World Food Books

Contemporary Landscape
From the Horizon of Postmodern Design

1985, Japanese / English
Softcover, 166 pages, 20 x 29 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by National Museum of Modern Art / Kyoto

$150.00 - Out of stock

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Very scarce, striking Japanese catalogue for a major international exhibition on Postmodern design held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1985. Presents 200 pieces of work by 48 designers and architects from Europe, America and Japan. Features the work of Aldo Rossi, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, Arata Isozaki, Ettore Sottsass, Frank Gehry, Fumihiko Maki, Mario Botta, Masanori Umeda, Matteo Thun, Michael Graves, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Peter Shire, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Ron Arad, Daniel Weil, Shiro Kuramata...This book profiles many of these important designers through photographs, biographies and texts. Foreword by Michiaki Kawakita and Kenji Adachi. Introduction by Shinji Kohmoto and an essay on Italian radical and neo-radical design by Alessandro Mendini.

One of the finest and lesser-known volumes produced on postmodern design.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aldo Rossi Alessandro Mendini Andrea Branzi Arata Isozaki Daniel Weil Ettore Sottsass Frank Gehry Fumihiko Maki Mario Botta Masanori Umeda Matteo Thun Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nathalie Du Pasquier Peter Shire Richard Meier Robert Venturi Ron Arad Shiro Kuramata Alessandro Mendini Kenji Adachi Michiaki Kawakita Shinji Kohmoto National Museum of Modern Art / Kyoto Architecture / Interior Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Ceramics / Glass

JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGN
no. 183 June 1974

1974, Japanese / English
Softcover, 96 pages, 32.5 × 25.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Interior Publishing Co. Ltd. / Tokyo

$80.00 - Out of stock

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Japan's finest magazine for interior design, architecture and home furnishings, edited by Moriyama Kazuhiko. JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGN presented "a monthly comprehensive view of traditional, contemporary, and contemplated environmental designs and pure art forms both Japanese and foreign, through pictures and critical reviews. English captions and summaries of major articles are provided each issue." The in-depth analysis in which JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGN committed to covering new international furniture, textile, product, environmental, and interior design developments and major events from the period (1950s-1980s), places it soundly alongside its Italian comrade Domus. Lavishly illustrated throughout with beautiful photography in colour and b/w, with comprehensive plans, drawings and elevations bringing many innovative and long lost architectural and industrial designs into sharp focus. A wealth of archival reference material in each issue for any enthusiast of modern and space age design.

no. 183 June 1974
CONTENTS :
FEATURE OF THE MONTH : CANVAS IN FURNITURE & ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Canvas Environment essay by Masayuki Kurokawa
Recent Canvas Furniture
Canvas Products Designed by Olivier Mourgue
International Canvas Furniture Design Competition
< CONTEMPORANEA > Italian Design: A New Approach to Living Environment
Tokyo Branches of Two Foreign Banks < Bank of America Tokyo Branch > < Bangkok Bank Limited Tokyo Branch > design: MEC Design International Co.
Systematized Office Furniture < Set 1 > design: Carlo Bartoli + coll. Fumio Okura
New Furniture by Tendo Mokko design & manufacture: Tendo Mokko Co., Ltd.
Table Ware by Tajima design & manufacture: Ginza Tajima
< Graphi Textile > = A Private Exhibition by Masakazu Kobayashi
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building design & management: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
cover design: Canvas Furniture Designed by Pullirsch + Weber, West Germany

File under: Olivier Mourgue Carlo Bartoli Masakazu Kobayashi Günter Uecker Carl Bucher Heidi Bucher Robert Venturi Michael Graves Riccardo Dalisi Franco Raggi Alberto Ferrari Peter Eisenman Richard Shaw Ettore Sottsass Lapo Binazzi UFO Gruppo Strum Ugo La Pietra Gianni Pettena Alessandro Mendini Gérard Titus-Carmel Enrico D. Bona Carlo Guenzi Piero Sartogo Masayuki Kurokawa Moriyama Kazuhiko Alessandro Mendini Interior Publishing Co. Ltd. / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Architecture / Interior Textiles Ceramics / Glass

The International Design Yearbook 1985/86
Edited by Robert A.M. Stern

1986, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 239 pages, 25 x 31 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$80.00 $20.00 - Out of stock

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Edited by Robert A.M. Stern, one of the world's leading exponents of the Post-Modern movement, "The International Design Yearbook 1985/86" was "the first volume of an important annual review of domestic design in an international context. It shows the best, the most characteristic and the most exciting recent designs in furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, glass and metalware. It illustrates the work not only of such leading figures as Rossi, Hollein, Venturi, Sottsass and Castiglioni, but of hundreds of other contemporary designers around the world, whose work is notable for its topicality and promise, or for its aesthetic or functional excellence."

As well as contemporary design of the mid 1980's, the annual "deals with the reproduction of classic designs by such masters as Eileen Gray, Hoffman, Mackintosh, Rietveld and Le Corbusier." The annual also functioned as a guidebook to the featured designers and the respective companies, manufacturers and retailers of their designs. Biographies for all those designers featured are included, plus texts throughout.

This large book is richly illustrated with wonderful examples of the featured designers in their many forms via 520 illustrations, 382 in colour. Many works rarely (some possibly never) seen documented in any other book.

Includes the work of: Verner Panton, Nathalie du Pasquier, Charlotte Perriand, Paolo Piva, Andrée Putman, Dieter Rams, Gerrit Rietveld, Aldo Rossi, Stanley Tigerman, Brian Faucheux, Jay Stanger, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Hans Gunnarsson, Studio Alchimia, Gabrielle Regondi, John Smith, Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi, Paolo Deganello, Alessio Sarri, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Matteo Thun, Pierre Jeanneret, Memphis, Giuseppe Terragni, Robert George Sowden, SITE, Afra Scarpa, Tobia Scarpa, Robert Venturi, Ugo La Pietra, Le Corbusier, Ettore Sottsass, Adolf Loos, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Richard Meier, Alessando Mendini, Fujiwo Ishimoto, Hans Hollein, Josef Hoffmann, William Morris, Frank Gehry, Robert A.M. Stern, Eileen Gray, Michael Graves, Michele De Lucchi, Joe Colombo, Achille Castiglioni, Mario Bellini, Gae Aulenti, Hans Ansems, Ron Arad, Emilio Ambasz, Alver Aalto, Daniel Weil, Marco Zanini, to name but a few!

Very Good copy with VG dust jacket, light tanning to page edge.

