World Food Books

Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau
Collection Connaissance des Arts

1973, French
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 288 pages, 25 x 32 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Réalités - Hachette / Paris

$690.00 - In stock -

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First and only printing of one of the heaviest hitters of interior design books ever, the enormous, lavishly illustrated "Decoration : Tradition et Renouveau" (Collection Connaissance des Arts) published in 1973. Without a doubt one of the most sought after interior design books and now extremely rare.

This heavy, prestigious, cloth-bound volume travels through some of the world's most incredible domestic interiors by the 20th century's top interior designers and decorators, including Francois Catroux, Serge Royaux, Gae Aulenti, Alberto Pinto, Maria Pergay, Charles Sevigny, Martine Dufour, Isabelle Hebey, Michel Boyer, David Mlinaric, Karl Lagerfeld, Quasar Khanh, Marc du Plantier, Yves Vidal, Jacques Grange, Valentino, Aldo Jacober, David Hicks, Piero Pinto, Henri Samuel, Nanda Vigo, John Stefanidis, Paolo Tommasi, and more, including the homes of major architects, fashion designers, art and antiquities collectors, celebrities, and interior designers themselves, showcasing objets d'art, historical artifacts, furniture and decor (from Mies van der Rohe, Lucio Fontana, Nicola L, Cesar, Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Arman, Gae Aulenti, Marcel Breuer, Cy Twombly, Le Corbusier, François-Xavier Lalanne and Claude Lalanne, Quasar Khanh, Roger Tallon, Pierre Jeanneret, Enzo Mari, Pierre Paulin, Carla Venosta, Nanda Vigo, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marcel Breuer, Ruth Francken, Afra + Tobia Scarpa, Charles Eames, Joe Columbo, Verner Panton, Bruno Munari, Mario Bellini, Henri Michaux, Jean Fautrier, Tom Wesselman, Sonia Delaunay, Marimekko, Superstudio, Man Ray... just to name a few) adorning decorated interiors ranging from "Tradition" ("a formula that allows one to integrate older items, furniture and artwork in a contemporary context"); "le Renouveau" (contemporary interiors of the 1970's and "a section dedicated to design of the time offering a selection of the finest furniture, objects and accessories created by top designers"); and "l'Avant-garde" (displaying some of the most experimental, idiosyncratic, and forward-thinking interiors that bring together modern materiality, pop art and space design to create inspired interior living architectural spaces).

"How to reconcile antique furniture and contemporary structures? Can we adapt modern furniture within a traditionally inspired framework? This book, illustrated with beautiful photographs, mostly in color, reproducing the finest achievements of the great contemporary designers, responds to these questions."

Preface by Francis Spar. All texts in French. Hundreds of beautiful photographs in vivid colour and b/w. A must-have for the interior design lover.

Very good, beautifully preserved copy, strong binding, and seldom now seen with original dust jacket (also VG).

File under: Achille Castiglioni Afra and Tobia Scarpa Afra Scarpa Anna Castelli Arman Bruno Munari Charles Eames David Hicks De Pas D'Urbino Enzo Mari Gae Aulenti Harry Bertoia Jean Dubuffet Joe Colombo Jorgen Rasmussen Karl Lagerfeld Le Corbusier Lucio Fontana Man Ray Marcel Breuer Marco Zanuso Mario Bellini Michel Boyer Mies van der Rohe Nanda Vigo Nicola L Pablo Picasso Pierre Jeanneret Pierre Paulin Roger Tallon Sonia Delaunay Tobia Scarpa Tom Wesselmann Verner Panton Paolo Lomazzi Eero Saarinen Jean Fautrier Henri Michaux Serge Royaux Alberto Pinto David Mlinaric Aldo Jacober Fleur Vulliod Piero Pinto Carla Venosta Maria Pergay Martine Dufour Isabelle Hebey Karl Largerfeld Claude and Francoise-Xavier Lalanne Claudio Dini Gunter Sachs Michelangelo Pistoletto Quasar Khanh Superstudio Marimekko Ruth Francken Valentino Charles Sevigny Jacques Grange Marc du Plantier Yves Vidal John Stefanidis Henri Samuel Paolo Tommasi Cy Twombly César Francis Spar Réalités - Hachette / Paris Architecture / Interior Art Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Ceramics / Glass Textiles

Comme des Garçons SIX/Sixth Sense No. 1

1988, English / Japanese
Softcover, oversized, loose-leaf pages, 42 x 29.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$440.00 - Out of stock

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First 1988 edition, first printing of the inaugural issue of the cult, privately distributed Comme des Garçons publication. The incredible first issue of Comme des Garçons' 'Six' magazine (1988) features the work of Hungarian photographer André Kertész, Comme des Garçons by photographer Peter Lindbergh, photography by Sachiko Kuru, features on artist Jean Cocteau, architect Eileen Gray, artist Michel Sauer, and an interview with fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, plus additional photography by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Arthur Elgort, Tony Mendoza, Sachiko Kuru, Shinji Mori, Serge Lido and Gisele Freund. Beautiful first-edition printing of this over-sized magazine vision of Rei Kawakubo, including die-cut features throughout and de-bossed cover title.

Between 1988 and 1991, Comme des Garçons explored the theme of the sixth sense via eight special biannual oversized, unstapled magazines titled 'Six'. These magazines were launched to coincide with Comme des Garçons fashion collections and were privately printed and distributed by Comme. The magazine visually represented the brand in a way that no other fashion company had before. Rei Kawakubo invited Tsuguya Inoue to art direct and Atsuko Kozasu to edit the issues, whilst contributions came from a diverse array of leading designers and artists. Issues of Comme des Garçons 'Six' have become very sought after collectors items.

Very Good / Near Fine copy.

