Furniture

"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...

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...

This is the story in pictures of a dimension of living that differs from every other. While there have been attempts to create a philosophy of interior design, there has rarely been an effort to discover the soul of furniture and objects. That is what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938461507Author Vladimir KaganFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Pointed Leaf PressPublisher Pointed Leaf Press

Giorgetti is renowned for its unparalleled blend of tradition, innovation, and originality. Giorgetti s functional, contemporary pieces and their integration of the highest artisanship and woodworking tradition are presented in this volume through a rich...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786274922Author Charlotte FiellFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing

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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

Indochine Style takes you into the heart of an exciting and eclectic world inspired by Indian, Chinese and French traditions. The projects featured celebrate the best of what is often referred to as Indochine: Vietnamese and Laotian architecture,...

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...

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 stunning survey of the largely unknown, but increasingly collectible, modernist furniture of Brazil, whose design culture is set for wide international exposure. Twentieth-century Brazilian furniture design is perhaps the last great largely unknown...

'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...

A vivid company biography of leading furniture manufacturer Walter Knoll based on its formative figures Wilhelm, Hans, and Walter Knoll, and most recently, Markus Benz. Walter Knoll, the book, charts the one-and-a-half-century-old history of this...

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...

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,...

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...

The creation of an American furniture style at a crossroads of transatlantic trade American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the...

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

Chedis, chofahs and intricate decorative details are some of the salient architectural features that represent the distinguished Thai style, where function is combined with an innate beauty of form. In this revised edition, some of the most beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798546363956Author Arie SethiFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 68g

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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:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783948338091Author Hsin-Ying HoFormat HardbackImprint Till Wiedeck, METER BooksPublisher Till Wiedeck, METER Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983771019Author Guido Sartoretto VernaFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633451537Author Juliet KinchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083350103Author Matteo GuarnacciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Set Margins' PublicationsPublisher Set Margins' Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798547383144Author Mauricio AmpyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798547376658Author Felipe ModicaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g