File under: Robert A.M. Stern Verner Panton Nathalie du Pasquier Charlotte Perriand Paolo Piva Andrée Putman Dieter Rams Gerrit Rietveld Aldo Rossi Stanley Tigerman Brian Faucheux Jay Stanger Yrjo Kukkapuro Hans Gunnarsson Studio Alchimia Gabrielle Regondi John Smith Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi Paolo Deganello Alessio Sarri Charles Rennie Mackintosh Matteo Thun Pierre Jeanneret Memphis Giuseppe Terragni Robert George Sowden SITE Afra Scarpa Tobia Scarpa Robert Venturi Ugo La Pietra Le Corbusier Ettore Sottsass Adolf Loos Robert Mallet-Stevens Richard Meier Alessando Mendini Fujiwo Ishimoto Hans Hollein Josef Hoffmann William Morris Frank Gehry Eileen Gray Michael Graves Michele De Lucchi Joe Colombo Achille Castiglioni Mario Bellini Gae Aulenti Hans Ansems Ron Arad Emilio Ambasz Alver Aalto Daniel Weil Marco Zanini Robert A.M. Stern Thames and Hudson / London Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Ceramics / Glass Out-of-print / Rare Architecture / Interior Textiles SALE

GI (Global Interior) #1
HOUSES IN U.S.A., 1971

1971, Japanese / English
Softcover (w. original slipcase), 184 pages, 22.5 cm x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by A.D.A Edita / Tokyo

$120.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce first issue from 1971 of this now classic 1970's architectural series, the great GI (Global Interior) from Tokyo, Japan.
One of the finest interior architecture journal series ever published, GI "The Series of Global Interior" came from the producers of the highly esteemed GA (Global Architecture), GA Document, GA Houses, etc. architectural publications.GI was produced throughout the 1970's in a total of ten volumes. Each large volume highlighted a selection of architectural projects by renowned international architects, some volumes focusing on a specific architect entirely, and highlighted their work for houses and domestic spaces.

Beautiful architectural photography of house interiors, exteriors and room details of living spaces, along with texts (mostly in Japanese) and floorplans/elevation drawings make up the profiles on each featured building or environment. The visual generosity of these handsomely designed and printed journals (each more a book than a magazine) make them a treasure for any architecture or interior design enthusiast or collector.

Edited and Presented by Yukio Futagawa

GI Global Interior #1
Houses in U.S.A.
1971

Contents include:
MLTW/Moore and Turnbull (Caygill House, McComber Houses, Hines House, Reid House, Sea Ranch Condominium); Joseph Esherick (Bermak House, Cary House);
John Lautner (Malin House); Edward A. Killingsworth (Case Study House No.25);
Craig Ellwood (Rosen House, Daphne House); Charles Eames (Eames House); Herbert Greene (Greene House); Bruce Goff (Price House); Eero Saarinen
(Miller House); Crites and McConnell (Crites House A, Crites House B); Charles W. Moore (Moore House); Edward L. Barnes (Country House); John M. Johansen (Taylor House); Richard Meier (Smith House, Saltzman House); Paul Rudolph (Hirsch house); Marcel Breuer (Gagarin House, Stillman House); Robert Venturi (Mrs. Venturi House)...

Very Good copy preserved in worn slipcase (light general wear)

File under: Bruce Goff Charles Eames Charles W. Moore Craig Ellwood Edward A. Killingsworth Edward L. Barnes Eero Saarinen Herbert Greene John Lautner John M. Johansen Joseph Esherick Marcel Breuer Moore and Turnbull Paul Rudolph Richard Meier Robert Venturi Yukio Futagawa A.D.A Edita / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Furniture Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Japanese Photography

A.D. April 1987 The Post Modern Object
The Post Modern Object

1987, English
Softcover, 80 pages, 28 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by A&D / London

$25.00 - Out of stock

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April 1987 of London's esteemed Art & Design magazine (A.D.), a special issue dedicated to "The Post Modern Object". Features include : Peter Fuller — Towards a New Nature for the Gothic; Michael Collins — Post-Modern Design; Hugh Cumming — The Designed Object: An International Survey; Charles Jencks — Symbolic Objects; Volker Fischer — Post-Modernism and Consumer Design; Geoffrey Broadbent — Functionalism versus Post-Modernism; Stuart Durant — Proto Post-Modernism; Hans Hollein — Post-Modern Performance Art; and much more. Profusely illustrated throughout with the work of Hans Hollein, Memphis, Robert Venturi, Ettore Sottsass, Aldo Rossi, Tadao Ando, Michael Graves, George Sowden, Mario Botta, Arata Isozaki, Matteo Thun, Shuji Hisada, Beppe Caturelli, Michele de Lucchi, Stanley Tigerman, SITE, Helmut Jahn, Landes and Rang, Charles Jencks, Richard Meier, Robert Stern, Alessi, Takefumi Aida, Eva Jiricna, Studio 65, Paolo Portoghesi, Oscar Tusquets, Terry Farrell, Tomas Taveira, Om Ungers, Swid Powell Ceramics, Lee Payne, and more...

"This issue of Art & Design takes a critical look at the controversial area of product design, a subject which does not often receive the same serious attention as painting or sculpture, although it probably concerns more people, on a day-to-day basis, than the fine arts. The Post-Modern Object focuses in particular on developments over the past few years by designers who have pulled away from the Modernist preoccupation with functionalism as an aesthetic and created a wide range of objects — from sofas to jewellery, cutlery to kettles — which are highly original and decorative. Included in this Profile are works by celebrated designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Michael Graves, Robert Venturi and Hans Hollein."

Good ex-libris copy with light associated markings, tanning and light wear to covers.

File under: Arata Isozaki Michele De Lucchi Hans Hollein Memphis Robert Venturi Ettore Sottsass Aldo Rossi Tadao Ando Michael Graves George Sowden Mario Botta Matteo Thun Shuji Hisada Beppe Caturelli Michele de Lucchi Stanley Tigerman SITE Helmut Jahn Landes and Rang Charles Jencks Richard Meier Robert Stern Alessi Takefumi Aida Eva Jiricna Studio 65 Paolo Portoghesi Oscar Tusquets Terry Farrell Tomas Taveira Om Ungers Swid Powell Ceramics Lee Payne A&D / London Furniture Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Periodicals Theory / Essay Out-of-print / Rare Art Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Monster am Highway: Die Architektur der Zeichen

1983, German
Softcover, 142 pages, 26.5 x 24.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fricke Verlag / Frankfurt

$45.00 - Out of stock

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Published in Germany in 1983, Monster am Highway (Monster on the Highway) by Helmut Weihsmann and Horst Schmidt-Brummer is one of the best photographic documents of vernacular and road side architecture. From iconic postmodern architecture by Hans Hollein, Charles Moore, SITE, etc. to fantastic outsider creations, Monster am Highway compiles international examples throughout history of wild drive-through restaurants, casinos, over-sized roadside attractions, mobile sculptures, billboards, murals, shop facades, interiors, profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Texts in German.