File under: Arthur Elgort Comme des Garçons Eileen Gray Jean Cocteau Peter Lindbergh Rei Kawakubo Sachiko Kuru Yohji Yamamoto Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Art Graphic Design / Typography Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Japanese Photography

Memphis
The New International Style

1981, Italian
Softcover, 67 pages, 29.5 × 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Electa / Milan

$290.00 - Out of stock

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Here it is - the very rare FIRST ever Memphis book, published by Electa in Italy in 1981!
First edition. Wrapped in a fold-out front and back cover design by Marco Zanini, this very early document of Memphis is almost entirely a visual folio of reproductions of the original drawings by Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Shiro Kuramata, Alessandro Mendini, Paola Navone, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass, George Sowden, Matteo Thun, Masanori Umeda and Marco Zanini. Along with an early essay by Barbara Radice (in both Italian and English), this catalogue tells the very beginning of the Memphis story through the original drawings of furniture, objects, lighting and patterns compiled from international architects, artists and designers. The story goes that Ettore Sottsass and his core group encouraged international architects and designers to send their concepts and drawings for new designs for domestic furnishings. In viewing their results through this selection of the drawings, it is clear there was a global design revolution happening and Memphis was about to produce prototypes of these designs that would shock and change the world forever.

A rare opportunity to own this important publication of design history.

Note: This book was briefly re-issued in 2009 in a limited edition - this is however the first printing from 1981.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aldo Cibic Alessandro Mendini Andrea Branzi Arata Isozaki Ettore Sottsass George Sowden Hans Hollein Marco Zanini Martine Bedin Masanori Umeda Matteo Thun Memphis Michael Graves Michele de Lucchi Nathalie Du Pasquier Paola Navone Peter Shire Shiro Kuramata Barbara Radice Electa / Milan Architecture / Interior Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

MEMPHIS
La Collection Karl Lagerfeld, Sotheby's Monaco

1991, English
Hardcover, 60 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Sotheby's / Monaco

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The incredible and now very collectable hardcover catalogue for the important sale of Karl Lagerfeld's collection of Memphis furniture and objects in 1991. Lagerfeld had built one of the most extensive collections of this extraordinary design group during the early 1980s in order to furnish his new modern apartment in Monte Carlo. In his catalogue introduction where he declares his love at first sight for the Memphis group in 1981, he goes on to call Memphis the "Art Deco of the '80s". When he sold the apartment he decided to sell the collection that furnished it from floor to ceiling. Lavishly illustrated in full-colour with 133 lots, all the main Memphis designers are included - Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi, Martine Bedin, Matteo Thun, Marco Zanini, Masanori Umeda, George James Sowden, Peter Shire, Aldo Cibic. The pieces include chairs, tables, cabinets, shelves, lights, teapots, clocks, televisions, etc. Includes texts and quotes from Lagerfeld, Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass and Frederique Huygen, and a bibliography. Still one of the most unique, impressive and informative books on Memphis ever published.

Fine, beautifully preserved copy complete with inserted invitation sheet to the Monaco auction with schedule and hotel booking information (in French). Texts in the book are in French, with some English.

File under: Karl Lagerfeld Memphis Ettore Sottsass Michele De Lucchi Martine Bedin Matteo Thun Marco Zanini Masanori Umeda George James Sowden Peter Shire Aldo Cibic Sotheby's / Monaco Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Textiles

Elogio Del Banale
A Cura di Barbara Radice

1980, Italian
Softcover, 72 pages, 24 x 17 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Studio Forma / Turin Studio Alchymia / Milan

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Very rare, very early volume published on the occasion of the exhibition "Elogio Del Banale" at the Venice Biennale, 1980, as part of the 1st International Architecture Exhibition. Conceived by Alessandro Mendini, Daniela Puppa, Paola Navone, this collection and book (directed by Andrea Branzi and designed by Michele de Lucchi) is heavily illustrated throughout with the work and studies of radical Italian design group Studio Alchimia, including many rarely seen early exhibition designs, interiors, furniture, objects, even catalogue decor for Fiorucci. Accompanying texts are by founding members Alessandro Mendini and Franco Raggi, and with an introduction by Barbara Radice. Includes patterns by Paola Navone and photographic studies by Ettore Sottsass throughout. An exceptional piece of printed radical design history, featuring many future Memphis members, published by Studio forma in Turin and Studio Alchymia in Milan.

Studio Alchimia was an iconoclastic, radical design group founded in Italy in 1976 by the Italian Architect Alessandro Guerriero. The Studio Alchimia was composed of designers, whose aim was to design and manufacture exhibition pieces, rather than consumer orientated products. Their products were to be regarded as prototypes / one-offs, leading the way from the principles of modernist design to a bold, new, experimental design style. This style would lead to the formation and popularity of Italian design groups in the 1980′s such as the Memphis Group and the new directions taken by the Alessi company.

Very Good copy.

File under: Studio Alchimia Alessandro Guerriero Alessandro Mendini Paola Navone Ettore Sottsass Memphis Daniela Puppa Franco Raggi Michele de Lucchi Barbara Radice Studio Forma / Turin Studio Alchymia / Milan Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

$500.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Luigi Ghirri
Versailles

1992, French / Italian
Softcover (staple bound), 12 pages, 28.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Charta / Milan Mois de La Photo / Paris

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Very rare Luigi Ghirri French catalogue published in 1992 on the occasion of the exhibition Luigi Ghirri — Versailles, Institut Culturel Italien de Paris, 2 November—18 Decemeber, 1992. Illustrated in colour with Ghirri's photographs of Versailles from his visit in 1985, accompanied by text from Italian writer Beppe Sebaste in French and Italian. Printed in Milan.

Average copy due to light moisture shadow/light ripple to top of publication. Tanning and light wear.

