Josef + Anni Albers : designs for living / [text, Nicholas Fox Weber, Martin Filler ; foreword: Paul Warwick Thompson].
By: Weber, Nicholas Fox
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Contributor(s): Filler, Martin.
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Merrell, 2004Description: 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 1858942640 .Other title: Josef and Anni Albers : designs for living.Subject(s): Albers, Anni | Albers, Josef | Textile design -- Germany -- Exhibitions | Textile design -- United States -- Exhibitions | Furniture design -- Germany -- Exhibitions | Furniture design -- United States -- Exhibitions | Designers -- Germany | Designers -- United States | Interior decoration -- Germany | Interior decoration -- United StatesDDC classification: 745.40922 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending | 745.40922 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00155801 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A comprehensive book on furniture, textiles and other works of two of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century
Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Josef and Anni Albers: design for living, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
Foreword / Paul Warwick Thompson -- Designs for living / Nicholas Fox Weber -- A marriage of true minds : the designs of Josef and Anni Albers / Martin Filler -- The works of Josef and Anni Albers -- Excerpts from the writings of Josef and Anni Albers.
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This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum between October 2004 and February 2005. The exhibit is the "first retrospective ever of the pioneering artists' iconic as well as relatively unknown designs for everyday living," according to the museum Web site . Accordingly, this book is the first to examine the interior design work of Josef and Anni Albers, known chiefly as major abstract artists of the 20th century. The book includes two essays. "Designs for Living" by Weber (executive director, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation) provides a colorful historical overview of the pair and their design interest in everyday objects, inspired by their observation that "art is everywhere." The other essay, "A Marriage of Two Minds: The Designs of Josef and Anni Albers" by architecture critic Martin Filler, analyzes the couple's wide-ranging artistic output. More than 150 exquisite illustrations document the legacy of the Alberses. Works include record covers, stained and sandblasted glass, postcards, kitchen utensils and tableware, textile arts, and furniture pieces. This is an essential addition for modern art and design collections. ^BSumming Up: Essential. All levels. E. H. Teague University of OregonAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Martin Filler was the longtime architecture critic of House and Garden until it ceased publication in 2007. He is the co-author, with Olivier Boissiere, of The Vitra Design Museum: Frank Gehry, Architect, and the author of Makers of Modern Architecture, Volumes I and II, based on essays from The New York Review of Books. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.(Bowker Author Biography)