Very Good copy with light wear.

File under: SITE Hans Hollein Charles Moore Robert Venturi Fricke Verlag / Frankfurt Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare

Valuing Architecture : Heritage and the Economics of Culture
Ashley Paine, Susan Holden, John Macarthur (Ed.)

2020, English
Softcover, 288 pages, 23.4 x 16.5 cm
Published by Valiz / Amsterdam University of Queensland / Brisbane Ghent University / Ghent

$56.00 - Out of stock

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Architecture has always been found in a space between its economic and cultural values. As distinct from the intrinsic values attributed to the visual and performing arts, literature and music, architecture's values are often seen to be compromised by, or contingent upon, forces outside of the discipline—on property prices, real estate markets and the vicissitudes of local and global economies. Such intersections of cultural and economic values are especially conspicuous in architectural heritage where conflicts between values are most publicly and passionately contested.

Valuing Architecture is not concerned with arguments for or against the cultural value of architecture and heritage per se but, rather, with the different sites and occasions where such values are bestowed, exchanged and come into conflict. It brings together a collection of essays that tackle concrete cases, both historical and contemporary, to explore how the values of architecture intersect, and what is at stake for architecture in the economics of culture.

Case studies:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Kanal–Centre Pompidou, Brussels; Robin Hood Gardens, Peter & Alison Smithson, London; Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, US; MoMA and American Folk Art Museum, New York; Metabolist architecture; Brutalist architecture; and many others

Editors: Ashley Paine, Susan Holden, John Macarthur
Contributors: Daniel M. Abramson, Tom Brigden, Alex Brown, Amy Clarke, Wouter Davidts, Bart Decroos, Susan Holden, Jordan Kauffman, Hamish Lonergan, John Macarthur, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Ashley Paine, Anton Pereira, Andrea Phillips, Lara Schrijver, Ari Seligmann, Kirsty Volz, Rosemary Willink
Design: Sam de Groot

File under: Sam de Groot Frank Lloyd Wright Rem Koolhaas Peter Eisenman Robert Venturi Emilio Ambasz Daniel Spoerri Willem Sandberg Yoshio Taniguchi Daniel M. Abramson Tom Brigden Alex Brown Amy Clarke Wouter Davidts Bart Decroos Susan Holden Jordan Kauffman Hamish Lonergan John Macarthur Joanna Merwood-Salisbury Ashley Paine Anton Pereira Andrea Phillips Lara Schrijver Ari Seligmann Kirsty Volz Rosemary Willink Valiz / Amsterdam University of Queensland / Brisbane Ghent University / Ghent Architecture / Interior Theory / Essay

GI (Global Interior) #1
Houses in U.S.A., 1971

1971, Japanese / English
Softcover, 184 pages, 22.5 cm x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by A.D.A Edita / Tokyo

$120.00 - Out of stock

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Rare first issue from 1971 of this now classic 1970's architectural series, the great GI (Global Interior) from Tokyo, Japan.
One of the finest interior architecture journal series ever published, GI "The Series of Global Interior" came from the producers of the highly esteemed GA (Global Architecture), GA Document, GA Houses, etc. architectural publications.GI was produced throughout the 1970's in a total of ten volumes. Each large volume highlighted a selection of architectural projects by renowned international architects, some volumes focusing on a specific architect entirely, and highlighted their work for houses and domestic spaces.

Beautiful architectural photography of house interiors, exteriors and room details of living spaces, along with texts (mostly in Japanese) and floorplans/elevation drawings make up the profiles on each featured building or environment. The visual generosity of these handsomely designed and printed journals (each more a book than a magazine) make them a treasure for any architecture or interior design enthusiast or collector.

Edited and Presented by Yukio Futagawa

GI Global Interior #1
Houses in U.S.A.
1971

Contents include:
MLTW/Moore and Turnbull (Caygill House, McComber Houses, Hines House, Reid House, Sea Ranch Condominium); Joseph Esherick (Bermak House, Cary House);
John Lautner (Malin House); Edward A. Killingsworth (Case Study House No.25);
Craig Ellwood (Rosen House, Daphne House); Charles Eames (Eames House); Herbert Greene (Greene House); Bruce Goff (Price House); Eero Saarinen
(Miller House); Crites and McConnell (Crites House A, Crites House B); Charles W. Moore (Moore House); Edward L. Barnes (Country House); John M. Johansen (Taylor House); Richard Meier (Smith House, Saltzman House); Paul Rudolph (Hirsch house); Marcel Breuer (Gagarin House, Stillman House); Robert Venturi (Mrs. Venturi House)...

Very Good copy (light wear).

File under: Bruce Goff Charles Eames Charles W. Moore Craig Ellwood Edward A. Killingsworth Edward L. Barnes Eero Saarinen Herbert Greene John Lautner John M. Johansen Joseph Esherick Marcel Breuer Moore and Turnbull Paul Rudolph Richard Meier Robert Venturi Yukio Futagawa A.D.A Edita / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Periodicals Furniture Japanese Photography Out-of-print / Rare

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Softcover, 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Softcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

A Good copy throughout, with cover rubbing and corner bumping. Tightly bound and clean copy internally.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Lynda Benglis Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Poetry Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

397 Chairs
Arthur C. Danto

1988, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 96 pages (47 Color & 350 b&w ill.), 250 x 280 mm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Harry N. Abrams / New York

$40.00 - Out of stock

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What is a chair? More than 300 designers, architects, and furniture makers from around the world attempted to answer that question when they submitted chairs to an exhibition sponsored by The Architectural League of New York in 1986. Made from all manners of materials--steel, fabric, wood, plastic, aluminum, fiberglass--and running from serious solitary utilitarian seats to whimsical models, the range and variety of the designer's answers, all 397 of them illustrated here, are truly stunning.

Opening with American critic and philosopher Arthur C. Danto's essay "The Seat of the Sole", this handsomely designed volume, printed and bound in Japan, features an incredible photographic survey of eclectic chairs from the early 1980s. Amongst them appears Mario Bellini, Enzo Mari, Phillipe Starck, Vignelli designs, Michael Graves, Herman Miller, Ward Bennett, Stomu Miyazaki, Alan Buchsbaum, Knoll, Michele De Lucchi, Marco Zanini, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Emilio Ambasz, Kazuo Kawasaki, Richard Meier, Herbert and Jutta Ohl, Simon Desanta, Vitra Seating, Shigeru Uchida, Giancarlo Piretti, Thonet Industries, Memphis Milano, Hartmut Lohmeyer, to name but a few.

