Download or read book Michael Graves Compact Design Portfolio written by Julie V. Iovine and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading designer of the 20th century is profiled in this book that defies the idea that design is inacessible. Contains an introductory essay addressing Michael Graves' life, plus photos of his work in color and b&w.
Download or read book Michael Graves written by Ian Volner and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most prominent and prolific designers and architects of the late twentieth century, Michael Graves is best known for his popular product designs, including the world-famous Alessi whistling-bird teakettle, and controversial buildings, such as the Portland Building in Oregon, Humana Building in Kentucky, and Dolphin and Swan Hotels at Walt Disney World, Florida. Graves was widely seen as the leading voice of postmodernist architecture, which reintroduced human scale, color, and, sometimes, playful forms into the stark white vocabulary of modernism. Following a devastating illness that paralyzed him from the chest down, Graves became a tireless designer and advocate of improved health-care products and facilities before his sudden death in 2015. Shortly before this, he began a series of interviews with journalist Ian Volner, which form the basis of this biography of a remarkable designer. Volner also conducted numerous interviews with Graves's family, patrons, colleagues, and friends. What emerges is a meticulously researched, anecdote-rich human story, as well as a primer on the American architecture scene of the past sixty years and a portrait of a man whose deep passion for his art brought pleasure to millions.
Download or read book Richard Sapper written by Michael Webb and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on a designer who has never been short of ideas. Lucid in concept, elegant in their restraint, Sapper's objects represent the standard against which functional design is held. Over the course of his career, Sapper has designed just about everything, from cars to flatware to televisions. Having studied philosophy, graphic arts, engineering, and economics, he puts a deftly erudite slant on all sorts of domestic objects, from tea kettles that mellifluously trill to brightly colored children's stacking chairs.
Download or read book George Nelson written by Michael Webb and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nelson office worked on the cutting edge of design and put to practical use their work in the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow - a triumph of technology and enlightened public relations at the height of the Cold War. Nelson himself pioneered the pedestrian shopping mall, developed a revolutionary concept of storage, and pushed the envelope on residential design. He collaborated with some of the foremost designers of his era, including Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Isamu Noguchi, and Buckminster Fuller. With an abundance of images and an insightful essay by design critic Michael Webb, Compact Design Portfolio: George Nelson celebrates this inclusive genius of classic mid-twentieth century design."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Ingo Maurer written by Michael Webb and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout his career, Maurer has explored the potential of light in large-scale temporary installations at the annual Milan and Cologne design fairs and in museums around the world Maurer is a magician of light, endlessly inventive and unfailingly practical, and his lamps bring a smile to your face and a glow to your life. This collection of photographs and sketches spans his entire career and includes insightful text by design critic Michael Webb."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Gaetano Pesce written by Marisa Bartolucci and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an introduction to the catalogue of his first art exhibition in 1956, when a mere seventeen, he brashly declared his "right to be incoherent." He still lives and labors by this youthful credo, believing that today "to be" means to live in "infinite and often contradictory ways."".
Download or read book Karim Rashid written by Marisa Bartolucci and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karim Rashid, known for his biomorphic furniture and home products, has had much of his work produced by Umbra, Nambé, Method, Fasem and many other progressive manufacturers. This book features some of his most significant designs.
Download or read book Arne Jacobsen written by Christopher Mount and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arne Jacobsen's furniture, such as his classic Ant Chair and Egg Chair, have become world-famous exemplars of Danish modern design. This book includes some of his most significant work, with an overview from established design writers.
Download or read book Michael Graves written by Michael Graves and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly forty years, Michael Graves has produced architecture with a blend of classical rigor and abstract whimsy that has consistently garnered international recognition. This, the fourth chronological volume of Michael Graves' buildings and projects documents the latest period in a career of award-winning design. With more than 100 projects illustrated by over 300 color photographs and architectural drawings by Michael Graves & Associates, this volume demonstrates Graves' enduring status as a leading American architect. Michael Graves recombines traditional architectural elements to expand and transform the language of architecture. Valuing character over style, Graves' designs maintain a sense of experimentation while respecting scale, culture and history. Michael Graves considers himself a "general practitioner" rather than a specialist in any one building type or discipline. He has widely influenced architecture, interior design and industrial design, as well as the classroom through his nearly 40-year career at Princeton University. He and his associates design not only the architecture but also the interiors and furnishings of their projects. Graves' extensive line of products for Target has made highquality design both affordable and readily available. The contemporary, contextual designs of Michael Graves can be found worldwide, from multi-use urban developments, corporate headquarters and hotels to libraries, museums, academic buildings and private residences. Projects in this volume range from the Washington Monument Restoration, which transformed the restoration project into public art, to the United States Embassy Compound in Seoul, Korea; and from the LIFE Magazine Dream House, which provided a well designed and flexible prototype for the average house, to the Miramar Resort Hotel and El Gouna Golf Hotel and Club in El Gouna, Egypt. Book jacket.
Download or read book Spa written by Robert D. Henry and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spa: The Sensuous Experience provides a timely exploration of 40 of the very best spas created over the years, from more recent examples to traditional destinations that have become classic icons in the spa world.
Download or read book Deconstructing Product Design written by William Lidwell and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a product successful? How it looks? The way it functions? Its ease of use? Or do factors like price and marketing dominate? In a quest to find answers to these questions, Deconstructing Product Design engages readers in a process of critically analyzing a diverse collection of 100 innovative products, from well-known classics to contemporary objects of desire. The goal is to support critical thinking about design, facilitate discovery of patterns of success (and failure) across products, and enable readers to apply lessons learned to their own design work. Experts from multiples design disciplines contribute commentary, including: Robert Blaich, industrial design; Jill Butler, graphic design; Alan Cooper, technology design; Brock Danner, architecture; Kimberly Elam, graphic design; Donald Emmite, design history; Larimie Garcia, graphic arts; Scott Henderson, product design; Kritina Holden, human factors; Robert Kingslyn, graphic design; Jon Kolko, interaction design; Lyle Sandler, experience design; Rob Tannen, human factors; Dori Tunstall, Design Anthropology, Steven Umbach, Product Design; Paula Wellings, interaction design. Continue the deconstruction at www.deconstructingproductdesign.com.
Download or read book ID written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eva Zeisel written by Lucie Young and published by . This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing to put great classic and contemporary design within everyones grasp, Chronicle Books proudly delivers the next four installments of the popular Compact Design Portfolio. Written by top design critics, these books cover modern masters whose work ranges from the cozily domestic to the aggressively avant-garde: Eva Zeisel, whose elegantly democratic housewares span a 70-year career; Ingo Maurer, who raises lamp and lighting design to a high art form; Gaetano Pesce, whose rejection of traditional good taste brought about revolutionary furniture design; and George Nelson, the impresario behind the Marshmallow sofa and other Herman Miller classics. Follow-ing the introductory essay, a visual gallery exhibits selections of the designers best work in photographs and sketches. Presented in an irresistible small format, this series encapsulates the life, work, and influence of the great designers of our time.
Download or read book New Scandinavian Design written by Raul Cabra and published by . This book was released on 2004-11-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New Scandinavian design, design journalist Katherine E. Nelson pairs with designer Raul Cabra to produce a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge Scandinavian design, delving deep and taking a critical look at the exciting contemporary work from the northern countries. Central to the endeavour was the question posed to hundreds of designers, curators, policy makers and entrepreneurs: is there still such a thing as Scandinavian design? Featuring examples of contemporary furniture, housewares, textiles, consumer electronics and lighting.
Download or read book The New York Times Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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