Pierre Chareau
Modern Architecture and Design
ISBN: HB: 9780300277852,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
288 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 285 colour illus.
288 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 285 colour illus.
Now back in print, a revealing look at the visionary French furniture designer and architect, highlighting his virtuoso designs and versatile creativity.
The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His e...
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Mack
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300239850,
Yale University Press,
April 2024
256 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
The most up-to-date account of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterwork.
The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is a monument of international significance in the history of architecture and design. D...
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Weaving at Black Mountain College
Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students
ISBN: HB: 9780300273564,
Yale University Press,
November 2023
216 pp., 26,7x21,6 cm, 90 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.
216 pp., 26,7x21,6 cm, 90 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.
A detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College.
In the mid-twentieth century, Black Mountain College attracted a remarkable roster of artists, architects, and musicians. Yet the weaving classes taught by...
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A Dark, A Light, A Bright
The Designs of Dorothy Liebes
ISBN: HB: 9780300266153,
Yale University Press,
June 2023
256 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
256 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century.
At the time of her death, Dorothy Liebes (1897-1972) was called "the greatest mode...
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Warhol
The Textiles
ISBN: HB: 9780300270518,
Yale University Press,
March 2023
160 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 131 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 131 colour and black&white illus.
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), a giant of twentieth century art, is known to most people for his iconic images of soup cans, Coke bottles, and Marilyn Monroe. Before his meteoric rise to fame in the early 1960s as a Pop Art superstar, Warhol was a highly s...
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ARS MECHANICA
Driving Innovation
ISBN: HB: 9780300267006,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
November 2022
400 pp., 31,7x24,1 cm, 300 colour illus.
400 pp., 31,7x24,1 cm, 300 colour illus.
"ARS MECHANICA" traces the comprehensive history of the Herstal Group, renowned worldwide through its brands FN Herstal, Browning, and Winchester. Almost 130 years of technological innovation and unique know-how has allowed the company to develop, ma...
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Kaffe Fassett
The Artist's Eye
ISBN: HB: 9780300267129,
Yale University Press,
October 2022
240 pp., 20,9x23,9 cm, 170 colour illus.
240 pp., 20,9x23,9 cm, 170 colour illus.
The first major publication to explore the prolific career of Kaffe Fassett, one of the most recognized names in contemporary craft and design.
Kaffe Fassett (b. 1937) is one of the most recognized names in contemporary craft and design with work en...
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Fortuny
Time, Space, Light
ISBN: HB: 9780300254150,
Yale University Press,
September 2022
192 pp., 26,9x21,5 cm, 149 colour and black&white illus.
192 pp., 26,9x21,5 cm, 149 colour and black&white illus.
Uncovers the extraordinary breadth of designer Mariano Fortuny, including and beyond his fashion output, alongside the personal and political catalysts that inspired him.
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was a polymath who experimented in a var...
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Artek and the Aaltos
Creating a Modern World (Revised and Expanded Edition)
ISBN: HB: 9780300258967,
Yale University Press,
September 2022
696 pp., 26,0x19,0 cm, 500 colour and black&white illus.
696 pp., 26,0x19,0 cm, 500 colour and black&white illus.
Best known for the production of Aalto's famous bentwood furniture, Artek was a multifaceted design company that created numerous innovative products. This extensively illustrated book is based on an extraordinary range of newly discovered archival m...
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Social Fabrics
Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs
ISBN: PB: 9780300260090,
Yale University Press,
November 2021
176 pp., 26,0x26,0 cm, 130 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
176 pp., 26,0x26,0 cm, 130 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
Social Fabrics looks at tiraz – highly prized textiles enhanced with woven, embroidered, or painted inscriptions in Arabic – to trace the structure of medieval Egyptian society during a transformative period. It reveals a story as interwoven and comp...
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