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Italy
Die Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm / The Ulm School of Design: Anfänge eines Projektes der unnachgiebigen Moderne / Beginnings of a Project of Unyielding Modernity
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Martin Krampen (Author)
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Günter Hörmann (Author)
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Wiley (Editor)
Half a century after the HfG was founded this book takes the reader on a tour of the concept behind the Ulm School, its 15 years of life and its legacy. The past is recalled through contemporary interviews with people who experienced the HfG for themselves, or taken from the School's own archives. The authors cover the School's protagonists, together with their departments and formal systems, the buildings and interior equipment, as well as the working forms and lifestyle at the HfG.
The look at the past also follows the long path taken by German design, starting with the Bauhaus, before emigrating to the USA and eventually returning to its roots. The authors illustrate the role the School continues to play by pointing out everyday products designed by HfG teachers and alumni, e.g the Lufthansa corporate design and the ICE train, to name but two examples. There is also a look at some visionary projects that the School never realized.
On the theoretical level, the book begins and concludes with a discussion of international modernism in philosophy and design, culminating in the question of its future, especially in terms of architecture and our environment.
A comprehensive and critical documentary with numerous important insights for the future.
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Italy
Custom Built: The Concept of Unique in Italian Design
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Pietro Chiesa (Author)
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Gio Ponti (Author)
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Giuseppe Raboni (Author)
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Marco Zanuso Jr. (Author)
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Asnago & Vender (Contributor)
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Franco Albini (Contributor)
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Melchiorre Bega (Contributor)
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Piero Bottoni (Contributor)
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Luigi Caccia Dominioni (Contributor)
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Figini & Pollini (Contributor)
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Ignazio Gardella (Contributor)
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Piero Lingeri (Contributor)
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Giuseppe Pagano (Contributor)
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Piero Portaluppi (Contributor)
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Gustavo Pulitzer (Contributor)
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Guglielmo Ulrich (Contributor)
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Luigi Vietti (Contributor)
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Silvana Annicchiarico (Editor)
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Charta (Editor)
What is it that makes Italian design so attractive, so inventive, so witty? Mama mia. Maybe the answer is to be found in Custom Built, a critically reflective look at unique and handcrafted objects by succeeding generations of Italian designers. Beginning in the 1930s and moving towards the present, this volume peers into the archeology of 20th-century Italian design, uncovering unique pieces created before the spread of industrial furniture culture and the mass-produced object, as well as prototypes who stand in ironic defiance of the factory-made objects they may have spawned. Included are designs by such luminaries as Franco Albini, Mario Asnago & Claudio Vender, Melchiorre Bega, Piero Bottoni, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Pietro Chiesa, Luigi Figini & Gino Pollini, Ignazio Gardella, Piero Lingeri, Giuseppe Pagano, Gio Ponti, Piero Portaluppi, Gustavo Pulitzer, Guglielmo Ulrich and Luigi Vietti.
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Italy
Design Directory Italy (Design Directory)
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Paola Antonella (Introduction)
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Universe (Editor)
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Italy
Italian Glass: Murano Milan 1930-1970 : The Collection of the Steinberg Foundation (Art & Design)
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Helmut Ricke (Author)
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Eva Schmitt (Editor)
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Prestel (Editor)
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Italy
The World in A Room: When Objects Have the Names of Places
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Pippo Ciorra (Author)
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Silvana Annicchiarico (Editor)
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Charta (Editor)
Sofas with the names of cities. Chairs with the names of countries. Lamps with the names of islands. Tables that recall architectural styles. Household appliances that allude to morphological land elements. The Italian design objects gathered together in this book give new shape to the places and forms of the Earth, representing them within the walls of the home, bringing the four corners of the earth into the confines of the domestic living room and kitchen. The world comes home via Aldo Rossi's Elba cabinet, Massimo Morozzi's Babel bookcase, Mario Cananzi's Tatlin sofa, Nanda Vigo's Manhattan lamp, Gianfranco Frattini's Kyoto coffee table, Ettore Sottsass's Boston cocktail shaker and Casablanca shelving unit, Gaetano Pesce's Broadway chair, and Angelo Mangiarotti's Lesbo lamp. As a family, these design objects implement a reversal and a balance of scale between large and small, internal and external, function and representation. Through a precise strategy of naming, they dispose the world to fit in a room, without, magically, in anyway diminishing it.