File under: Luigi Ghirri Beppe Sebaste Charta / Milan Mois de La Photo / Paris Photography Out-of-print / Rare Art Architecture / Interior

Visual Message 1 & 2

1978 / 1979, Japanese
Softcover, 127 pages + 144 pages, 22.5 x 29 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Visual Message / Tokyo

$150.00 - Out of stock

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First (1978) and second (1979) issues of Visual Message, the "comprehensive magazine of the visual age", published in Japan for a short period at the end of the 1970s. This explosive inaugural issue, co-edited by graphic designers Ikko Tanaka and Kazuya Uegami, and copywriter Shinya Nishimura and themed "Visual Scandal" is cover-to-cover packed with leading graphic artists, photographers, architects, textile designers, etc. from Japan and overseas including Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Saito, Harumi Yamaguchi, Masamichi Oikawa, Eiko Ishioka, Shigeo Fukuda, Tomi Ungerer, Masayuki Kurokawa, SITE, Tsunehisa Kimura, Tenmei Kano, Raymond Savignac, Katsumi Asaba, Ken Mori, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Folon, Asai Shinpei, Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, Herb Lubalin, Osamu Nagahama, M.C. Escher, Shiro Tatsumi, Hiroki Hayashi, Masayoshi Nakajo, Hiroshi Yoda, Hipgnosis, and many more.

Second 1979 issue of Visual Message is structured around the themes "Before/After" and "Scale" and again is cover-to-cover packed with leading graphic artists, photographers, architects, textile designers, etc. from Japan and overseas including Tadanori Yokoo, Philip Johnson, Hideo Yamashita, Seiji Takada, Takahisa Kamijō, Haruo Takino, Takenobu Igarashi, Akira Yokoyama, Hisaki Hiramatsu, Takamichi Ito, Tomoya Nakano, Shōji Yamagishi, and many more.

V.M. 1. Good copy. Some cover/spine wear/creases/small closed tear to cover edge.
V.M. 2. Very Good copy. Light general wear, bumping.

File under: Tadanori Yokoo Masao Saito Harumi Yamaguchi Masamichi Oikawa Eiko Ishioka Shigeo Fukuda Tomi Ungerer Masayuki Kurokawa SITE Tsunehisa Kimura Tenmei Kano Raymond Savignac Katsumi Asaba Ken Mori Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Folon Asai Shinpei Marcel Duchamp Rene Magritte Herb Lubalin Osamu Nagahama M.C. Escher Shiro Tatsumi Hiroki Hayashi Masayoshi Nakajo Hiroshi Yoda Hipgnosis Philip Johnson Hideo Yamashita Seiji Takada Takahisa Kamijō Haruo Takino Takenobu Igarashi Akira Yokoyama Hisaki Hiramatsu Takamichi Ito Tomoya Nakano Shōji Yamagishi Visual Message / Tokyo Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Japanese Photography Photography Architecture / Interior Art Graphic Design / Typography Eros

Heat Death Journal No. 1 (New Juche)
Artefact Insulam, November 2023

2023, English
Softcover, 170 pages, 24 x 18 cm
Published by Gallows Fruit / Thailand

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Issue 1 of New Juche's journal HEAT DEATH, published by Gallows Fruit, Thailand. Text and image by New Juche; editorial assistance by Steve Finbow and Karolina Ursula Urbaniak; Design by Karolina Ursula Urbaniak and New Juche.

TOPOPHILIA; NOSTALGIA; ARCHITECTURE; LANDSCAPE; ZONE; RUIN; SEX; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; NON-AFFILIATED

"In a room on the top floor I closed the door behind me and took a photo album into the dusty bathtub and lent back with my knees up in front of me and my head on a greasy pillow. Light filtered very pleasantly down through the green vines that laced the unglazed window and the fulsome trees outside. A second shaft of light fell through a space in the torn ceiling. My body felt very still, apart from my heart which I could feel beating and also hear, and it was the only sound in the room apart from birdsong."

New Juche is a writer and artist based in Southeast Asia since 2003. Dennis Cooper has called him "one of the most inspiring, original and groundbreaking artists working today". New Juche's published books include Mountainhead, Bosun, The Devils, and The Worm.

File under: New Juche Karolina Ursula Urbaniak New Juche Steve Finbow Gallows Fruit / Thailand Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Fiction / Poetry Art Photography Periodicals Crime / Violence Architecture / Interior Eros Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque

Purple Fashion No. 2
Fall / Winter 2004 / 05

2004, English
Softcover, 432 pages, 27.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$200.00 - Out of stock

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"ANIMALISTIC, ARROGANT, BLOODY, BIZARRE, CRUEL"

A very rare copy of the second issue of Purple Fashion, edited by Olivier Zahm, featuring Richard Prince, Mark Borthwick, Corinne Day, Juergen Teller, Imitation of Christ, Camille Vivier, Gus Van Sant, Anders Edström, Dominique Gonzales Foerster, Jeff Rian, Rita Ackermann, Heinz Peter Knes, Terry Richardson, Dike Blair, Elizabeth Peyton, Susan Cianciolo, Kim Gordon, Hermés, Giasco Bertoli, Junya Watanabe, Matthieu Orléan, Richard Kern, Maison Martin Margiela, Anuschka Blommers, François Laruelle, Niels Schumm, Comme des Garçons, Slavoj Zizek, Balenciaga, Maurizio Cattelan, Bless, Andrea Zittel, Gordon Matta-Clark, Thomas Hirschorn, Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle, Annette Aurell, Masafumi Sanai, Katja Rahlwes, Bettina Komenda, Mike Kelley, John Galliano, Kirsten Owen, Helmut Lang, Lutz, Issey Miyake, Rick Owens, Ann Demeuelemeester, Vava Ribeiro, Jean Leclercq, Maria Cornejo, Martine Sitbon, Cosmic Wonder, Justine Kurland, Wendy and Jim, John Armelder, Tim Griffin, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Ola Rindal, Yan Céh, David Armstrong, Fabien Baron, Lewis Baltz, Takashi Homma, Drew Jarett, Anne-Sofie Back, Marc Upson, Bettina Komenda, Alain Séchas, Gary Indiana, Justine Kurland, Christopher Wool, and many more... Art directed by Christophe Brunnquell.

In 1992, Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm started the magazine Purple Prose as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980s; much as a part of the global counterculture at the time, inspired by magazines like Interview, Ray Gun, Nova, and Helmut Newton's Illustrated, but with the aesthetics of what usually is referred to as anti-fashion. Based on their personal interests and views; Purple was, and in a sense still is, made much in the same spirit of the fanzine. Started "without any means, and without any experience, because we wanted to make a magazine that was radically different. We wanted to support the artists around us that no one else supported, much less talked about."—Olivier Zahm. The magazine became associated with the "realism" of the new fashion photography of the 1990s, with names like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Borthwick, Corinne Day, and Mario Sorrenti. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications such as les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion, in which Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art. Now one of the most iconic and influential fashion magazines in history.

Very Good copy.

File under: Purple Institute / Paris Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography Architecture / Interior Fiction / Poetry Art Painting

DECORATIVE ART AND MODERN INTERIORS 1967/68

1968, English / German / French
Hardcover (cloth-bound), 166 pages, 22 x 28.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by Studio Vista / London

$40.00 $20.00 - Out of stock

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1967/68 edition of Decorative Art and Modern Interiors, one of the finest book series from Studio Vista (UK).

Each handsomely designed volume showcases a selection of the finest examples of new architecture, interior design, environmental design, textiles, furniture and product design, including profiles on highlighted architectural projects that are documented through beautiful colour and b&w photography, descriptive texts, and axonometric, plan and section drawings, plus "Trends in Furnishings and in the Decorative Arts", which gives fine examples of new design in furniture, lighting, ceramics, glassware, silverware, textiles, etc.

This 1967/68 edition includes work by architects, designers, manufacturers : Bruno Munari, Stig Lindberg, Sergio Asti, Enzo Mari, Gillian Lowndes, Raili Konttinen, Alexander Girard, Bent Severin, Sigurd Persson, Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Cassina, Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Vico Magistretti, Eero Aarnio, Helmut Jacoby, George Ciancimino, Roberto Menghi, Rolf Middelboe, Jørn Utzon, Leo Venchiarutti, Lanfranco Bombelli, John C. Parkin, Esko Pajamies, Toivo Korhonen, Arflex, Raija Tuumi, Lucie Rie, Robert Welch, Arne Jacobsen, Børge Mogensen, Marco Zanuso, Claudio Salocchi, Cesare Casati, Tecno, Sormani, Gino Sarfatti, Robert Welch, Jo Hammerborg, Pierre Paulin, Ilmari Lappalainen, Marcel Breuer, Beisl leuchten, Bruno Morassutti, Anna Castelli, Vicke Lindstrand, Oiva Toikka, Bjørn Wiinblad, Annikki Hovisaari, Nanny Still, Josef Hurka, Kartell, Artemide, Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Mosuke Yoshitake, Søren Georg Jensen, Timo Sarpaneva, Danese, Emma Schweinberger, Carl Pott, and so many more; plus an introduction by editor Ella Moody. Translated from English to additional German and French.

An invaluable series of books on architecture, interior and product design from the 1960s-1980s.

Good copy, missing dust jacket, ex-library with usual stamps/markings, otherwise clean, good throughout.

File under: Bruno Munari Stig Lindberg Sergio Asti Enzo Mari Gillian Lowndes Raili Konttinen Alexander Girard Bent Severin Sigurd Persson Joe Colombo Angelo Mangiarotti Afra and Tobia Scarpa Cassina Emma Gismondi Schweinberger Vico Magistretti Eero Aarnio Helmut Jacoby George Ciancimino Roberto Menghi Rolf Middelboe Jørn Utzon Leo Venchiarutti Lanfranco Bombelli John C. Parkin Esko Pajamies Arflex Raija Tuumi Lucie Rie Robert Welch Arne Jacobsen Børge Mogensen Marco Zanuso Claudio Salocchi Cesare Casati Tecno Sormani Gino Sarfatti Jo Hammerborg Pierre Paulin Ilmari Lappalainen Marcel Breuer Beisl leuchten Bruno Morassutti Anna Castelli Vicke Lindstrand Oiva Toikka Bjørn Wiinblad Annikki Hovisaari Nanny Still Josef Hurka Kartell Artemide Hans-Agne Jakobsson Mosuke Yoshitake Søren Georg Jensen Timo Sarpaneva Danese Emma Schweinberger Carl Pott Ella Moody Studio Vista / London Architecture / Interior Furniture Ceramics / Glass Textiles Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism SALE

7a Biennale di Parigi / 7e Biennale de Paris / 7th Paris Biennale

1971, English / Italian / French
Softcover, 150 pages, 24.5 x 24.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Cento Di / Florence

$190.00 - Out of stock

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Rare exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the 7th Paris Biennale held at the Parc Floral de Paris, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France, September 24 — November 1, 1971, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. An important volume representing the Italian avant-garde of the various sectors of art (including music and architecture) in this critical period in history, including the work of Alighiero Boetti, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Gino De Dominicis, Luciano Fabro, Mimmo Germanà, Giuseppe Penone, Emilio Prini, Gilberto Zorio, Jannis Kounellis, Giulio Paolini, Giorgio Pressburger, Achille Bonito Oliva, Mario Franco, Umberto Silva, Paolo Mussat Sartor, Frederic Rzewski, Marcello Panni, Archizoom, Superstudio, and Ufo. Illustrated throughout with many examples by each artist, alongside artists' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies, and essay by Achille Bonito Oliva. Text in English, Italian, and French.

