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Book Ted Muehling

Download or read book Ted Muehling written by Don Freeman and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over twenty years, Ted Muehling’s exquisite jewelry designs have been cult favorites among fashionistas in America and Europe. Muehling’s preoccupations with forms in nature—his jewelry incorporates precious stones and natural pearls—evoke both the natural and the manmade, sensual and tactile in their simplicity. Muehling has expanded his unique vocabulary into porcelain objects, glass, and crystal tableware to critical acclaim. Ted Muehling also introduces Muehling’s ongoing creative partnership with the noted photographer Don Freeman, who has been capturing Muehling’s work and workspaces since the beginning of each of their careers. The result is a stunning presentation in keeping with the poetic vision of the work.

Book Inside Design Now

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellen Lupton
  • Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
  • Release : 2003-03
  • ISBN : 9781568983950
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Inside Design Now written by Ellen Lupton and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside Design Now takes the pulse of American design in the new millennium, providing a fascinating tour of cutting-edge trends in architecture, interiors, landscape, fashion, graphics, and new media. Featuring eighty emerging and established designers including 2 x 4, Mike Mills, Peter Eisenman, Fuse Project, Tod Machover, Paula Scher, Jennifer Siegal, and Isaac Mizrahi Inside Design Now illustrates the most innovative and provocative thinking in design today. Each designers work is presented with a double-page spread and a series of full-color images. Essays explore the role of the designer in todays culture, contemporary ideas of beauty and functionality, and what the future holds in the realm of design. Sensuous materials, lush patterns, and exquisite details come together with new technologies, pop imagery, and fresh approaches to scale, color, and construction in the works reproduced in this volume. Inside Design Now accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Cooper Hewitt Museum of National Design beginning in April 2003.

Book Paris Hangover

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kirsten Lobe
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2006-03-21
  • ISBN : 9780312355685
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Paris Hangover written by Kirsten Lobe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glamorous New Yorker leaves her lavish life to start over in Paris.

Book Skin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellen Lupton
  • Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
  • Release : 2007-06-14
  • ISBN : 9781568987118
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Skin written by Ellen Lupton and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007-06-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution from May to September 2002 illustrates designs relating to coverings that resemble, in some way or another human skin. Organics, artificial and digital skin, vessels and membranes, padding and protection, and warps and folds are among the dimensions explored. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Book New York Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990-01-22
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book Occasions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Spade
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2008-06-16
  • ISBN : 1439103526
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Occasions written by Kate Spade and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every occasion calls out for something extra, whether it's flowers you set on the table, foods to honor a special gathering, or the selection of music. For both hostess and guest, consideration of those around you is among the most important qualities for any enjoyable occasion. A smile and sense of humor are also essential, and before the canapés and night lighting a good hostess is ultimately defined by a welcoming and gracious demeanor. In Occasions, designer Kate Spade invites you into her world of easy, festive entertaining, where the emphasis is not on "the perfect meal" but on having "the perfect time." It's a world where laughter and conversation at dinner parties are encouraged and where spilled red wine on the couch is no reason to stop the music. As Kate says, "Making your guests feel at home is truly an art and it's one worth cultivating." Any occasion begins with preparation, and at the outset Kate describes such basic components as lighting (votive candles are a must); table linens, flatware, and glassware; flowers (trimmed short and tightly massed); even bedding for overnight or weekend guests. Party shopping lists, hors d'oeuvres and cocktail favorites, and dinner party menus are all included. An "Alphabet of Special Events," from baby showers to tailgate picnics, is both anecdotal and useful for would-be hostesses everywhere. Whether you entertain a lot or a little, and whether your style is casual or formal, Occasions, with more than 230 charming watercolor illustrations, is a handy and fresh approach to the subject, a book to be treasured today and over the years. Above all, at any gathering "hospitality makes for infectious fun."

