Die neue Wohnung. Die Frau als Schöpferin. Mit 65 Abbildungen. Zweite Auflage (“The New Living Space. The Woman as Creator”. Second, revised and enlarged edition). Leipzig: Verlag v Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1924. Small 8vo in original sewn hardcover boards. 106 (6) pages, with 65 illustrations. Fine early Bauhaus item. 2nd…
First published in 1938, this collection of essays sets out some of foundational ideas of 20th-century technology innovator R. Buckminster Fuller, an early pioneer in sustainable design. Written in plain language with a sense of humor, the book outlines his concerns about sustainability, presents his utopian vision of future prosperity driven by technological progress, and reveals his leanings toward poetry and philosophy. This edition contains a brief foreword and two essays on his ideas, plus b&w historical photos of Fuller and some of his inventions
Spector Books 2020. 8vo in stiff wraps as issued. 192 pp. Text in English. With numerous black-white and colour illustrations. New copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition cycle Space is the Place curated by Lukas Feireiss at BNKR – Current reflections on art and architecture. Texts by Franz…