Achille Bonito Oliva (born 1939) is an Italian art critic and historian of contemporary art. Since 1968 he has taught history of contemporary art at La Sapienza, the university of Rome. He has written extensively on contemporary art and contemporary artists; he originated the term Transavanguardia to describe the new direction taken in the late 1970s by artists such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino. He has organised or curated numerous contemporary art events and exhibitions; in 1993 he was artistic director of the Biennale di Venezia.

Good copy w. light wear/tanning/spotting.

File under: UFO UFO Group Lapo Binazzi Alighiero Boetti Pierpaolo Calzolari Gino De Dominicis Luciano Fabro Mimmo Germanà Giuseppe Penone Emilio Prini Gilberto Zorio Jannis Kounellis Giulio Paolini Giorgio Pressburger Achille Bonito Oliva Mario Franco Umberto Silva Paolo Mussat Sartor Frederic Rzewski Marcello Panni Archizoom Superstudio Achille Bonito Oliva Cento Di / Florence Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Out-of-print / Rare Group Shows / Collections Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater Conceptual Art Curatorial Art Arte Povera Furniture Architecture / Interior

The Portrait of Eccentricity : Arcimboldo and the Mannerist Grotesque
by Giancarlo Maiorino

1991, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 184 pages, 22.23 x 14.61 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Penn State University / Pennsylvania

$50.00 - Out of stock

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“In many ways, like its subject, marvelously idiosyncratic and playful, this book will make an important contribution to our understanding of the rhetoric of mannerism.”—Ernest B. Gilman New York University

First 1991 hardcover edition of Giancarlo Maiorino's The Portrait of Eccentricity : Arcimboldo and the Mannerist Grotesque. In this companion to his The Cornucopian Mind and the Baroque Unity of the Arts, Maiorino examines the links between Renaissance and the modern versions of the Groteseque.

In this interdisciplinary study, the term "eccentricity" refers to styles of playful extravagance. Maiorino focuses on the rhetorical figures of excess employed by a critic-historian (Giorgio Vasari), on the willful artificiality of a painter (Giuseppe Arcimboldo), and on the programmatic and interpretive commentary of a theorist (Gregorio Comanini).

Maiorino draws subtle and persuasive connections between the images he discusses and the grotesque "face" of sixteenth-century poetics and rhetoric. He sets the mannerist and the grotesque against the philosophical seriousness of Renaissance humanism, interpreting them as a celebration of the ludic and fantastic possibilities of art itself. Aiming at pleasure rather than instruction, this art plays on the boundaries of the natural and the artificial, the credible and the impossible, taking delight in parody, excess, disjunction, and exaggeration.

Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket.

File under: Giuseppe Arcimboldo Giorgio de Chirico Gian Lorenzo Bernini Michelangelo Federico Zuccari Giulio Romano Giorgio Vasari Giancarlo Maiorino Giorgio Vasari Gregorio Comanini Penn State University / Pennsylvania Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Painting Theory / Essay Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Renaissance / Neoclassicism / Romanticism Art Surrealism Architecture / Interior

Design and Form : The Basic Course at the Bauhaus (Revised Edition)
by Johannes Itten

1975 / 1983, English
Softcover, 135 pages, 20.5 x 20.5 cm
Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Thames and Hudson / London

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Design and Form is the most complete document of one of the landmarks of modern education in art — the famous Basic Course at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Itten was the teacher who organized it at the invitation of Walter Gropius. First published in 1963 when Itten was still alive, the book has been revised and updated by Itten's widow, Anneliese Itten, and includes new material fro the basic course at the Bauhaus, as well as visual examples and descriptions of the refinements made by Itten in later courses in Berlin (1926—1932), Krefeld (1932—1938), and Zurich (1938—1960)."—publisher

Revised 1975 edition, 1983 printing.
Very Good copy. Small bump to back cover lower corner.

File under: Marcel Breuer Walter Gropius Johannes Itten Thames and Hudson / London Bauhaus Out-of-print / Rare Painting Drawing Sculpture / Installation Ceramics / Glass Art Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater Architecture / Interior

Living in the environment
by Alistair Knox

1975 / 76, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 150 pages, 25 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Mullaya / Canterbury

$120.00 - Out of stock

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Rare first 1975 edition, 1976 printing of Alistair Knox's hardcover mud brick classic, Living in the environment, now a cherished bible in the library of any Australian bush-builder, and the first book by the pioneer of the Australian environmental building movement.

"Environmental building and environmental living are not a withdrawal from life, but a renewal of it. Neither is it a habit or fashion. It is a belief in action."—Alistair Knox (1912—1986)

"The history and progress of environmental building is synonymous with the history of modern mud brick building, but it is not confined to this alone. Earth-wall construction stimulates a point of view and a relationship with nature that no other material is able to do. The universality of earth-walling springs first from its availability, and secondly from the fact that it can be produced by human labour alone. It is the heart and soul of the Low Technology lifestyle that is so exercising the minds of conservationists today. The feeling of humanity of earth-walling is one of its greatest ingredients. It also has marvellous insulation qualities. But perhaps the greatest single quality of earth walls is found in the sense of serenity one feels within them. They are almost completely sound absorbent. They neither echo nor creak, but just remain as silent and immutable as the distant Australian landscape itself. In Living in the Environment Alistair Knox, who is considered to be the originator of the Australian environmental building movement, not only tells of his designing activities spanning half a lifetime, but also discusses with deep perception the conservation problems facing society today. In his far-ranging review of the Australian environmental building scene he discusses the influence of Francis Greenway and Walter Burley Griffin, relating their design concepts to their affinity with the Australian landscape."—book jacket