Book Spoon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ron Arad
  • Publisher : Phaidon Press Limited
  • Release : 2004-11
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Spoon written by Ron Arad and published by Phaidon Press Limited. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoonis a definitive view of new product design, presenting the work of 100 exceptional designers who have emerged on an international platform as recently as the last five years: these are selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs who are universally respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene. This book provides provides a unique opportunity to explore a diverse collection of recent design projects: furniture, lighting, tools, utensils, high-tech products, machinery and so on. The designers are listed in alphabetical order, featuring two double-page spreads for each. Fresh, exemplary products are brought to life by sketches, drawings, computer renderings, model and prototypes that help to explain, together with the extensive captions, the process behind each project. Short analytical texts by the curators explains the designers' works and the characteristics that make their projects forward-looking and groundbreaking. Spoonalso features, at the end of the book, 10 'classic' industrially manufactured product designs, chosen by the curators as best examples of the 'good design'. These 'classics' are accompanied by the curators' respective explanations of their choice of designers and their concept of 'good design'. Spoontakes its place in a unique series of surveys identifying 100 of the most interesting, cutting-edge practitioners of key art forms. Parallel surveys include cream and Fresh Cream (contemporary art), BLINK.(photography), and 10 x 10 and 10 x 10_2(architecture). Also available is a specially-bound hardback edition, with a striking steel cover, which mirrors the pioneering design of the book's subject matter, asserting, through its unique design, a vital presence.

Book New York Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985-01-21
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book New York Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985-01-21
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-21 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book Details

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  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 0307591514
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Details written by and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes stylist for Domino magazine presents a guide to creating fashionable interiors that are marked by distinctive accessories, from children's books and refinished furnishings to accent pillows and tasteful vases.

Book Out

    Out

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004-11
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book Out written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out is a fashion, style, celebrity and opinion magazine for the modern gay man.

Book Dwell

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Dwell written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.

Book One of a Kind

Download or read book One of a Kind written by Susan Grant Lewin and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jewelry as art is America's most provocative current art form. This is jewelry that must be evaluated, like fine art, for its ideas, inventions, intuitions, and content rather than for its precious materials or conformity to tradition. Yet it is art that can be worn, and as such has a unique advantage over all other mediums in its direct contact with the body, giving it an engaging intimacy." "Since World War II, the field of art jewelry has bloomed prodigiously, thanks to the talents of a richly diverse group of practitioners who have explored the range of the art and the possibilities of the craft. Here, Susan Grant Lewin profiles 54 of the best artist/jewelers among a growing number who speak to jewelry's history and traditions as well as addressing contemporary conceptual and cultural issues." "These 54 jewelers are showcased here with individual profiles, illustrated with several examples of their work, all reproduced in full color. A much-needed overview of this exciting new area, One of a Kind: American Art Jewelry Today discusses the definition of art jewelry, presents a history of the studio jewelry movement in America tracing the developments that have led up to the current period, and explores art jewelry's bonds with contemporary sculpture." "Two forewords open the book: one by noted art critic Barbara Rose, who looks at the historical context of jewelry by artists and jewelry in art, and the other by Jack Lenor Larsen, America's foremost artist/artisan/designer. There are also essays by Suzanne Ramljak, editor-in-chief of Sculpture magazine, and art historian Toni Greenbaum. A glossary, bibliography, and index complete the book."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book The Fashion Insiders  Guide to New York

