Peter Fiell Boeken

The bible of breakthroughs and inspiration (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to graphics, it's all here?the work of artists who have shaped and recreated the modern world with a dizzying variety of materials. From the organic to the geometric, from Art Deco, through to Pop and High-Tech, this book contains all the great names - Bernhard, Bertoia, De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Starck, Charles and Ray Eames, to name only a very few. This essential book is a comprehensive journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. An A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.

Covering a wide range of design disciplines, this comprehensive account traces the evolution of architecture, graphics, industrial design, and interior design from prehistoric times to the present digital age. It explores key historical periods, including the ancient world, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution, highlighting significant movements and their impacts on contemporary design practices.

This lavish book celebrates the rich heritage of Chinese craftsmanship, exploring the revival of artisanal spirit in contemporary design. It highlights key pioneers and features various crafts, including lacquer, jade carving, silk embroidery, and porcelain, showcasing the depth and diversity of this artistic tradition.

Per ottant'anni la rivista Domus è stata salutata come la rivista di architettura e design più influente del mondo. Fondata nel 1928 dall'architetto milanese Giò Ponti, è sempre rimasta fedele al suo intento iniziale, cioè quello di offrire un punto di vista privilegiato su tutto quello che identifica una particolare periodo, dall'Art Deco al Movimento modernista, dal Funzionalismo al Pop. Concepito con un layout chiaro ed elegante e corredato da articoli chiari ed esaustivi, pagina dopo pagina Domus è la rivista che meglio illustra l'arte e l'architettura a livello mondiale. I valori prima ampiamente riconosciuti, quali la funzionalità, l'eleganza, il rispetto dei materiali furono accantonati per lasciare spazio alle idee pop e alla critica socioculturale delle nuove generazioni di architetti e designer che volevano differenziarsi dai loro padri. In questo decimo volume troviamo la seconda metà degli anni ottanta.

Design is a multi-disciplined approach to problem-solving that has always uniquely reflected humankind's aspirations, needs and desires. It has both shaped and mirrored the spirit of our times. 'The Story of Design' is a fascinating multi-stranded account that is truly comprehensive in its scope, introducing the styles, movements, theories, materials, processes, technologies, leading practitioners and companies that have shaped modern design into what it is today. Contextualizing developments in design with regard to wider social, cultural and political matters, this is an indispensable overview of creative endeavour in the pursuit of the better-designed product.

Latex, plastics, and fervent consumerism: discover the design trends and materials which literally shaped the American 1950s. This overview explores a decade of postwar rebuilding driven by idealistic vision and positive spirit, applied from the suburbs to the inner cities, and from furniture to metalware. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition...

An keinem anderen Möbelstück hat sich die Fantasie der Designer so sehr ausgetobt wie am Stuhl. Die subtile Krümmung einer Rückenlehne, die Drehung eines Stuhlbeins, der Winkel einer Sitzfläche oder die Farbe des ganzen Möbels: Jedes Element spiegelt das Stilbewusstsein einer Ära. Von Gerrit Rietveld und Alvar Aalto bis Verner Panton und Eva Zeisel, vom Jugendstil bis zum Internationalen Stil, von der Pop-Art bis zur Postmoderne: Alle sind sie hier vertreten: Thonets Bugholzstühle und Hoffmanns Sitzmaschinen, Marcel Breuers Wassily-Stuhl und Ron Arads avantgardistische Lehnstühle. Frühe Designer und Pioniere des modernen Stuhls werden neben den jüngsten Sitzmöbelinnovationen präsentiert. Dieses monothematische Kompendium zeigt jeden Stuhl als reine Form nebst biografischen und historischen Informationen über die Stücke und ihre Designer. Ein aufschlussreiches Werk für alle, die Design lieben, und ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für Sammler!

This work reproduces material from "Studio Magazine" - a look at innovations in 1920s interior design and architecture. It spans through the design styles of the roaring Twenties, from the Art Deco movement flaunting excess through Modernism and into Le Corbusiers "machines for living".

This guide to the design trends and styles of the 1930s and 1940s reproduces material from "Studio Magazine" - a work dedicated to decorative arts. It examines the transition from Romanticism to Rationalism, from the opulent Art Deco style to the pragmatic Modernist designs.

This reference book highlights the period which marked the aesthetic transition from the Victorian era to the modern age. It reproduces examples from Studio Magazine's "Decorative Arts Yearbook", looking at the avant garde work of designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh.