Børge Mogensen - Möbel mit Format

2016

Børge Mogensen (1914-1972) war einer der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Vertreter des dänischen Möbeldesigns. In mehr als 30 Jahren schuf er eine Vielzahl an Qualitätsmöbeln, von denen einige bis heute als Design-Klassiker gehandelt werden, wie etwa sein Spanischer Stuhl. Beeinflusst von traditioneller Handwerkskunst, ließ er sich oft auch von Shaker-Möbeln inspirieren. All seine Ideen hielt er sogleich fest - ob auf Streichholzschachteln, Servietten oder bereits verwendeten Briefumschlägen. Diese prachtvolle Monografie untersucht Mogensens spannende Arbeitsweise und stellt seine bekanntesten und beliebtesten Möbelstücke und -serien vor. Werkstattzeichnungen, Skizzen und Aufnahmen seiner Möbel sowie Fotografien aus seinem Alltag ermöglichen spannende Einblicke in die Welt des dänischen Designers, dessen Möbel nicht nur sehr gut aussehen, sondern auch eines im Besonderen sind: funktional.

Life And Design Of Aino Aalto (Japanese Edition)

2016

Japanes text only, 250 Illustrations

The House Of Beauty And Culture

2016

The House of Beauty and Culture (HOBAC) was an avant-garde boutique, design studio, and crafts collective in late 1980s London, with key figures like Judy Blame, John Moore, Cindy Palmano, and duo Fric and Frack. Until recently, HOBAC’s influence was widely felt, yet barely documented, part of a subculture rooted in artistic practice, post-punk rebellion, and resistance to mainstream culture and overproduction. Against a dire socio-political and economic backdrop, they were among the first to upcycle found materials and champion androgynous urban style. Through diligent research, interviews, and countless images, Kasia Maciejowska honours the group’s legacy.

Intrus Sympathiques - Bernard Chadebec

2016

French graphic designer Bernard Chadebec was an employee of the INRS throughout his professional life, between 1965?–?2005. At this institute, he realised more than 300 posters around the topic of accident prevention. This book has helped to bring about the first monographic exhibition of Chadebec’s work at the Écomusée Creusot Montceau. The National Research and Safety Institute for occupational accident and disease prevention (INRS) is tasked with the following missions: to identify occupational hazards and highlight their dangers; to analyse their consequences for the health and the safety of men and women at work; to develop and promote means of preventing and controlling these hazards.

Earnest & Algernon 8 - Geheimsache

Verlagsneues Buch

Designing Design

2015

Stellvertretend für eine neue Generation von Designern in Japan erweist der 1958 geborene Kenya Hara seinen Mentoren Reverenz, wenn er lange vernachlässigte japanische Symbole und Bilder in seine Arbeiten einfliessen lässt. In "Designing Design" bringt Kenya Hara dem Leser die Bedeutung der Leere in der ästhetischen und philosophischen Tradition Japans nahe und führt anhand seiner eigenen Arbeiten vor, wie sich diese Kultur im zeitgenössischen Design umsetzen lässt. Kenya Hara ist, neben Naoto Fukasawa, eine der führenden Gestalterpersönlichkeiten Japans und machte auch mit Wanderausstellungen wie "Re-Design: The Daily Products of the 21st Century" auf sich aufmerksam.

Aldo Bakker

2016

Dutch designer Aldo Bakker (b. 1971) is famous for the creation of experimental shapes that blur the boundaries between art and design. Familiar objects obtain surprising new forms in the hands of this extraordinary designer. He established his international reputation in 2010 with the Copper Collection, a series of everyday products made from the unusual material copper. In this richly illustrated book, art critic Hans den Hartog Jager reflects on Bakker’s work, with great attention to form, material and (art historical) context. This new angle on Bakker’s design and the underlying ideas and inspirations will delight a wide audience.

Bookcatalogtest

Based on the 'Bücherkatalogtest' published by Swiss psychiatrist Moritz Tramer in 1953, this personality test uses 432 book titles to determine the character of test subjects. The objective is to choose ten titles from the list in under twenty minutes. Each book title is connected to a certain category, so by examining and comparing the test subject's choices, a portrait of their method of thinking and associations emerges. According to artist Triin Tamm, who redeveloped the test catalog for this publication, the goal is “to evoke different interests that lie buried deep down in each of us.” The catalog includes a comprehensive user's manual and circle graph to map the results of each test.