File under: Alan Buchsbaum Denise Scott Brown Emilio Ambasz Enzo Mari Giancarlo Piretti Hartmut Lohmeyer Lella and Massimo Vignelli Mario Bellini Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Richard Meier Robert Venturi Shigeru Uchida Simon Desanta Stomu Miyazaki Ward Bennett Philippe Starck Massimo Vignelli Harry N. Abrams / New York Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Provokationen. (Superstudio & Paola Navone covers)
Design Aus Italien

1982, German
Hardcover (limited ed. Laminate cover), 260 pages, 24 x 33.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Werkbund / Bremen

$350.00 - Out of stock

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Beautiful over-sized book published on the occasion of a special exhibition in Lower Saxony and Bremen in 1982 entitled "Provokationen. Design Aus Italien : Ein Mythos Geht Neue Wege".

Published more broadly as a softcover book in 1982, here is one of the very limited edition hardcover versions, produced in collaboration between the designers Andrea Branzi, Paola Navone, Mario Radice, Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Superstudio with Firma Abet Laminati in Turin, especially for the exhibition. Each of the limited hardcover copies is sandwiched between two pieces of actual laminate panels designed by the designers and produced by Abet Laminati.

This particular copy features the work of Superstudio (front cover laminate) and Paola Navone (back cover laminate).

A very collectable copy of an incredible, scarce, heavy Italian design book!

Handsomely designed and profusely illustrated throughout with large black and white examples of the work of Enzo Mari, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Andrea Branzi, Superstudio, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, Marco Zanuso, Roberto Arioli, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Emma Schweinberger Gismondi, Angelo Mangiarotti, Mario Bellini, Gio Ponti, Martine Bendin, Daniela Puppa, Antonia Astori de Ponti, Franco Mirenzi, Joe Colombo, Ennio Lucini, Elio Martinelli, Sottsass Associates, Alessandro Mendini, Franco Raggi, Studio Alchimia, Gaetano Pesce, Franco Mello, Guido Drocco, Studio 65, UFO, Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Aldo Rossi, Vico Magistretti, Achille Castiglioni, Sergio De Michiel, Paolo Nava, Mario Dell'Orto, Antonio Citterio, Anrea Bellosi, Richard Sapper, Bruno Munari, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Giulietto Cacciari, Man Ray, Gigi Sabadin, Antonia Astori de Ponte, Mario Ceroli, Lucchino Oltrona Visconti, Michele De Lucchi, Michael Graves, Paolo Portoghesi, Stanley Tigerman, Oscar Tusquets, Robert Venturi, Kuzumasa Yamashita, and more.

And also the work of Gerrit Rietveld, Giuseppe Terragni, Alvar Aalto, Eileen Gray, Sonja Delaunay, Marcel Breuer, Karl Josef Jucker, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffman in their original, influential forms, and their re-inventions by Alessandro Mendini and co.

Condition: Very Good (bright, tight very good copy throughout - light wear only and bumping/yellowing to old laminate glue on spine) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Aldo Rossi Alessandro Mendini Alvar Aalto Andrea Branzi Angelo Mangiarotti Anna Castelli Ferrieri Anrea Bellosi Antonia Astori De Ponti Antonio Citterio Bruno Munari Charles Rennie Mackintosh Daniela Puppa Donato d'Urbino Eileen Gray Elio Martinelli Emma Schweinberger Gismondi Ennio Lucini Enzo Mari Ettore Sottsass Franco Mello Franco Mirenzi Franco Raggi Gae Aulenti Gaetano Pesce Gerrit Rietveld Gigi Sabadin Gio Ponti Giulietto Cacciari Giuseppe Terragni Guido Drocco Joe Colombo Jonathan de Pas Josef Hoffmann Karl Josef Jucker Kuzumasa Yamashita Lucchino Oltrona Visconti Man Ray Marcel Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Mario Ceroli Mario Dell'Orto Martine Bedin Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Oscar Tusquets Paolo Lomazzi Paolo Nava Paolo Portoghesi Richard Sapper Robert Venturi Roberto Arioli Sergio Asti Sergio De Michiel Sottsass Associates Stanley Tigerman Studio 65 Studio Alchimia Superstudio UFO Vico Magistretti Sonia Delaunay Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Werkbund / Bremen Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Group Shows / Collections

ARTFORUM
LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE

1984, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 342 pages, 270 x 280 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan

$150.00 - Out of stock

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First, hardcover edition of "LOOKING CRITICALLY: 21 YEARS OF ARTFORUM MAGAZINE", the heavy 342 page volume anthology of the first 21 years of the world's most important modern and art journal. An incredibly valuable collection of art theory.

Edited by Amy Baker Sandback, designed by Roger Gorman and Mary Beath and published in 1984 by U.M.I. Research Press, this dense volume, bound in hardcover to the dimensions of a copy of ARTFORUM, begins with an Ed Kienholz review at the Ferus Gallery from ARTFORUM's June 1962 inaugural issue, and ends with Barbara Kruger reviewing the film "TRON" for the November 1982 issue. An amazing compendium of articles and reviews from the magazine's important first 21 years, featuring contributions by the likes of John Cage, Robert Morris, Kate Steinitz, Henry T. Hopkins, Don Factor, Robert Pincus-Witten, Dennis Adrian, John Coplans, Hilton Kramer, Harold Rosenberg, Henry Geldzahler, John Cage, Walter Hopps, Ed Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Robert Rosenblum, Dan Flavin, Boris Groys, Sam Wagstaff, Billy Kluver, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert Rosenblum, Roger Shattuck, Ad Reinhardt, Mel Bochner, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Barbara Rose, Manny Farber, Michael Fried, Robert Morris, Philip Leider, Hollis Frampton, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Lawrence Alloway, Barbara Kruger, Jane Livingston, Lizzie Borden, Kenneth Baker, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Cindy Nemser, Sidney Tillim, Annette Michelson, Rosalind Krauss, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Roberta Smith, Peter Plagens, Peter Schjeldahl, J. Hoberman, Hal Foster, Richard Flood, Carter Ratcliff, Stuart Morgan, Max Kozloff, Donald Kuspit, Dan Graham, Walter De Maria, Komar & Melamid, Edit De Ak, Lawrence Weiner, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas McEvilley, Louise Bourgeois, Ingrid Sischy, and too many more to list. Artists featured include: Josef Albers, Richard Tuttle, Jo Baer, Carl Andre, Ant Farm, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Lee Bontecou, Constantin Brancusi, Bertholt Brecht, Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, Diane Arbus, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Lynda Beglis, Larry Bell, Terry Fox, James Byers, Rober Barry, Marcel Breuer, AA Bronson, Luis Buñel, Daniel Buren, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Anthony Caro, Marcel Broodthaers, John Chamberlain, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Merce Cunningham, Sonia Delauney, Walter de Maria, Bruce Connor, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Walker Evans, Dan Flavin, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Dürer, Lucio Fontana, Hollis Frampton, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Gilbert & George, Philip Glass, John Cage, Nancy Graves, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Nancy Grossman, Walter Gropius, Hans Haacke, Hairy Who, David Hockney, Douglas Huebler, Jorg Immendorff, Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Keinholz, Paul Klee, Alison Knowles, Joseph Kosuth, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Jannis Kounellis, Markus Lüpertz, El Lissitzky, Rene Magritte, Robert Mapplethorpe, John McCracken, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzio, A. R. Penck, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Larry Poons, Ken Price, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Roman Polanski, Jackson Pollock, Steve Reich, Gerrit Rietveld, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dorothae Rockburne, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Lucas Samaras, Kurt Schwitters, Oscar Schlemmer, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Robert Venturi, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Saul Steinberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bruno Taut, Jean Tinguely, Anne Truitt, Paul Wunderlich, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Bourgeois, Alfred Hitchcock, and so many more.

