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Oliver Vogt & Hermann Weizenegger: V+W Design Matrix
Mel Byars
Hatje Cantz Publishers
Hatje Cantz Publishers
The young Berlin designers Oliver Vogt and Hermann Weizenegger already enjoy international renown--prototypes of their furniture have made their way to museums including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Beyond their original products and...
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Curves of Time: Oscar Niemeyer Memoirs
Oscar Neimeyer
Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press
Some people live to work while others work to live, and based on this charmingly relaxed and meandering memoir, it would seem that Oscar Niemeyer definitely falls in the latter category. Not to say that he doesn't spend considerable time here musing...
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Wolfgang Paalen: Artist and Theorist of the Avant-Garde
Amy Winter
Praeger Publishers
Praeger Publishers
Both critic and artist, Wolfgang Paalen was a highly influential figure in the culture of the Modernist movements of the 20th century. His work significantly informed Abstract Expressionism, especially with his periodical DYN, published from...
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Fagus: Industrial Culture from Werkbund to Bauhaus
Annemarie Jaeggi
Princeton Architectural Press
Princeton Architectural Press
The Fagus Shoe-Last factory in Alfred, Germany is a seminal building in the history of modern architecture. Designed by Walter Gropius in 1911, this three-story factory was the first large structure to use a steel frame, allowing the facade to be...
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The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics
Eva Forgacs
A Central European University Press Book
A Central European University Press Book
In this highly original book, Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus school of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than on its artefacts. What gave this idea its...
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Towards Universality: Le Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl
Richard Padovan
Routledge
Routledge
There is no shortage of books about Le Corbusier, or Mies van der Rohe, or De Stijl. This one is different, however, in a number of ways. First, it does not treat them as separate subjects, but in relation to each other. While their response to...
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