Alexander Girard - A Designer's Universe (Deutsche Ausgabe)

2016

Alexander Girard (1907-1993) war einer der bedeutendsten modernen Textildesigner und Innenarchitekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er arbeitete eng mit Designern wie Charles Eames und George Nelson zusammen und verband Einflusse der Pop Art und der Folk Art zu einer farbenfrohen, opulenten Formensprache, deren Einfluss bis heute nachwirkt. Der reich illustrierte Katalog schöpft aus dem umfangreichen privaten Nachlass Alexander Girards, der im Vitra Design Museum nun erstmals umfassend erschlossen wurde. Das Buch zeigt das gesamte Schaffen des amerikanisch-italienischen Multitalents in all seinen Facetten und liefert zugleich die erste wissenschaftlich kritische Auseinandersetzung mit seinem Werk. Sechs Essays widmen sich Girards Textil- und Grafikdesign für den Möbelhersteller Herman Miller, bedeutenden Interior-Design-Projekten wie dem Irwin Miller House in Columbus Indiana (1953) und dem Restaurant La Fonda Del Sol in New York (1960), seiner Tätigkeit als wegweisender Ausstellungsorganisator und -kurator, seinen Wurzeln in Italien und seiner Leidenschaft für Folk Art, die in einer Sammlung von mehr als 100.000 Objekten mündete und eine der wichtigsten Inspirationsquellen für seine eigene Arbeit bildete. Neben umfangreichen Portfolios mit bisher nie gezeigten Archivmaterialien liefert die Publikation zudem die erste umfassende Biografie und eine komplette Werksliste.

The World = Our Toolkit

Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen was formed in 2000, though the individual designers have been active since the 1990s, when “Dutch Design” exploded on the international scene. Although the two have different backgrounds, in their current practice neither is able or willing to distinguish who has contributed what to a specific design. This book explores their design process through well-known commissioned works and independent projects, framing their current practice in terms of compromise, freedom of materials, and the liberties they often take with assignments. An interview with the two designers forms a thread that weaves its way through the book’s many illustrated pages.

Watercolours by Finn Juhl

2015

Finn Juhl (1912-1989) is known and loved in Denmark and around the world for his sophisticated and sculptural furniture – but few people are familiar with his masterly watercolours. Throughout most of his career, his workshop drawings were carefully finished with a watercolour wash. To ease understanding, as Juhl put it. Watercolours hold a power of seduction that no technical drawing possesses. The use of light and shading comes into its own in watercolours, making the chair, the table and the interior come alive. Almost allowing us to feel the smooth surface of the wood and the delicate structure of the textile.The book opens with an essay introducing the reader to Finn Juhl’s fascinating universe and then goes on to present more than 125 watercolours in thematic chapters. In addition to a wide range of furniture designs, the watercolours present applied art, exhibition stands, architecture and interiors, including Juhl’s interior design of the UN’s Trusteeship Council Chamber in New York and the outfitting of SAS’s DC8 airliners from the early 1950s.The book’s author, Anne-Louise Sommer (born 1961), is the director of Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen, an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Denmark and the author of numerous books and articles on design, architecture and garden design.

Finn Juhl at the UN - a living legacy

2013

In April 2013 the Thrusteeship Council Chamber in the UN-building in New York was reopened after a thorough restoration. 'Finn Juhl in the UN – a living legacy' tells the story of how this piece of Danish culture came to be. About how Finn Juhl worked with the furnishing of the chamber, about the restoration and about the designduo Salto & Sigsgaard and their work with designing modern furniture for the restored chamber. The book is written by Karsten R.S. Ifversen, author and architectural editor for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and by Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen, business historian and Finn Juhl expert. The American architect and author Michael Sheridan has written the foreword. 'Finn Juhl – a living legacy' is illustrated with historic illustrations and with new photos taken by Hans Ole Madsen. The book is published with funds provided by Realdania, Kulturstyrelsen and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Offecct Voices: Furniture, Passion and Entrepreneurs

In 1990, armed with some personal savings, an Alfa Romeo toolbox, and no shortage of enthusiasm, two Swedish entrepreneurs embarked on the creation of a new furniture company. Tow decades later, 'OFFECCT' has grown to become one of Scandinavia's leading furniture brands. This book tells the story, in the voices of those that made it happen.