Very uncommon hardcover edition, with dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good (light wear to very good book and dust jacket, protected under acid-free plastic wrap. Small ex-library markings, stickers) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: A.R. Penck AA Bronson Agnes Martin Alain Robbe-Grillet Alberto Giacometti Albrecht Dürer Alfred Hitchcock Alighiero Boetti Alison Knowles Allan Kaprow André Masson Andy Warhol Anne Truitt Ant Farm Anthony Caro Barbara Kruger Barnett Newman Brice Marden Bruce Conner Bruno Taut Carl Andre Chris Burden Cindy Sherman Claes Oldenburg Constantin Brâncuși Dan Flavin Dan Graham Daniel Buren David Hockney David Smith Diane Arbus Donald Judd Dorothea Rockburne Douglas Huebler Edward Kienholz El Lissitzky Ellsworth Kelly Eva Hesse Francis Bacon Francis Picabia Frank Stella Gerrit Rietveld Hairy Who Hans Haacke Henri Matisse Hollis Frampton Irving Penn Jackson Pollock James Rosenquist Jannis Kounellis Jasper Johns Jean Cocteau Jean Dubuffet Jean Tinguely Jo Baer Joan Jonas John Cage John Chamberlain John McCracken Jörg Immendorff Josef Albers Joseph Beuys Joseph Kosuth Karlheinz Stockhausen Ken Price Kenneth Noland Kurt Schwitters Larry Bell Larry Poons Lawrence Weiner Lee Bontecou Louise Bourgeois Louise Nevelson Lucas Samaras Lucio Fontana Luis Buñuel Lynda Benglis Marc Chagall Marcel Breuer Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Duchamp Mario Merz Mark Rothko Markus Lupertz Martial Raysse Max Bill Max Ernst Mel Bochner Michael Snow Nancy Graves Nancy Grossman On Kawara Pablo Picasso Paul Cézanne Paul Klee Paul Wunderlich Philip Glass Ree Morton René Magritte Richard Avedon Richard Serra Richard Tuttle Robert Grosvenor Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Motherwell Robert Rauschenberg Robert Ryman Robert Smithson Robert Venturi Roberto Matta Roman Polanski Roy Lichtenstein Saul Steinberg Sol Lewitt Sonia Delaunay Steve Reich Terry Fox Walker Evans Walter de Maria Walter Gropius Wolf Vostell Yvonne Rainer Michelangelo Antonioni Jean Arp (Hans Arp) James Lee Byars Merce Cunningham Oskar Schlemmer Gilbert & George Robert Barry Eduardo Paolozzi Ad Reinhardt Agnes Martin Allan Kaprow Andy Warhol Annette Michelson Anselm Kiefer Barbara Kruger Barbara Rose Billy Kluver Boris Groys Carl Andre Carter Ratcliff Cindy Nemser Claes Oldenburg Dan Flavin Dan Graham Dennis Adrian Don Factor Donald Kuspit Ed Ruscha Edit De Ak Hal Foster Harold Rosenberg Henry Geldzahler Henry T. Hopkins Hilton Kramer Hollis Frampton Ingrid Sischy J. Hoberman Jane Livingston Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe John Cage John Coplans Kate Steinitz Kathy Acker Kenneth Baker Laurie Anderson Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Weiner Lizzie Borden Louise Bourgeois Lucy R. Lippard Manny Farber Max Kozloff Mel Bochner Michael Fried Peter Plagens Peter Schjeldahl Philip Leider Richard Flood Richard Serra Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Morris Robert Pincus-Witten Robert Rosenblum Roberta Smith Roger Shattuck Roy Lichtenstein Sam Wagstaff Sidney Tillim Stuart Morgan Thomas McEvilley Walter De Maria Walter Hopps Rosalind E. Krauss Bertolt Brecht U.M.I. Research Press / Michigan Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Counterculture Curatorial Dada Drawing Fashion Feminism Fiction / Poetry Film / Video Fluxus Group Shows / Collections Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Performance / Dance / Theater Periodicals Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Sound / Music Theory / Essay

Learning From Las Vegas
The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form

1977, English
Softcover, 208 pages (146 ill.), 152 x 229 mm
Published by Semiotext(e) / Los Angeles The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Learning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of "common" people and less immodest in their erections of "heroic," self-aggrandizing monuments. This revision includes the full texts of Part I of the original, on the Las Vegas strip, and Part II, "Ugly and Ordinary Architecture, or the Decorated Shed," a generalization from the findings of the first part on symbolism in architecture and the iconography of urban sprawl.

Robert Venturi is an award-winning architect and an influential writer, teacher, artist, and designer. His work includes includes the Sainsbury Wing of London's National Galler; renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; dozens of major academic projects; and the groundbreaking Vanna Venturi House. Denise Scott Brown is a Founding Principal of Venturi, Scott, Brown, and Associates (VBSA) whose work and ideas have influenced generations of architects and planners. Steven Izenour (1940-2001) was coauthor of Learning from Las Vegas (MIT Press, 1977) and a principal in the Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc (VSBA). His most noted projects at VSBA include Philadelphia's Basco showroom, the George D. Widener Memorial Treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo, the Camden Children's Garden, and the house he designed for his parents in Stony Creek, Connecticut.

"...a brilliant document of the times...a work which uses history knowledgeably, skillfully, and creatively: a rarity." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

"...professionally informed, competitively astute, and perversely brilliant..." The Yale Review

"...these studies are brilliant...the kind of art history and theory that is rarely produced." The New York Times Ada Louis Huxtable

File under: Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown Robert Venturi Steven Izenour Semiotext(e) / Los Angeles The MIT Press / Massachusetts Architecture / Interior Theory / Essay Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Provokationen. (Ettore Sottsass covers)
Design Aus Italien

1982, German
Hardcover (limited ed. Laminate cover), 260 pages, 24 x 33.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / Used*,
Published by Werkbund / Bremen

$350.00 - Out of stock

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Beautiful over-sized book published on the occasion of a special exhibition in Lower Saxony and Bremen in 1982 entitled "Provokationen. Design Aus Italien : Ein Mythos Geht Neue Wege".

