Search results for ""Author Jochen Eisenbrand""
Park Books George Nelson Ein Designer im Kalten Krieg
George Nelson (19081986) is one of the most important American designers of the second half of the 20th century. century. His work as chief designer for the American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has gone down in American cultural history. It is far less well known, however, that George Nelson, as an exhibition manager and designer on behalf of the American government, conceived product presentations, thematic exhibitions, trade fair appearances presented the American lifestyle in short from 1957 to 1972.This sensationally illustrated monograph now presents the unknown side of Nelson''s work in detail for the first time. The author has processed the Nelson Estate for this. He follows the designer to his early travels, sums up the formative influences and the rise to become a coveted designer. He also shows the industrially manufactured innovations that revolutionized exhibition furniture, and then describes in detail the exhibitions that Nelson realized in Sao Paulo o
£45.00
Vitra Design Museum The Atlas of Furniture Design
In 2019, the Vitra Design Museum will publish the Atlas of Furniture Design, the definitive, encyclopedic overview of the history of modern furniture design. Featuring over 1700 objects by more than 500 designers and 121 manufacturers, it includes approximately 2800 images ranging from detailed object photographs to historical images documenting interiors, patents, brochures, and related works of art and architecture. The basis for the Atlas of Furniture Design is the collection held by the Vitra Design Museum, one of the largest of its kind with more than 7000 works. The book presents selected pieces by the most important designers of the last 230 years and documents key periods in design history, including early nineteenth-century industrial furniture in bentwood and metal, Art Nouveau and Secessionist pieces and works by protagonists of classical modernism and postwar design, as well as postmodern and contemporary pieces. The Atlas of Furniture Design employed a team of more than 70 experts and features over 550 detailed texts about key objects. In-depth essays provide sociocultural and design-historical context to four historical epochs of furniture design and the pieces highlighted here, enriched by a detailed annex containing designer biographies, glossaries, and elaborate information graphics. The Atlas of Furniture Design is an indispensable resource for collectors, scholars and experts, as well as a beautifully designed object that speaks to design enthusiasts.
£144.00