Alistair Samuel Knox (1912—1986) was an Australian designer, builder and landscape architect who used recycled materials and mudbrick in his constructions and is considered to be a pioneer of modern mudbrick building, having designed more than 1,000 houses throughout the Nillumbik region of Victoria as well as in other parts of Australia. Largely self-taught, Knox believed that houses should be built using available resources and by working in harmony with the environment. Knox's main influences were Justus Jorgensen at Montsalvat, Francis Greenaway, Walter Burley Griffin and Frank Lloyd Wright In landscape design Knox was particularly impressed by the work of Ellis Stones and Gordon Ford, whose espousal of 'bush gardens' he helped to promote. As a building practitioner Alistair Knox played a key role in encouraging and facilitating the self-builder movement. By demystifying the building process he helped empower people to build for themselves. Knox was a founding member and fellow (1983) of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. After more than 30 years of designing and building Alistair Knox was awarded an honorary degree as a Doctor of Architecture by the University of Melbourne in 1984.

Very Good copy with VG dust jacket. Light sunning/jacket wear.

File under: Francis Greenway Walter Burley Griffin Alistair Knox Alistair Knox Mullaya / Canterbury Ecology Ecology / Earth Whole Earth / Crafts Ceramics / Glass Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare

The (updated) Last Whole Earth Catalog: Access To Tools

1971, English
Softcover, 448 pages, 36.5 cm x 27.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Penguin Putnam / New York

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Original 1971 edition of the Back-to-the-land bible and hippie homesteading encyclopedia, The Last Whole Earth Catalog. Considered "the internet before the internet", The Whole Earth Catalog was an important American counterculture magazine and product catalog published by author, editor and founder of the Long Now Foundation, Stewart Brand, between 1968—1972. The magazine, sporting the famous slogan "access to tools", promoted self-sufficiency, ecology, alternative education, "do it yourself" (DIY), and holism, through featured essays, articles, poetry, practical guides, plans, philosophies, artwork and most importantly, a huge catalog of product reviews (from books by Buckminster Fuller to synthesizers by Wendy Carlos) that formed an important directory and direct network of craftspeople, educators, artisans, nomads, growers, idealists and independent developers. "It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along."—Steve Jobs. Oh how the internet has turned on us.

"We are as gods and we might as well get used to it. So far remotely done power and glory - as via government, big business, formal education, church - has succeeded to the point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilemma and to these gains a realm of intimate, personal power is developing - the power of individuals to conduct their own education, find their own inspiration, shape their own environment, and share the adventure with whoever is interested. Tools that aid this process are sought and promoted by The Next Earth Catalog."

The back cover photo is of the earth from space. The caption reads, “We can’t put it together. It is together.”

VG copy, with exception of closed tear between front cover and bottom of spine only. Otherwise uncreased spine, only unusually light wear and tear and usual tanning to newsprint pages.

File under: Stewart Brand Buckminster Fuller Penguin Putnam / New York Ecology Ecology / Earth Whole Earth / Crafts Textiles Architecture / Interior Ceramics / Glass Counterculture Health Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals

Australian Style

1970, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 236 pages, 26 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Paul Hamlyn / Sydney

$200.00 - Out of stock

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First, only hardcover edition of the incredible "Australian Style", one of the great unsung interior books of the 1960s/70s. Published in 1970 this heavily-illustrated volume aims to survey what the "new" (c. 1970) Australian style of modern architecture and interior design looked like through profiles on prominent Australian decorators, designers, innovators and architects of the time, including Harry Seidler, Robin Boyd, Gordon Andrews, Babette Hayes, Neville Marsh, Florence Broadhurst, Marion Hall Best, Leslie Walford, Barry Little, Ken Woolley, and Neville Gruzman, amongst many others, lavishly illustrated with photographic reproductions by Rodney Weidland of their interiors, buildings, furniture, textiles, and more. Edited by April Hersey and Babette Haynes, Australia's first Design Stylist of the burgeoning 1960s decor scene.

"Australia is developing a style of living which is as unique as the country itself. With growing affluence and the aggressive assault of mass media on our sensibilities, we have emerged from the era of composite nothingness drawn from remembered lands across the sea, and are presently ﬁnding our own standards and our own likes and dislikes in everything from pepper grinders to ﬁfty-storey buildings. This book opens communication with the people who are making the new Australia liveable. It shows in 236 pages of magniﬁcent colour and black and white illustration just what is happening on the frontiers of our sophistication. It voices the opinions of the experts who create our shelters. Architects like Robin Boyd, Harry Seidler and Neville Gruzman; designers like Gordon Andrews and Florence Broadhurst; interior designers like Marion Hall Best, Leslie Walford and Barry Little and the dozens of other innovators and creators who are daily adding to our knowledge and our comfort. In compiling the text, April Hersey has drawn our domestic development brieﬂy to this time and place and then pin-pointed the rooms of a house and the work of the various designers and architects. Babette Hayes and Rodney Weidland have found the perfect illustrations for everything, from the smallest device to the most extravagant decor, to show Australian homes as they look today."

Very Good copy, with G—VG dust jacket.

File under: Gordon Andrews Harry Seidler Ken Woolley Neville Gruzman Robin Boyd Babette Hayes Florence Broadhurst Marion Hall Best Leslie Walford Barry Little Neville Marsh April Hersey Paul Hamlyn / Sydney Architecture / Interior Australian Art Out-of-print / Rare Furniture

Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art
by Art Boericke and Barry Shapiro

1975, English
Softcover, 96 pages, 21 x 21 cm
1st UK Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Idea Books International / London

$55.00 - Out of stock

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"Author, Art Boericke and Photography Barry Shapiro have traveled for years to the ends of many rural road in order to visit and record the best owner-built structures they could. These words and images will not tell you what to build nor how to build it. We hope that the book will show you some neat solutions to old problems, with gorgeous embellishments, and it will tell you that you needn't be a titan of carpentry in order to have a sprightly outbuilding or a snug main house."