Published more broadly as a softcover book in 1982, here is one of the very limited edition hardcover versions, produced in collaboration between the designers Andrea Branzi, Paola Navone, Mario Radice, Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Superstudio with Firma Abet Laminati in Turin, especially for the exhibition. Each of the limited hardcover copies is sandwiched between two pieces of actual laminate panels designed by the designers and produced by Abet Laminati.

This particular copy features the work of Ettore Sottsass Jr. (both front and back cover laminates).

A very collectable copy of an incredible, scarce, heavy Italian design book!

Handsomely designed and profusely illustrated throughout with large black and white examples of the work of Enzo Mari, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Andrea Branzi, Superstudio, Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni, Marco Zanuso, Roberto Arioli, Ettore Sottsass, Emma Schweinberger Gismondi, Angelo Mangiarotti, Mario Bellini, Gio Ponti, Martine Bendin, Daniela Puppa, Antonia Astori de Ponti, Franco Mirenzi, Joe Colombo, Ennio Lucini, Elio Martinelli, Sottsass Associates, Alessandro Mendini, Franco Raggi, Studio Alchimia, Gaetano Pesce, Franco Mello, Guido Drocco, Studio 65, UFO, Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Aldo Rossi, Vico Magistretti, Achille Castiglioni, Sergio De Michiel, Paolo Nava, Mario Dell'Orto, Antonio Citterio, Anrea Bellosi, Richard Sapper, Bruno Munari, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Giulietto Cacciari, Man Ray, Gigi Sabadin, Antonia Astori de Ponte, Mario Ceroli, Lucchino Oltrona Visconti, Michele De Lucchi, Michael Graves, Paolo Portoghesi, Stanley Tigerman, Oscar Tusquets, Robert Venturi, Kuzumasa Yamashita, and more.

And also the work of Gerrit T. Rietveld, Giuseppe Terragni, Alvar Aalto, Eileen Gray, Sonja Delaunay, Marcel Breuer, Karl Josef Jucker, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffman in their original, influential forms, and their re-inventions by Alessandro Mendini and co.

Condition: Very Good (bright, tight very good copy throughout - light wear only and bumping/yellowing to old laminate glue on spine) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Aldo Rossi Alessandro Mendini Alvar Aalto Andrea Branzi Angelo Mangiarotti Anna Castelli Ferrieri Anrea Bellosi Antonia Astori De Ponti Antonio Citterio Bruno Munari Charles Rennie Mackintosh Daniela Puppa Donato d'Urbino Eileen Gray Elio Martinelli Emma Schweinberger Gismondi Ennio Lucini Enzo Mari Ettore Sottsass Franco Mello Franco Mirenzi Franco Raggi Gae Aulenti Gaetano Pesce George Sowden Gerrit Rietveld Gigi Sabadin Gio Ponti Giulietto Cacciari Giuseppe Terragni Guido Drocco Joe Colombo Jonathan de Pas Josef Hoffmann Karl Josef Jucker Kuzumasa Yamashita Lucchino Oltrona Visconti Man Ray Marcel Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Mario Ceroli Mario Dell'Orto Martine Bedin Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Oscar Tusquets Paolo Lomazzi Paolo Nava Paolo Portoghesi Richard Sapper Robert Venturi Roberto Arioli Sergio Asti Sergio De Michiel Sottsass Associates Stanley Tigerman Studio 65 Studio Alchimia Superstudio UFO Vico Magistretti Sonia Delaunay Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Werkbund / Bremen Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

111 Chairs Designed by Architects

1997, Japanese
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 144 pages, 23 x 30 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Kajima Institute Publishing / Tokyo

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Very scarce first edition of this wonderfully compiled hardcover Japanese compendium from the late 1990s of chairs designed by notable architects throughout the ages, from Art Nouveau to Bauhaus to Postmodern. All designers and their selected chairs are sleekly photographed and profiled alongside archival images of the furniture in its original interior architectural contexts. Edited by SD (Space Design), this book also contains historical essays/text sections throughout the book on differing paper stocks with images and texts in Japanese. Profusely illustrated and in brand new condition with original dust-jacket.

Architects featured:
Adolf Loos, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antonio Gaudi, Henry van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann, Carlo Bugatti, Kaare Jensen Klint, Otto Wagner, Eliel Saarinen, Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, El Lissitzky, Erik Gunnar Asplund, Marcel Lajos Breuer, Mart Stam, Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, L. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier + Pierre Janneret + Charlotte Perriand, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Alvar Aalto, Kay Fisker, Rene Herbst, Jean Prouve, Michel Dufet, Giuseppe Terragni, Bruno Taut, Richard J. Neutra, Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Marco Zanuso, Finn Juhl, Max Bill, Gio Ponti, Arne Jacobsen, A. Laymand, N. Laymond, Franco Albini, George Nelson, Vilhelm Wohlert, Florence Knoll, Illmari Tapiovaara, Achiile & P.G. Castiglioni, Achiile Castiglioni, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti, Warren Platner, Vico Magistretti, P. Gatti + C. Paolini + F. Teodoro, Afra + Tobia Scarpa, Jorn Utzon, Joe C. CoIombo, Carlo Scarpa, Mario Bellini, Aldo Rossi, Cini Boeri, Antonio Citterio, Giandomenico Belotti, Paolo Deganello, Richard Meier, Stefan Wewerka, Mario Botta, Ettore Sottsass, Michele de Lucchi, Antti Nurmesniemi, Alessandro Mendini, Charles Pfister, De. Pas + D'urbino + Lomazzi, Robert Venturi, Michael Graves, Enzo Mari.