Wim Crouwel - Modernist

2016

A new, detailed monograph about Wim Crouwel: graphic designer and exhibition designer who defined the look of post war Holland with his studio Total Design. His modernism was reflected in countless posters and catalogues for the Stedelijk Museum, in stamps and experimental work like a sensational computer alphabet. In the seventies Crouwel evoked a lot of criticism but nowadays he is seen as a cult figure and an inspiration for many.

System 180 - Bauwelten

2010

Jürg Steiner hatte das Glück, sich in seiner beruflichen Laufbahn immer wieder mit der Frage befassen zu können, was der Mensch braucht, um sein Leben nach eigenen Wünschen und eigenem Können besser zu gestalten. Aus dieser Beschäftigung heraus ist das System 180 entstanden. Es wurde über viele Jahre entwickelt und in Reaktion auf immer neue praktische Herausforderungen sowie in enger Zusammenarbeit mit klugen, kreativen Mitstreitern angepasst und verbessert. Heute bietet System 180 dem Menschen nahezu unbegrenzte Möglichkeiten zum Bauen. Es ist als zusammenhängendes System konzipiert und stellt für anspruchsvolle Anforderungen intelligente Lösungsmöglichkeiten zur Verfügung. System 180 ist ein modulares Bausystem und lässt sowohl für Gebäude wie auch zum Innenausbau oder für Möbel verwenden: Geodätische Strukturen, Messestände, Dächer, Treppen, Arbeitswelten, Regale, Tische, Betten... Alles entsteht mit System 180 nach denselben Grundprinzipien und mit einfachsten Bestandteilen. Konstruktionen aus System 180 können beliebig oft demontiert, umgebaut und neu konfiguriert werden, ohne dass ihre Stabilität oder Hochwertigkeit darunter leiden würden.

Maarten Van Severen

Originally published in 2000, this book is considered an intrinsic part of the Belgian furniture designer’s oeuvre. This new edition, published on the tenth anniversary of Van Severen’s death in 2005, offers a comprehensive overview of his many creations and inspirations through photomontage, slideshows of images, and an essay by Geert Bekaert. It shows how his ascetic tables, chairs, lamps, wardrobes, and more – designed for great simplicity and with modern materials – are synonymous with the feeling of a contemporary life.

Dieter Rams: Less and More

Gestalten, Berlin, 2015

Now available again, this is the definitive reference book on the work of Dieter Rams. In his more than 40 years at Braun, Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. True to the principle of "less, but better", his elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for generations, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and should do. Less and More offers boundless inspiration for anyone interested in the aesthetic and functional aspects of applied design.

Comme Des Garcons: Unlimited

Compilation of single frame images taken from two television programmes interspersed with images taken from different Comme des Garçons collections which celebrates the remarkable influence of fashion designer, Rei Kawakubo, the identity behind fashion label Comme des Garçons.

Jochen Gerner - Monograph

2015

This monograph of French illustrator and cartoonist Jochen Gerner follows a research and thought process concerning the connections between text and image, typography and line, and includes numerous examples of his work. In his drawing practice, Gerner creates visual narrative projects, such as illustrated books and experimental comics, as well as drawings for the world of publishing and print media. Since the early 2000s, he has investigated printed images through graphic means: a “hijacking” process using ink and paint that allows a method of reframing or erasing. The book includes texts by Christophe Gallois and an interview with Gerner by Tom McCarthy.

A Book From deValence

2015

The first publication about the work of the French graphic design studio deValence, this book examines their most recent works since 2012, as well as their long-term collaborations with artists such as Raphaël Zarka, Saâdane Afif, Mathieu Abonnenc, and Pierre Huyghe. Led today by Alexandre Dimos and Ghislain Triboulet, the studio’s work is notable in its intention to seemingly disappear in a process where form logically follows from the content. By way of a thorough analysis of several of their designs, overlapping elements of both avant-garde functional aesthetics and an austere classicism emerge in their work. With a text by Victor Guégan and an interview with deValence.