An classic book on wooden houses, lavishly illustrated with interior/exterior photography and details of the author's examples, captured in the early 1970s.

A copy of the less common Idea Books edition from 1975.

File under: Idea Books International / London Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare

Dacha : The Soviet Country Cottage

2023, English
Hardcover, 240 pages, 16 x 20 cm
Published by Fuel / London

$60.00 - Out of stock

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Dachas - countryside houses, built from wood - are largely unknown outside the post-Soviet states. Photographer Fyodor Savintsev has documented these important architectural forms, creating a unique record of a vanishing world.

A 'dacha' is a country house, made of wood, used by Soviet citizens to escape the rigors of the city for rural idyll. Widespread in the countries of the former USSR, this important cultural and architectural form has been largely ignored academically. In Dacha Fyodor Savintsev documents this particularly Russian phenomenon, his photographs constitute a unique record of a rapidly vanishing fairytale wooden world.

The word 'dacha' has been used to describe constructions ranging from grand imperial villas to small sheds. Originally bestowed by the Tsar to reward courtiers, this custom continued following the revolution, with Soviet cooperatives building dachas for their members. Supposedly for the benefit of labourers, in reality they were destined for those favoured by the State, including famous writers, architects and artists - from Pasternak to Prokofiev. The fall of the Soviet Union accelerated their use, as economic uncertainty forced city dwellers towards self-sufficiency. The dacha tradition has survived Revolution, war and the collapse of Communism, becoming an integral part of life in the process.

Using contemporary photographs to showcase these uniquely individual buildings for the first time, alongside an introduction explaining their historical and cultural context, Dacha is the only publication of its kind.

File under: Fyodor Savintsev Anna Benn Fuel / London Architecture / Interior

Carlo Scarpa
Villa "Palazzetto"

1993, English / Japanese
Softcover, 126 pages, 26 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Galerie Watari / Tokyo

$180.00 - Out of stock

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Rare first full book study of this major work of the great Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, Villa "Palazzetto", the 10-year restoration of a 17th century villa at Monselice left unfinished at the time of Scarpa's death in 1978. Published in 1993 on the occasion of a major exhibition of the Villa "Palazzetto" in Tokyo, this first edition of this long out-of-print volume is profusely illustrated with colour and b/w beautiful and intimate documentation, portraits, drawings, plans, remembrances, plus an illustrated career overview documenting all of Scarpa's other major architectural works and design objects 1955—1978. Texts in both English / Japanese by Shizuko Watari, Aldo Businaro, Arata Isozaki, Guido Pietropoli, Louis Kahn, plus biography,

Carlo Scarpa (1906, Venice—1978, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the techniques of the artist and craftsman into ingenious glass and furniture design.

Near Fine copy.

File under: Carlo Scarpa Aldo Businaro Arata Isozaki Louis Kahn Aldo Businaro Arata Isozaki Guido Pietropoli Louis Kahn Shizuko Watari Galerie Watari / Tokyo Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

1970-1980 : Dal Design Al Post-Design
Edited by Isa Vercelloni

1980, Italian
Hardcover, 50 pages, 32 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Casa Vogue / Milan Edizioni Condé Nast / Milan

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First edition, published in 1980 by Edizioni Condé Nast / Casa Vogue (Milan), of this little known furniture book, edited by Casa Vogue editor Isa Vercelloni, who brought us the 1985 classic “Styles of Living: The Best of Casa Vogue”.

This fantastic hardcover book, the first in Casa Vogue's book library, is dedicated entirely to showcasing furniture by (amongst many other deisgners) Aldo Rossi, Gaetano Pesce, Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Toshiyuki Kita, Achille Castiglioni, Alchimia, Paolo Nava, Antonio Citterio, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, B&B Italia, Cassina, Flos, Poltronova, Vico Magistretti, Artemide, Stilnovo, Mario Bellini, Josef Hoffman, Studio Driade, Poltronova, Carlo Scarpa, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Eileen Grey, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gerrit T. Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, , Pierre Jeanneret, C&B Italia, Mario Ceroli, Cini Boeri, Arflex, Zanotta, Superstudio, Archizoom, Knoll, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Jonathan de Pas, De. Pas + D'urbino + Lomazzi, Donato d'Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi, Gufram, Giani Ruffi, Piero Gilardi, Joe Columbo, Sergio Asti, Hans Hollein...

Scarce, wonderfully compiled Italian title of 1970's-1980's furniture design and its influences.

Very Good copy.

File under: Achille Castiglioni Alessandro Mendini Angelo Mangiarotti Antonio Citterio Archizoom Arflex Artemide Carlo Scarpa Cassina Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charlotte Perriand Cini Boeri De Pas Donato d'Urbino D'Urbino Eileen Gray Enzo Mari Gae Aulenti Gerrit Rietveld Giani Ruffi Gufram Hans Hollein Joe Colombo Jonathan de Pas Josef Hoffmann Le Corbusier Mario Bellini Mario Ceroli Max Ernst Meret Oppenheim Paolo Lomazzi Paolo Nava Piero Gilardi Pierre Jeanneret Poltronova René Magritte Sergio Asti Stilnovo Studio 65 Studio Driade Superstudio Toshiyuki Kita Vico Magistretti Zanotta B&B Italia Isa Vercelloni Casa Vogue / Milan Edizioni Condé Nast / Milan Architecture / Interior Out-of-print / Rare Furniture Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Ceramics / Glass Pop Art Arte Povera Sculpture / Installation

