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Gabellini: Architecture of the Interior
Michael Gabellini

Rizzoli, 2008

Pared to programmatic essence, Michael Gabellini?s work emanates a serenity that belies an underlying complexity. His spaces unfold as intricately crafted, yet subtle stages for the interaction of volume, light, and materials. Initially recognized for his work for major fashion brands such as Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, and, especially, Jil Sander, Gabellini set a new aesthetic standard in retail design. Equally innovative is ...

Paris-New York: Design Fashion Culture 1925-1940

3 reviews

The Monacelli Press, 2008

A true masterpiece
I just got this book and haven't put it down. The photos are just sensational, and the text is both informative and interesting, something you don't always find with these kinds of books. I got it while working on a story and it's been indispensable. If you love great old interiors you will adore this book!

The Mythic City: Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940

7 reviews
Donald Albrecht

Princeton Architectural Press, 2005

Manhattan light show
I thought it was very apt to use the word mythic in the title of this wonderful book. Surely Samuel Gottscho as much as anyone helped to create the popular visual concept of the dynamic American metropolis, a city of towers by day and a kaleidoscope of dazzling light by night, his work must have especially influenced creative folk from comic book artists to Hollywood art directors, the graphic ...

Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle

2 reviews
Donald Albrecht, Robert Schonfeld

Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Bravo!
This book is a great compliment to the exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt, but more than that. The information here is not more of the same, of what's already been said about Wright in other books. Although some overlap is necessary to tell his story, there are many new details of his design life and philosophy, and marvelous photos of some of his products and drawings, not seen other books. There are ...

The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

9 reviews

Harry N. Abrams, 2005

Modern Design @ it's best!!
Words don't do justice to the work & imagination of Ray & Charles Eames! This is a beautiful book covering the creative minds of two of the best modern furniture designers. Filled with great pictures, & very complete text of their design & the many other things they created besides furniture.The Eames' are my biased favorite, if you love modern 50's furniture,fabric, & art you must have this ...

Glass + Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960
Donald Albrecht

Harry N. Abrams, 2003

To celebrate its centenary, Steuben is planning a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York-together with this companion book-showcasing its most glamorous and sophisticated creations from the '30s through the '60s. The exhibition and book explore a remarkable chapter in the history of both America's premier crystal and the modern movement in art and design in New York City. Monumental bowls, stemware, and exquisitely sculpted ...

California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style
Suzanne Baizerman, Jo Lauria, ...

Chronicle Books, 2005

The furniture, jewelry, recreational objects, ceramics, fabric arts, and other designs that emerged from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s California would come to identify its outdoorsy, eccentric, sometimes entirely funky persona. And the best of these were exhibited, sometimes idolized, through a series of popular shows at the Pasadena Art Museum. California Design is a detailed retrospective of these exhibitions and the West Coast style they ...

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

1 review

Yale University Press, 2006

Definitely catch the exhibit!
This book was put together as an accompaniment to a touring exhibit of Eero Saarinen's work. It is one of three books I purchased for an architectural class project on Saarinen and this book is the best of the three, more comprehensive, more personal, and just as if not more informative. I would highly recommend it, it offers tremendous insight into the man as well as the work. The personal ...

On the Job -Design and the American Office
Chrysanthe B. Broikos

Princeton Architectural Press, 2000

American work spaces have gone through remarkable and extensive changes since 1900, thanks to the forces of technology, real estate, and finance, as well as evolving ideas on office organization and management. Innovations as commonplace as air conditioning and fluorescent lighting have had a profound impact, as have more recent phenomena such as virtual offices and telecommuting. On the Job: Design and the American Office presents office ...

1100 Architect: 1998-2006

1 review

Monacelli, 2006

Very Eloquent Work
As an interior designer I have been following 1100's work in the press since 1989. All I can say is they keep on getting better! David Pisuskas and Juergen Riehm's brand of clean straight forward sculpted interior environments are very refreshing. They never seem to get too caught up in the latest fashionable trends. As a designer I believe 1100 is getting it right. The last monograph was great ...

Design Culture Now: The National Design Triennial

5 reviews
Donald Albrecht, Ellen Lupton, ...

Princeton Architectural Press, 2000

A unique, informative survey of American design culture.
Design Culture Now is the first survey of American design to blend architecture, product and graphic design under one cover, presenting the latest work in everything from fashion and landscape architecture to posters, film and interactive media. Themes provide the chapter focus for a book profiling projects by new designers and established achievers alike. Black and white and color photos pack ...

World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation

1 review

The MIT Press, 1995

brilliant research and documentation--a design necessity
Albrecht is a master historian and curator. I have never seen a more thorough or loving chronology of the various experimental building technologies that flourished directly after WWII.This is essential reading for architects, industrial designers and the general public looking for ways to make sense of the built environment after the war.

Film Architektur German Edit
Donald Albrecht, Anthony. Vidler, ...

Prestel Publishing Ltd, 1996

Designing Dreams: Modern Architecture in the Movies (Architecture and Film, 2)

2 reviews
Donald Albrecht

Hennessey & Ingalls, 2000

Great reference on Modernism and the development of 'Futuristic' architecture
Albrecht has provided us with an excellent historical overview, upon the development of modernism within architecture, and how movies helped to showcase an art form that symbolized, not only futuristic looks, but optimism through progress. At first, I was confused by Albrecht's introductory chapters, because they were all spent talking about the development of modernism. However, I started ...

New Hotels for Global Nomads

1 review
Donald Albrecht, Elizabeth Johnson

Merrell, 2002

New Hotels for Global Nomads
Traditional hotels defy the reality of transience, offering a reassurance to weary travelers that they'll enjoy the familiar comforts of home. One pities anyone whose idea of domestic bliss is a Ramada Inn. This catalogue of an exhibition running through March 2 at the Cooper-Hewitt in New York, celebrates a fresh approach that puts chic ahead of comfort, and makes every guest realize she isn't ...

Film Architecture: Set Designs from Metropolis to Blade Runner (Architecture & Design)

4 reviews
David Winton Bell Gallery (Brown University)

Prestel, 1996

Should Be Standard-Issue For Production Designers!
With a degree in architecture and a decade in the film industry I was delighted to wander across a book that brought both disciplines together in a language that students of both crafts might understand. The collection of essays provide access to the design decisions that faced the Production Designers of films from the dawn of "designed" cinema in the 1920's to the doorstep of filmmaking in the ...

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