihre Möbelentwürfe.Die Entwürfe aus dem Eames Studio haben modernes Design grundlegend geprägt. Die Möbel sind noch immer Bestseller und haben über die Jahrzehnte nichts an Eleganz, Aktualität, Frische und Qualität eingebüßt. Im Gegenteil, es scheint geradezu so zu sein, dass die Verbindung aus konzeptioneller Konsequenz, ästhetischer Meisterschaft und fast wissenschaftlicher Beharrlichkeit einer jungen Gestaltergeneration als Inspiration und Vorbild dient. The Story of Eames Furniture wurde von Marilyn Neuhart zusammen mit ihrem Mann John geschrieben und gestaltet. Seit den 50er Jahren haben die beiden in verschiedenen Funktionen im Eames Büro gearbeitet, sich um das Haus von Charles und Ray Eames nach deren Tod gekümmert und das Eames Archiv betreut. Marilyn Neuhart ist wie kaum eine andere Person mit der Materie vertraut und hat in den letzten 15 Jahren die Geschichten, Bilder und Erinnerungen zusammengetragen und aufgeschrieben.

Som arnested for Carlsberg og i dag domicil for Ny Carlsbergfondet, udgør Bryggergården i Brolæggerstræde i det indre København et lille stykke levende danmarkshistorie. Hvad færre ved er, at matriklen og ikke mindst Ny Carlsbergfondets lokaler tilbyder et slags geologisk snit ned i dansk arkitektur og design.I sommeren 2018 afsluttede Ny Carlsbergfondet en radikal forandring af det indre i sit domicil i J.C. Jacobsens gamle Bryggergård fra 1790’erne. Fornyelsesprocessen, som har taget fire år, har i sine greb udfoldet en nutidig, differentieret tilgang til ombygning og restaurering. De rumlige transformationer, der skaber nye forløb og sammenhænge i tre af kompleksets bygninger, er varetaget af arkitektfirmaet Elgaard Architecture. Og med transit, opbevaring og display som indretningsopgavens tre felter har designfirmaet Salto & Sigsgaard, som bl.a. stod for nyindretningen af Finn Juhl-salen i FN-bygningen i New York, skabt nye rumoplevelser med deres design af faste og flytbare elementer.Bogen præsenterer den nyeste transformation på baggrund af Bryggergårdens historiske karakter og udvikling. Bryggergårdens kompleks af forskelligartede bygninger, beboelsesejendomme og pakhuse er opført efter Københavns brand i 1795. Vel at mærke i den enkle nyklassicistiske stil, der efter branden satte sit harmoniske præg på de nyopførte kvarterers borgerhuse og gadebillede. Bogen gennemgår ligeledes den række ombygninger og restaureringer af Bryggergården fra midten af 1900-tallet, som alle har forenet bevarelse af kompleksets kulturværdier med radikale transformationer til nye funktionsbehov.Rum i transformationer indledes med et forord ved Ny Carlsbergfondets formand Karsten Ohrt. Bogens forfatter, kunsthistoriker og tidl. biblioteks- og forskningschef ved Designmuseum Danmark, Lars Dybdahl, har sammen med fotograf Anders Sune Berg fulgt ombygningen af Ny Carlsbergfondet på nærmeste hold. Bogen går således tæt på såvel processen som resultatet samt tankerne bag forvandlingen.Bogen er udgivet i samarbejde med Ny Carlsbergfondet.

This publication addresses an important period in Scandinavian design history when Danish furniture rose to a level that rivalled contemporaneous work in major European capitals and the Americas. In the estimation of many historians, this remarkable body of nineteenth-century work may be considered the foundation for modern Danish furniture in the twentieth century, based on its reliance upon superlative standards of fabrication, superb quality of design and revelation of national aspirations. (Fås også på dansk: Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen: Guldalderdrømmen (2002), EAN: 9788772458960)