Condition: As New-Fine (tight, bright, clean copy throughout inc. dust jacket) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Adolf Loos Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Aldo Rossi Alessandro Mendini Alvar Aalto Angelo Mangiarotti Antonio Citterio Antti Nurmesniemi Arne Jacobsen Bruno Taut Carlo Bugatti Carlo Scarpa Charles Eames Charles Pfister Charles Rennie Mackintosh Cini Boeri De Pas D'Urbino Eero Saarinen Eileen Gray El Lissitzky Enzo Mari Erik Gunnar Asplund Ettore Sottsass Finn Juhl Florence Knoll Franco Albini Frank Lloyd Wright Gae Aulenti George Nelson Gerrit Rietveld Giandomenico Belotti Gio Ponti Giuseppe Terragni Henry van de Velde Ilmari Tapiovaara Jean Prouvé Joe Colombo Jorn Utzon Josef Hoffmann Kay Fisker Le Corbusier Marcel Lajos Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Mario Botta Mart Stam Max Bill Michael Graves Michel Dufet Michele de Lucchi Mies van der Rohe N. Laymond Otto Wagner Paolo Deganello Pierre Chareau Pierre Janneret René Herbst Richard Meier Richard Neutra Robert Mallet-Stevens Robert Venturi Stefan Wewerka Tobia Scarpa Vico Magistretti Vilhelm Wohlert Walter Gropius Warren Platner Antoni Gaudí Kaare Klint Paolo Lomazzi Charlotte Perriand Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Kajima Institute Publishing / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Art Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Designed by Architects in the 1980s

1990, Japanese
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 191 pages, 22.5 x 26 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Gendaikikakushitsu / Tokyo

$80.00 - Out of stock

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First Japanese edition (printed in 1990) of this great design book published originally in Europe in 1987/88. Different cover variation for the Japanese edition.

An international selection of over 400 objects (over 500 illustrations) such as tableware, furniture, jewellery, glassware and light fixtures designed by more than 50 leading architects. The book provides a cross-section of original ideas to be found in the best of modern design and aims to show the powerful influence that architects continue to have on industrial and furniture design. Furniture and lighting by Norman Foster, tableware by Sottsass, Robert Stern and Venturi, jewellery by Arata Isogaki and Stern, furniture by Ambasz, Mario Botta, Michael Graves and Richard Meier are some of the artefacts included in this study. The architects, Juli Capella and Quim Larreo are editors of the magazine "De Diseno" and are on the board of the architectural magazine "El Croquis" published in Madrid.

Includes an introduction by Alessandro Mendini, "This Book is This Painting".

Features the work of: Emilio Ambasz, Ron Arad, Gae Aulenti, Mario Bellini, Cini Boeri, Pep Bonet, Mario Botta, Andrea Branzi, Santiago Calatrava, Anna Castelli, Achille Castiglioni, Cristian Cirici, Antonio Citterio, Lluis Clotet, Paolo Deganello, Michele de Lucchi, Jonathan de Pas, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Vittorio Gregotti, Pierluigi Cerri, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Charles Jencks, Ugo la Pietra, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Richard Meier, Alessandro Mendini, Pedro MMiralles, Rafael Moneo, Nemo, Oscar Niemeyer, Peolo Portoghesi, Aldo Rossi, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Alvaro Siza Vieira, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Robert A.M. Stern, Giotto Stoppino, Kazuide Takahama, Matteo Thun, Elias Torres Tur, José Antonio, Martinez Lapeña, Oscar Tusquets, Robert Venturi, Daniel Weil, Stefan Wewerka, Marco Zanuso.

Condition: Very Good (tight, clean copy in original dust jacket) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Alessandro Mendini Alvaro Siza Vieira Andrea Branzi Angelo Mangiarotti Anna Castelli Antonio Citterio Arata Isozaki Charles Jencks Cini Boeri Cristian Cirici Daniel Weil Donato d'Urbino Elias Torres Tur Emilio Ambasz Ettore Sottsass Frank Gehry Gae Aulenti Giotto Stoppino Hans Hollein Jonathan de Pas José Antonio Kazuide Takahama Lluis Clotet Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Mario Botta Martinez Lapeña Matteo Thun Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nemo Norman Foster Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Tusquets Paolo Deganello Paolo Lomazzi Pep Bonet Pierluigi Cerri Rafael Moneo Richard Meier Robert A.M. Stern Robert Venturi Ron Arad Santiago Calatrava Stefan Wewerka Ugo La Pietra Vico Magistretti Vittorio Gregotti Paolo Portoghesi Aldo Rossi Tobia Scarpa Juli Capella Quim Larreo Gendaikikakushitsu / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Design Now: Industry or Art?
by Volker Fischer, Volker Albus, Jochen Gros, Matteo Thun

1989, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 325 pages (619 colour and b/w ill.), 23 x 31 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / As New*,
Published by Prestel / Munich

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Published by Prestel Munich, in 1989, this wonderful, richly illustrated and stylishly designed book covers the entire range of design in the late 1980's and it's predecessors. With sections dedicated to themes and subjects such as Exemplars; High Tech; Trans High Tech; Alchimia/Memphis; Post-Modernism; Minimalism; Archetypes; plus dense profile chapters on Dieter Rams, Stefan Wewerka and Holger Scheel; and essay sections from Matteo Thun ("Neo-Baroque Yardsticks"; "Micro-Architecture"; "Banal Design"), Volker Albus ("Rolex and Manhattan: Skyscraper Symbolism in Advertising") and Jochen Gros ("Small but Sophisticated: Microelectronics and Design"). Featuring fantastic photo-documentation and archival imagery of some of the finest and most radical design-objects of the period, including work by Frank Gehry, Hans Hollien, Michael Graves, Robert Venturi, Norbert Berghof, Aldo Rossi, Zeus, Shiro Kuramata, Philippe Starck, Dakota Jackson, Stanley Tigerman, Marcus Brotsch, Jorg Hieronymous, Michael Matuschka, Stefan Ambrozus, Michele De Lucchi, Ettore Sottsass, Ron Arad, Gaetano Pesce, George J. Sowden, Peter Shire, Martine Bedin, Carla Ceccariglia, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Gregori, Ingo Maurer, Till Lesser, Gerard Kuijpers, Mario Botta, Jean-Marc da Costa, Piero Vendruscolo, Heide Warlamis, Robert A.M. Stern, Robert and Trix Hausmann, Stanley Tigerman, Margaret McCurry, Steven Holl, Danilo Silvestrin, Dieter Rams, Stefan Wewerka, Daniel Weil, Holger Scheel, Matteo Thun, SITE, and so many more, this generous publication is a must for any enthusiast of design from this period.

Edited by Volker Fischer, deputy director of the German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt.

Condition: As new and unread condition (fresh from original factory seal) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Aldo Rossi Alessandro Mendini Bruno Gregori Carla Ceccariglia Dakota Jackson Daniel Weil Danilo Silvestrin Dieter Rams Ettore Sottsass Frank Gehry Gaetano Pesce George Sowden Gerard Kuijpers Hans Hollein Heide Warlamis Holger Scheel Ingo Maurer Jean-Marc da Costa Jorg Hieronymous Marcus Brotsch Margaret McCurry Mario Botta Martine Bedin Matteo Thun Memphis Michael Graves Michael Matuschka Michele de Lucchi Norbert Berghof Peter Shire Philippe Starck Piero Vendruscolo Robert A.M. Stern Robert and Trix Haussmann Robert Venturi Ron Arad Shiro Kuramata SITE Stanley Tigerman Stefan Ambrozus Stefan Wewerka Steven Holl Till Lesser Zeus Studio Alchimia Jochen Gros Matteo Thun Volker Albus Prestel / Munich Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Graphic Design / Typography Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

The International Design Yearbook 1985/86
Robert A.M. Stern (Ed.)

