Furniture

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907908859Author Max LambFormat PaperbackImprint Dent-De-LeonePublisher Dent-De-Leone

Growing up, almost every kid dreams of finding buried treasure. That dream slowly fades with age as they realise that Blackbeard never visited their backyard. For some, the search for treasure continues in their adult lives in other ways. Metal detectors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788875703493Author Roberto MattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint CorrainiPublisher CorrainiWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 259mm * 211mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959051224Author Leah HsiaoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector BooksWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 145mm * 104mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977329731Author Suzanne DemischFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Demisch DanantPublisher Demisch Danant

From the white plastic bed for the Prisunic catalogue (1966) to the Culbuto armchair issued by Knoll, and from the Lip watch to the private apartments of the Elysee Palace, Paris, (1983), the furniture and objects conceived by Marc Held have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788884912978Author Silvia SuardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783205775713Author Eva B. OttillingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Bohlau VerlagPublisher Bohlau VerlagWeight(grams) 0g

The five countries known collectively as Scandinavia were the source of some of the most important furniture designs of the twentieth century and the influential concept of "Scandinavian modern." Today, a new generation of designers continues the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959053280Author chmara.rosinkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector Books

"It is a rare species, but it exists," as '60s art critic Pascal Renous pointed out on the subject of artistic couples. This designer-decorator duo of Janine Abraham and Dirk-Jan Rol met at Jacques Dumond's studio in 1955. The couple shares the same love...

An essential new look at the design philosophy that interrogated modern living against the turbulent political landscape of 1960s Italy In the mid-1960s, reacting to contemporary social and political upheaval, young Italian architects and designers began...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517037355Author Joseph AronsonFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Florence Knoll (1917-2019) was a leading force of modern design. She worked from 1945 to 1965 at Knoll Associates, first as business partner with her husband Hans Knoll, later as president after his death, and, finally, as design director. Her...

Founded in 2014 by the design ingenue Harry Nuriev, Crosby Studios is one of the buzziest furniture, interior design, lifestyle, and architecture brands of this day and age. With instantly recognizable viral pieces, Crosby Studios is behind some of today...

As featured in Bookforum, ELLE Decor, and Interior Design MagazineThe first and only monograph on the life and work of the iconic Danish-American mid-century furniture designer Jens Risom - an unsung hero of Mid-Century Modern designJens Risom, a key...

A beautifully illustrated catalogue bringing cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale Junior out of the shadow of his father. The Chippendale cabinet-making firm, founded by Thomas Chippendale Senior in about 1750, became famous partly through the successful...

Concrete is a fascinating material in the hands of a creative person. The Direct Concrete Technique, illustrated in this book, empowers anyone to make furniture or sculpture by hand without molds or forms. The key to this method is the use of a steel...

The first comprehensive study of Knoll's innovative textile designs and the company's role within the history of interior design In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture...

In line with the works on decorators of the 1940s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, this book plunges us into the world of '80s and '90s. These have witnessed unprecedented experiments in the world of design and architecture. Composed of a rich introduction which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491727429Author Marlous van RossumFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Frame Publishers BVPublisher Frame Publishers BVWeight(grams) 1730g

Works by hundreds of prominent designers, including Alvar Aalto, Vignelli Associates, Aldo Rossi, Le Corbusier, and Paolo Nava, pack the pages. Over 2,000 important pieces arranged by type of furniture or fixture make this book the go-to guide for...

Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) is an iconic character and one of the most influential figures of the American Arts & Crafts movement. A self-made man whose furniture company, Craftsman Workshops, and the seminal magazine he founded in 1901, The Craftsman,...

Influenced by the currently very popular do-it-yourself movement, the contemporary design scene is increasingly shaped by a creative fusion of production and consumption. When it comes to the development of a self-made furniture culture, this book...

For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for...

Upholstered pieces of furniture are familiar to all of us as more or less constant companions of everyday life. Upholstery is comfortable, it conveys security and promises comfort, it has a specific design, asserts or creates status and tells a (hi)story...

A master furniture maker, designer, sculptor, and educator, Wendell Castle is in his sixth decade of a fruitful and creative career that began in 1958 and that parallels the emergence and growth of the American studio craft movement. Also available:...

Innovations in lighting design were rampant in the early decades of the twentieth century when electricity opened a new alternative, and therefore an opportunity, to home furnishing. One of the largest manufacturers of new lighting devices was the...

In recent years, there has been a great deal of interest in 'design classics', both in their increased availability and affordability through re-issues, and in their widespread re-interpretation by contemporary designers and artists. Focusing on chairs,...

'Jens Quistgaard is a designer's book, tightly focused on materials and construction details. This is apparent from the moment you pick it up.' - The New Yorker The first authoritative monograph on the life and work of the celebrated Danish-American...

Having gone through more than seven years of architectural and design studies, Jimmy Doctor found that all those years spent studying architecture and interior design did not give him even a glimpse of what goes into detailing a piece of furniture like a...

The volume, with a foreword by Germano Celant and numerous critical contributions, retraces the work of Milanese architect Mario Bellini in a sweeping overview spanning almost 60 years of design, architecture, exhibition design and more besides. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576878514Author Patrick ParrishFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

When you step into the headquarters of the Republic of Fritz Hansen in Allerod, northwest of Copenhagen, you are breathing in the spirit of a company that has made design history. The showroom, which is a mecca for design and architecture students,...

Raised as a Quaker in Eastern Pennsylvania, designer and sculptor Paul Evans is known for his highly unusual and yet completely functional furniture designs. Evans produced more than a dozen lines of furniture and countless design variations during his...

Kimbel and Cabus were among the most progressive design reformers of their time. This is the first publication to explore the timeless American immigrant success story of the trailblazing New York City design team who captured national attention with...

Emille Galle was one of the great names of the Art Nouveau movement in France, and founder of the famous Ecole de Nancy. A polymath and committed social activist, he was best known for his glasswork and faience. Furniture became his third discipline...

A contribution to the study necessary to understand the place of this small but distinct group of artefacts in the context of the 19th century. The book provides a set of photographs and measured drawings of Shaker furniture for both study and...

In this private collection based in Geneva, the chairs are not an assembly of objects of everyday use. They are a congregation of creatures eluding their primary purpose as seating. Like a pendulum swinging between design and art they do often permit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080204196Author Clement DirieFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1700g