The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction (Häftad)
avAlexander Von Vegesack, Mathias Schartz-Clauss, Alexander Von Vegesack
ISBN: 9783931936501 - UTGIVEN: 2013-07"The Essence of Things" investigates the motifs and motivations of reduction in design, particularly industrial design. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, it considers the importance of technological and economic conditions, as well as the dialogue between design and art and the chan[...]
Le Corbusier: A Study of the Decorative Art Movement in Germany (Inbunden)
avLe, Mateo Kries, Alexander Von Vegesack
ISBN: 9783931936297 - UTGIVEN: 201309First published in 1912, "Etude sur le mouvement d'art decoratif en Allemagne" was Le Corbusier's first publication. In it, the young architect lucidly analyzed the German applied arts movement and its protagonists (such as Peter Behrens, for whom Le Corbusier worked in 1910-11). The text is one of [...]
Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture (Inbunden)
avMarcel Breuer, Alexander Von Vegesack, Mathias Remmele
ISBN: 9783931936426 - UTGIVEN: 201307
Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989-2009: Antibodies (Häftad)
avAlexander Von Vegesack, Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Massimo Morozzi
ISBN: 9783931936471 - UTGIVEN: 2013-07In 1983, the Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana began to develop furniture made with everyday materials such as cardboard, rope, fabric and wood scraps, plastic tubes and aluminum wire. By the early 1990s their often controversial designs had won champions across the world, especially[...]
Jean Prouve the Poetics of the Technical Object (Inbunden)
avBruno Reichlin, Alexander Von Vegesack, Cathrine Dumont D'Ayot
ISBN: 9783931936549 - UTGIVEN: 201307Jean Prouve (1901-1984) is one of the major figures in twentieth-century architecture and design. This publication is devoted to his technical and planning-oriented thinking. From the start--first as an ironmonger, then as an industrialist during the heyday of the ateliers in Maxeville, later with C[...]
George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher (Inbunden)
avGeorge Nelson, Jochen Eisenbrand, Alexander Von Vegesack
ISBN: 9783931936822 - UTGIVEN: 2013-092008 marked the 100th birthday of George Nelson (1908-1986), one of the most influential figures in American design during the second half of the twentieth century. Nelson was not only a leading designer and notable architect, but also a prominent author, editor, lecturer, exhibition designer and a [...]
Rudolf Steiner: Alchemy of the Everyday (Inbunden)
avMateo Kries, Alexander Von Vegesack, Walter Kugler
ISBN: 9783931936860 - UTGIVEN: 201307Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was one of the most significant reformers of the twentieth century. He founded the Waldorf school movement, made vital contributions to alternative agriculture and medicine and also left behind a comprehensive oeuvre as an architect, designer and artist. Steiner's most imp[...]