1986, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 239 pages, 25 x 31 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Abbeville Press / New York

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Edited by Robert A.M. Stern, one of the world's leading exponents of the Post-Modern movement, "The International Design Yearbook 1985/86" was "the first volume of an important annual review of domestic design in an international context. It shows the best, the most characteristic and the most exciting recent designs in furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, glass and metalware. It illustrates the work not only of such leading figures as Rossi, Hollein, Venturi, Sottsass and Castiglioni, but of hundreds of other contemporary designers around the world, whose work is notable for its topicality and promise, or for its aesthetic or functional excellence."

As well as contemporary design of the mid 1980's, the annual "deals with the reproduction of classic designs by such masters as Eileen Gray, Hoffman, Mackintosh, Rietveld and Le Corbusier." The annual also functioned as a guidebook to the featured designers and the respective companies, manufacturers and retailers of their designs. Biographies for all those designers featured are included, plus texts throughout.

This large book is richly illustrated with wonderful examples of the featured designers in their many forms via 520 illustrations, 382 in colour. Many works rarely (some possibly never) seen documented in any other book.

Includes the work of: Verner Panton, Nathalie du Pasquier, Charlotte Perriand, Paolo Piva, Andrée Putman, Dieter Rams, Gerrit Rietveld, Aldo Rossi, Stanley Tigerman, Brian Faucheux, Jay Stanger, Yrjo Kukkapuro, Hans Gunnarsson, Studio Alchimia, Gabrielle Regondi, John Smith, Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi, Paolo Deganello, Alessio Sarri, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Matteo Thun, Pierre Jeanneret, Memphis, Giuseppe Terragni, Robert George Sowden, SITE, Afra Scarpa, Tobia Scarpa, Robert Venturi, Ugo La Pietra, Le Corbusier, Ettore Sottsass, Adolf Loos, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Richard Meier, Alessando Mendini, Fujiwo Ishimoto, Hans Hollein, Josef Hoffmann, William Morris, Frank Gehry, Robert A.M. Stern, Eileen Gray, Michael Graves, Michele De Lucchi, Joe Colombo, Achille Castiglioni, Mario Bellini, Gae Aulenti, Hans Ansems, Ron Arad, Emilio Ambasz, Alver Aalto, Daniel Weil, Marco Zanini, to name but a few!

Condition: Very Good (a clean, tight copy with general light wear to protective dust jacket) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Adolf Loos Afra Scarpa Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi Aldo Rossi Alessio Sarri Andrée Putman Brian Faucheux Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charlotte Perriand Daniel Weil Dieter Rams Eileen Gray Emilio Ambasz Ettore Sottsass Frank Gehry Fujiwo Ishimoto Gabrielle Regondi Gae Aulenti Gerrit Rietveld Giuseppe Terragni Hans Ansems Hans Gunnarsson Hans Hollein Jay Stanger Joe Colombo John Smith Josef Hoffmann Le Corbusier Marco Zanini Mario Bellini Matteo Thun Memphis Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nathalie Du Pasquier Paolo Deganello Paolo Piva Pierre Jeanneret Richard Meier Robert A.M. Stern Robert Mallet-Stevens Robert Venturi Ron Arad SITE Stanley Tigerman Studio Alchimia Tobia Scarpa Ugo La Pietra Verner Panton William Morris Yrjo Kukkapuro Alvar Aalto Alessandro Mendini Afra and Tobia Scarpa George Sowden Abbeville Press / New York Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Architecture / Interior Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Ceramics / Glass Textiles

Designed by Architects in the 1980s

1988, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 191 pages, 22.5 x 26 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Rizzoli / New York

$80.00 - Out of stock

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Heavily illustrated first edition of this title, published by Rizzoli in 1988.
An international selection of over 400 objects (over 500 illustrations) such as tableware, furniture, jewellery, glassware and light fixtures designed by more than 50 leading architects. The book provides a cross-section of original ideas to be found in the best of modern design and aims to show the powerful influence that architects continue to have on industrial and furniture design. Furniture and lighting by Norman Foster, tableware by Sottsass, Robert Stern and Venturi, jewellery by Arata Isogaki and Stern, furniture by Ambasz, Mario Botta, Michael Graves and Richard Meier are some of the artefacts included in this study. The architects, Juli Capella and Quim Larreo are editors of the magazine "De Diseno" and are on the board of the architectural magazine "El Croquis" published in Madrid.

Includes an introduction by Alessandro Mendini, "This Book is This Painting".

Features the work of: Emilio Ambasz, Ron Arad, Gae Aulenti, Mario Bellini, Cini Boeri, Pep Bonet, Mario Botta, Andrea Branzi, Santiago Calatrava, Anna Castelli, Achille Castiglioni, Cristian Cirici, Antonio Citterio, Lluis Clotet, Paolo Deganello, Michele de Lucchi, Jonathan de Pas, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Vittorio Gregotti, Pierluigi Cerri, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Charles Jencks, Ugo la Pietra, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Richard Meier, Alessandro Mendini, Pedro MMiralles, Rafael Moneo, Nemo, Oscar Niemeyer, Peolo Portoghesi, Aldo Rossi, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Alvaro Siza Vieira, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Robert A.M. Stern, Giotto Stoppino, Kazuide Takahama, Matteo Thun, Elias Torres Tur, José Antonio, Martinez Lapeña, Oscar Tusquets, Robert Venturi, Daniel Weil, Stefan Wewerka, Marco Zanuso.

Condition: Very Good (tight, clean copy in original dust jacket) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Alessandro Mendini Alvaro Siza Vieira Andrea Branzi Angelo Mangiarotti Anna Castelli Antonio Citterio Arata Isozaki Charles Jencks Cini Boeri Cristian Cirici Daniel Weil Donato d'Urbino Elias Torres Tur Emilio Ambasz Ettore Sottsass Frank Gehry Gae Aulenti Giotto Stoppino Hans Hollein Jonathan de Pas José Antonio Kazuide Takahama Lluis Clotet Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Mario Botta Martinez Lapeña Matteo Thun Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nemo Norman Foster Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Tusquets Paolo Deganello Paolo Lomazzi Pep Bonet Pierluigi Cerri Rafael Moneo Richard Meier Robert A.M. Stern Robert Venturi Ron Arad Santiago Calatrava Stefan Wewerka Ugo La Pietra Vico Magistretti Vittorio Gregotti Paolo Portoghesi Aldo Rossi Tobia Scarpa Juli Capella Quim Larrea Rizzoli / New York Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism