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Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the twentieth century. As younger members of CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) and as founding members of Team 10 they were at the heart of the debate on the future course of Modern Architecture. Their polemics and designs - addressing issues such as the rising consumer society and the orientation of urban planning - laid the foundations for New Brutalism and the Pop Art Movement of the 1960s. An important adaptation made by the Smithsons and their generation was the rejection of modernism's machine aesthetics. The new notions of place and territory were juxtaposed to Le Corbusier's machine à habiter. To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location and able to meet the ordinary requirements of everyday life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use. This exhibition examines the evolution of the Smithsons' approach to this everyday "art of inhabitation." It does this by extensively documenting most of their designs for individual dwellings, especially their optimistic House of the Future of 1956 and the series of renovations of and additions to the fairy-tale-like Hexenhaus in Germany from the late 1980s onward

Præsentation af en række balletter illustreret med fotografier og tegninger af kostumer og kulisser, ordnet alfabetisk efter designeren

This documents the distinguished collection of European art—from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries—that forms a significant part of the collections belonging to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. This book includes stunning canvases by Gericault, Delacroix, Degas, Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, and Matisse. What makes the collection so noteworthy are the extraordinary works by unknown artists and the unknown works by known artists.

In this new series, the Design Museum looks at the fifty design icons of major cities around the world - icons that, when viewed together, inherently sum up the spirit of their city. Covering anything from buildings and monuments to a graffiti mural or an item of clothing, we are able to build up an intricate portrait of a city, layer by layer. From its long-serving Routemaster buses and world-famous tube map to the miniskirts of the swinging sixties and the imposing silhouette of Battersea Power Station, London is a tapestry of design masterpieces. Join Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, as he unravels the visual history of one of our most complex and intriguing cities. Contents include: The Times masthead Abbey Road Battersea Power Station Tate Modern Turbine Hall Banksy graffiti mural Mary Quant miniskirt Tube map Christopher Kane flourescent dress Lloyd's of London London Aquatics Centre ...and many more.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is the first installment of a fully illustrated catalogue of the Academy's priceless collection of paintings and sculptures.

The Best of News Design 36th Edition presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design's 2015 competition. Insightful commentary on what made each piece a standout is included.

Rarely seen drawings by 64 masters, including Braque, CZzanne, Degas, Gauguin, Hugo, Klee, Manet, Matisse, Modigliani, Mondrian, Monet, Munch, Picasso, Renoir, Rodin, Rubens, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh and Watteau, are reproduced in this exceptional collection. Victor Chan provides a full biographical sketch of the individual masters and discusses their art.

Celebrated global design firm Pentagram has produced a series of signature annual documents, known as Pentagram Papers, exclusively for clients and colleagues since 1975. On the occasion of the firm's 35-year anniversary, these quirky and influential Papers are collected here together for the first time. Each Paper explores a unique and curious topic of interest to the Pentagram designersMao buttons, the Savoy ballroom, rural Australian mailboxes, and the pop architecture of Wildwood, New Jersey, have all been featured subjects. Included here are not only in-depth reproductions and detailed discussion of the Papers' origins, but also an exclusive new Paper created especially for the book and set into a tray inside its back cover.

This publication is accompanied by a DVD with documentaries, sound, images and animations from Intimate Transactions."--Inside front cover.

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Alison and Peter Smithson

Alison and Peter Smithson

The Art of Ballets Russes

The Art of Ballets Russes

European Painting and Sculpture, Ca. 1770-1937, in the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

European Painting and Sculpture, Ca. 1770-1937, in the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

London in Fifty Design Icons

London in Fifty Design Icons

Guide to the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum

Guide to the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925

The Best of News Design 36th Edition

The Best of News Design 36th Edition

Rubens to Picasso: Four Centuries of Master Drawings

Rubens to Picasso: Four Centuries of Master Drawings

Pentagram Papers

Pentagram Papers

Intimate Transactions

Intimate Transactions

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