Styles of Living
The Best of Casa Vogue

1985, English
Hardcover (w. dustjacket), 224 pages, 30 x 22.6 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Rizzoli / New York

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First edition, published by Rizzoli in 1985, of this classic interior design book, "Styles of Living: The Best of Casa Vogue"

Making appearances in these rooms: Gae Aulenti, Man Ray, Enzo Mari, Carlo Scarpa, Pablo Picasso, Josef Hoffman, Cinzia Ruggeri, Max Ernst, Wols, Matteo Thun, Ettore Sottsass, Le Corbusier, Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Lucio Fontana, Eileen Grey, Daniel Buren, Gaetano Pesce, Charles Eames, Verner Panton, Massimo Vignelli, Andy Warhol, Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Tàpies, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alver Aalto.....

"Ever since the end of the Second World War, Italian style, design and decoration have maintained an unprecedented predominance in the Western World. It was in the early 1950s that a great surge of decorative talent welled up in Italy, and this resulted in the 'Italian look' in clothes and in homes - a new standard of chic inventiveness.

The Italian view of interior design has been most enterprisingly expressed in the magazine Casa Vogue, which was founded in 1968 and has consistently been one of the most admired publications of Condé Nast International.

This book, garnered from the many issues of Casa Vogue, has been written and produced under the guidance of Isa Vercellonim who has been its editor ever since its inception. The choice of picture-stories is intended to reflect the unusual and distinctive diversity of the magazine - ranging from traditional decoration to the more advance examples of minimal design, most the most significant of contemporary buildings to the spectacular reconstructions and reconversions of old palazzi and coachhouses, from the 'post modern' to the 'anti-modern' and any other 'moderns' that may have been advocated recently. Italian trends naturally provide the main focus, but Casa Vogue also includes developments in the United States, France, Switzerland - indeed, wherever unusual and meaningful designs are being created."

Very good copy in Good dust-jacket, protected under mylar wrap.

File under: Andy Warhol Antoni Tàpies Carlo Scarpa Charles Eames Cinzia Ruggeri Daniel Buren Eileen Gray Enzo Mari Ettore Sottsass Frank Lloyd Wright Gae Aulenti Gaetano Pesce Josef Hoffmann Le Corbusier Lucio Fontana Man Ray Massimo Vignelli Matteo Thun Max Ernst Michelangelo Pistoletto Pablo Picasso René Magritte Salvador Dalí Verner Panton Wols Alvar Aalto Rizzoli / New York Architecture / Interior Furniture Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism Pop Art Ceramics / Glass Arte Povera

Paul Scheerbart
Jenseitsgalerie — Gesammelte Zeichnungen

1981, German
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 164 pages, 20 x 24.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good

$100.00 - Out of stock

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Beautiful album collecting the graphic works of the eccentric, Danzig-born poet, architectural prophet, and proto-surrealist Paul Scheerbart, edited by Machthild Rausch and published by Verlag Klaus G. Renner, Münich. "Beyond Gallery", reproducing his phenomenal illustrations, alongside texts in German, is a comprehensive overview of the visionary "first Expressionist" and master of the fantastique. Highly recommended.

Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart (1863—1915) was a German author of speculative fiction literature and drawings, best remembered through obscure citations from Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius, and Bruno Taut. From the late 1880s to his premature death in 1915, he wrote prolifically on science, urban planning and design, space travel, and gender politics, often in the course of a single text. His most celebrated treatise, Glass Architecture (Glasarchitektur, 1914) foretold of a sublime, technocratic civilization whose peaceful world-order was borne from the proliferation of crystal cities and floating continents of chromatic glass, a vision summed up in his aphorism: “Colored glass destroys all hatred at last.” Like his French contemporaries Camille Flammarion, Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Raymond Roussel, and Alfred Jarry, Scheerbart’s prophetic oeuvre oscillated between themes of technology and aesthetics in a genre known in the Francophone world as fantastique.

Very Good copy with VG dust jacket.

File under: Paul Scheerbart Paul Scheerbart Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Out-of-print / Rare Art Drawing Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Architecture / Interior Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction

Paul Scheerbart
Jenseitsgalerie — Gesammelte Zeichnungen

1981, German
Hardcover, 164 pages, 20 x 24.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Verlag Klaus G. Renner / Münich

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Beautiful album collecting the graphic works of the eccentric, Danzig-born poet, architectural prophet, and proto-surrealist Paul Scheerbart, edited by Machthild Rausch and published by Verlag Klaus G. Renner, Münich. "Beyond Gallery", reproducing his phenomenal illustrations, alongside texts in German, is a comprehensive overview of the visionary "first Expressionist" and master of the fantastique. Highly recommended.

Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart (1863—1915) was a German author of speculative fiction literature and drawings, best remembered through obscure citations from Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius, and Bruno Taut. From the late 1880s to his premature death in 1915, he wrote prolifically on science, urban planning and design, space travel, and gender politics, often in the course of a single text. His most celebrated treatise, Glass Architecture (Glasarchitektur, 1914) foretold of a sublime, technocratic civilization whose peaceful world-order was borne from the proliferation of crystal cities and floating continents of chromatic glass, a vision summed up in his aphorism: “Colored glass destroys all hatred at last.” Like his French contemporaries Camille Flammarion, Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Raymond Roussel, and Alfred Jarry, Scheerbart’s prophetic oeuvre oscillated between themes of technology and aesthetics in a genre known in the Francophone world as fantastique.

Very Good copy. No dust jacket.

File under: Paul Scheerbart Paul Scheerbart Verlag Klaus G. Renner / Münich Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Out-of-print / Rare Drawing Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Art Architecture / Interior Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction