Figuration in contemporary design: [... published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from December 13, 2007 to June 8, 2008]

This handsome book explores the recent use of figurative characteristics in the design arts. Through digital literacy and enhanced fabrication techniques, this avant-garde movement has reintroduced hybrids of methods and ideologies that were once considered too ornamental in character or too handcra...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago Art Inst. of Chicago 2007
Edition:1. ed.
Series:A+D series
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This handsome book explores the recent use of figurative characteristics in the design arts. Through digital literacy and enhanced fabrication techniques, this avant-garde movement has reintroduced hybrids of methods and ideologies that were once considered too ornamental in character or too handcrafted for the 20th-century minimalist design lexicon. Both large urban-scale architecture and the small domestic realm of design are employing this avant-garde vocabulary formally and figuratively in the terms of shapes and surfaces that evoke trees, tornadoes, parasols, photography, death, illness, food, music, and sensuality. The volume includes recent work by a wide array of international architects, designers, and studios, including Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Jürgen Mayer H., UNStudio, and many others, and features full-page spreads devoted to illustrations of everything from tattooed and perforated surfaces to woven and sculptural forms--a rich aesthetic charting new territories in the realm of contemporary design.
Physical Description:111 S. überw. Ill. 22 cm
ISBN:9780300136753

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