Download or read book The Fashion Insiders Guide to New York written by Carole Sabas and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fashion Insiders’ Guides are carefully curated compendiums of the current hotspots, classic haunts, and hidden gems of the world’s greatest fashion destinations. A former Parisian living in New York, French Vogue correspondent Carole Sabas was often approached by friends and colleagues on their way to Paris for Fashion Week, looking for the best place for a quick facial, early morning yoga, or to meet a friend for a drink. So many people asked, in fact, that she produced a small guide filled with advice, which she gave out for free. Requests for more information and other cities came pouring in. Abrams is now making Sabas’s Paris and New York guides available to everyone, with expanded content including chapters such as “Eating and Drinking,” “Beauty,” “Health,” “Shopping,” “Art,” and an eclectic selection of odds and ends called “Might Be Useful One Day.” Written with a light touch and in a friendly tone, each entry includes a description of the recommended spots with hints about when to go, who to ask for, and what to get, as well as location and contact information. The inclusion of additional advice from local fashion celebrities on their favorite places to frequent puts readers confidently in-the-know. Peppered throughout with drawings by a noted and local fashion illustrator, these beautifully designed guides will be the must-have accessories of the season. Praise for The Fashion Insiders' Guide to New York: “Hidden gems are finally unveiled in this posh and savvy guide for sophisticated visitors and newcomers to the Big City . . . this is one must-have guide for stylish New York travelers.” —Ambassador magazine

Book A Colorful Home

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Hable
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2015-03-31
  • ISBN : 1452141525
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book A Colorful Home written by Susan Hable and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Page after page of incredible color and texture that will inspire even the most committed color-phobes to seriously consider embracing pink.” —Rima Suqi, columnist, New York Times Home Section Nature, art, a favorite collection—each holds unexpected color combinations that can be beautifully incorporated into the home. In this guide, designer Susan Hable shows how to discover color in the everyday, create dynamic palettes, and translate them into stunning interior spaces. Home decorators will learn how a cheerful bedroom can be constructed from the natural hues of autumn leaves, or how a burst of bright confetti can inspire a candy-colored tiled bath. Brimming with luscious photography, A Colorful Home reveals how to open our eyes to the colors around us and bring them to life in rooms composed with meaning. “This book [is] all about finding ways to translate the things, people and places you love into beautiful moments at home.” —Design*Sponge

Book Elements of Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gail Freet Hannah
  • Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
  • Release : 2013-07-02
  • ISBN : 1616891742
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Elements of Design written by Gail Freet Hannah and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hands-on book design students and designers alike will welcome. Elements of Design is a tribute to an exceptional teacher and a study of the abstract visual relationships that were her lifelong pursuit. Rowena Reed Kiostellow taught industrial design at Pratt Institute for more than fifty years and the designers she trained-and the designers they're training today-have changed the face of American design. This succinct, instructive, invaluable book reconstructs the series of exercises that led Kostellow's students from the manipulation of simple forms to the creation of complex solutions to difficult design problems. It includes her exercises and commentary along with selected student solutions, and concludes with examples of work from former students who became leaders in the field, including such well-known figures as Tucker Viemeister, Ralph Applebaum, Ted Muehling, and many others.

Book domino

    Book Details:
  • Author : Editors of domino
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-11-15
  • ISBN : 1501151886
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book domino written by Editors of domino and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editors of domino magazine comes your essential guide to discovering your personal style and creating a space you love. Since launching in 2005, domino has attracted a fiercely loyal following, which looks to the brand as the definitive source for decorating and style. The brand’s first book, domino: The Book of Decorating, was an immediate bestseller upon its release and has established itself as the quintessential guide to demystifying interior design. domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home builds on the first book with a more detailed and modern perspective on how to personalize, style, and create a home you love. In a time when the flood of decorating advice and inspiration online can feel overwhelming, domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home provides a trusted filter, using the friendly and authoritative voice of domino to teach readers about attainable, stylish design and how to make it uniquely your own. domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home will help readers to: -Identify your personal decorating style -Find inspiration from hundreds of beautiful, inspiring photos of real homes -Style the major and minor components of your home—from textiles to table settings to art -Shop for quality pieces that will stand the test of time -Learn from domino editors and tastemakers about how to style magazine-quality looks in their own spaces domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home takes a detailed approach to the specifics of making a space your own—the key pieces, accessories, colors, patterns, objects, decorative treatments, lighting, and art that personalize a space and truly make it a unique and stylish home. It aims to help readers achieve domino’s number one goal: creating a space you love.