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Japan
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
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Cristiano Bianchin (Author)
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Alfredo Barbini (Author)
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Marino Barovier (Author)
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Laura Diaz de Santillana (Author)
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David Revere McFadden (Author)
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Benjamin Moore (Author)
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Yoichi Ohira (Author)
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Susan Sacks (Author)
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Tobia Scarpa (Author)
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Thomas Stearns (Author)
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Lino Tagliapietra (Author)
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Toots Zynsky (Author)
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Ercole Barovier (Author)
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Fulvio Bianconi (Author)
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Muranese Vetrerie (Author)
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Carlo Scarpa (Author)
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Suzanne K. Frantz (Author)
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Susanne Frantz (Contributor)
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Tapio Wirkkala (Contributor)
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Massimo Vignelli (Contributor)
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Luca Vignelli (Photographer)
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Charta (Editor)
Italian art glass of the 20th century represents a high point in the history of the medium. In this century, such legendary Muranese factories as Venini, Seguso and Barovier & Toso, among others, joined forces with major artists, architects, designers, and skilled glassworkers to renovate and expand the traditions of excellence that had been the hallmarks of Venetian glass for centuries. From experiments in new forms, colors, and techniques in the first decades of the century, through the golden years of Italian preeminence in the field at mid-century, to the influx of talented artists from other countries today, Venetian glasswork of the 20th century is a testament to creative spirit and artistic innovation. Presented at the American Craft Museum from fall 2000 through winter 2001, Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection is one of the first comprehensive overviews of 20th century Italian glass art in the United States, and the first in this country to present a heretofore unknown private collection of Italian glass masterworks. The extraordinary design by Massimo Vignelli coupled with the stunning photographs by Luca Vignelli give life and texture to each piece. Responding to the dearth of publications about 20th century Italian glass art available in the US, this accompanying catalogue--featuring over 200 works--is certain to occupy a significant place in the current revival of interest in glasswork as an art form.
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Japan
Contemporary Japanese Jewelry
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Simon Fraser (Author)
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Toyojiro Hida (Author)
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Merrell (Editor)
Jewelry art in Japan is, surprisingly, mainly a twentieth-century development. Classical Japanese jewelry was never made simply for ornament, but had a practical purpose, with beautifully crafted belt toggles, fans, and haircombs being worn for social and religious occasions. In the last few years, however, a whole new studio jewelry scene has emerged in Japan, producing objects of astounding quality. Featuring 200 beautifully illustrated examples of the very finest work by 50 contemporary artists, and in particular the revolutionary materials being used, including lipstick, ash, and naturally decaying naphthalene, Contemporary Japanese Jewellery is the first book to be published outside Japan that charts the trends and developments in this growing area of interest. With a historical overview of the Japanese jewelry-making tradition and its social context, as well as twentieth-century developments as Japan became increasingly influenced by the West, Contemporary Japanese Jewellery will be indispensable to anyone interested in modern developments in jewelry-making, and of great appeal to the broader craft and design communities.
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Japan
Katachi: Classical Japanese Design
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Takeji Iwamiya (Author)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
Untranslatable, the word katachi signifies the essence of Japanese design?the form, symmetry, and workmanship of traditional craft. Embodying the marriage of beauty and functionality that is the key to the Japanese aesthetic, the objects presented in Katachi are made of materials that have played an important role in Japanese life for centuries: wood, bamboo, stone, fiber, metal, earth. The photographs, in black-and-white and color, showcase pieces ranging from exquisite geometric stone carvings and architecturally elegant shoji screens to such humble yet perfectly conceived objects as combs, sandals, rakes, and teapots. Twenty years in the making, photographer Takeji Iwamiya's masterwork is a lovingly rendered tribute to these objects and the culture they sprang from. Japanese concepts of shape and form have been a major influence on contemporary design throughout the world, and this eloquent collection will appeal to designers as much as to connoisseurs of Japanese art and culture.
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Netherlands
Naoto Fukasawa
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Naoto Fukasawa (Author)
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Antony Gormley (Contributor)
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Jasper Morrison (Contributor)
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Phaidon Press (Editor)
Naoto Fukasawa (b. 1956) is one of the best-known Japaneseproduct designers working today.Fukasawa's design philosophy relies oncareful observation of what people do and feel in their everyday lives. This keen study allows Fukasawa to find simple solutions that touch thesenses and link to shared memories.By working with the iconic' value ofa product, be it a watch or a sofa, Fukasawa is able to come up withdesigns that address the common knowledge about things that people have. His groundbreaking wall-mounted CD player for MUJI in 1999 was based on theimage of a kitchen fan and moved away from all the conventions of hi-fiequipment manufacture.It was a simple appliance, restrained in appearanceand function, and very different from the numerous black boxes that hadbecome the standard in the market.Interestingly, as Fukasawa's products are based on people's common and notalways conscious view of things, his design solutions sometimes swimagainst the current of received opinions to achieve popularity and success. The LCD TV monitor he designed for PLUS MINUS ZERO reinstates the shape ofthe cathodic-tube TV set instead of becoming even thinner; his mobiletelephone Infobar for KDDI/au has large keypads, referring back to thefirst models of the 1980s.The book is the first monograph published in English of the work of thisinnovative designer.Edited by Fukasawa himself with contributions bywriters from East and West, it includes a selection of his products todate, ranging from umbrellas and vases to sofas and telephones. Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs and drawings, Fukasawa'stext elucidates the ideas behind each of his projects.Essays by artists,designers, and lecturers, notably Anthony Gormley, Jasper Morrison, andBill Moggridge from IDEO, complete the book by giving an account ofFukasawa's design philosophy and of the significance of his work for thecontemporary design world.
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