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“Who influenced the style of the Wiener Werkstätte (WW) from the moment it was founded in 1903? Names that immediately come to mind are those of the great male artists Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Dagobert Peche. Yet, from the outset, women artists were also involved in the WW’s creations. Their number grew constantly until the company’s liquidation in 1932, and especially in the interwar years Mathilde Flögl, Maria Likarz, Felice Rix, or Vally Wieselthier defined the look of the WW with fantastic fabric patterns and expressive ceramics. In the course of our research, about 180 female artists were identified and approximately half of these are represented in this exhibition book. Educated at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts and employed at the WW by Hoffmann, the women designed fabrics, fashion, home accessories, toys, and commercial art and, in addition, also took over the field of ceramics where they were able to work purely artistically. Furthermore, they also developed exceptional murals for interiors—be it flats, restaurants, or exhibition spaces. Although highly recognized at their time, the women artists were mostly forgotten after the end of the WW. The catalog and exhibition want to give them a face and raise awareness for an oeuvre that was involved in constituting the unique position of the Wiener Werkstätte between Art Nouveau and Bauhaus”
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“The Green Imperative. Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture”. Paperback, 2021 (1995). XVIII, 318 pp. Worn used copy but clean inside
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“A comprehensive overview of the work of the designer, author, and activist Victor J. Papanek. His main work, the instructive guide ‘Design for the Real World’ published in 1971, is as much in focus as his designs and his commitment to social minorities, the so-called Third World, and the considerate use of natural resources. This book documents countless photographs, artistic works and designs, objects, drawings, letters, and other materials, some of which are published here for the first time. Papanek’s close exchange with contemporaries such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, George Nelson, and Marshall McLuhan is also examined. Contemporary work by Tomás Saraceno, Catherine Sarah Young, Gabriel Ann Maher, Thomas Thwaites, and Forensic Architecture, as well as Flui Coletivo and Questtonó, among others, rounds off the publication and demonstrates that Papanek’s interpretation of design as a tool for social transformation is as relevant as ever and continues to shape debate on social design, critical design, and design thinking. With essays by Alison J. Clarke, Amelie Klein, Jan Boelen, Felicity Scott, Jamer Hunt, Cameron Tonkinwise, among other contributors”
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“The City: Compiled by Paul Ferris” (Jackdaw. no. 134). London: Jackdaw Publications Ltd, 1974. Oblong 4to original folder complete with 9 sheets as issued, hereof one very large poster. The cover is a bit worn (see photo) all the items inside clean and well preserved and looks unread and unused…
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Edited by Germano Celant & Lisa Dennison. New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film, and Video. Milan: Published by Skira, 2006. Large very heavy hardcover with jacket. 546 pages, richly illustrated. Text in English. Light wear to edges and jacket. Overall a very good or near…
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Perriand, Charlotte. – Burgin, Victor et al. – . AA FILES. Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture – Summer 1987, Issue N. 15. London: The Architectural Association, 1987. Oversized large 4to in stiff wraps as issued. 112 pages, richly illustrated. Text in English. A very good copy, clean…
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Hoffmann, Josef. – Loos, Adolf. – Wagner, Otto et al. – Asenbaum, Stefan – Hummel, Julius (ed.):. Gebogenes Holz. Konstruktive Entwürfe, Wien 1840-1910. Michael Thonet, Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, Kolo Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Gustav Siegel, Josef Urban, Fritz Nagel, Marcel Kammerer, Anton Lorenz (Thonet Bentwood). Vienna: Künstlerhaus Wien, 1979. Tall…
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Københavns Snedkerlaugs 34. Udstilling 1960 /34th Furniture Exhibition. Catalogue 1960. Exhibition of Hand-Made Furniture by Members of the Cabinet-Makers Guild. Copenhagen, 1960. Original illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Text in Danish. Cover with light edgewear else a clean fine copy Furniture and design by Børge Mogensen, Hans J. Wegner, Ole Wanscher…
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Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag, 1990. Large oversized 4to hardcover with dustjacket. 144 pages, richly illustrated. Text in Danish. Well preserved copy / Fint eksemplar af den danske udgave.
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“Hjemmets Brugskunst. Kunsthåndværk og Kunstindustri i Norden”, redigeret af Erik Zahle. Copenhagen: Hassings 1961. 4to. Large original hardcover with red topedge, complete with well preserved dustjacket. 300 pp. Richly illustrated. Text in Danish. Very good copy The big classic on Midcentury Danish and Scandinavian Design in Applied Arts / Furniture…
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“More than 340 masterworks are illustrated, many in full color: evocative nineteenth-century Viking revival silver, enamels, and textiles; delicately modeled Art Nouveau ceramics; functionalistic designs of the 1930s; sculptural furniture from mid-century; and an impressive range of contemporary craft and design. Whether opulent jewelry, innovative furniture, or practical tablewares, every object has been selected to illuminate the rich variety of Scandinavian design”
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Giorgio Maffei and Bruno Tonini: Books by Ettore Sottsass. Edizioni Corraini, 2011. 8vo in stiff wraps as issued. 295 pages, richly illustrated in color. Text in both English and Italian. Fine clean copy First edition of Maffai and Tonini’s reference work on Sottsass artists books
