Continuing to put great classic and contemporary design within everyones grasp, Chronicle Books proudly delivers the next four installments of the popular Compact Design Portfolio. Written by top design critics, these books cover modern masters whose work ranges from the cozily domestic to the aggressively avant-garde: Eva Zeisel, whose elegantly democratic housewares span a 70-year career; Ingo Maurer, who raises lamp and lighting design to a high art form; Gaetano Pesce, whose rejection of traditional good taste brought about revolutionary furniture design; and George Nelson, the impresario behind the Marshmallow sofa and other Herman Miller classics. Follow-ing the introductory essay, a visual gallery exhibits selections of the designers best work in photographs and sketches. Presented in an irresistible small format, this series encapsulates the life, work, and influence of the great designers of our time.
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Michael Webb was born in London and has lived in Los Angeles for twenty years. He is the author of fourteen books on architecture and design, including Architecture/Design LA and Architects HouseThemselves . Webb is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, Metropolis, the Los Angeles Times , and several European publications.
Raul Cabra is the principal of Cabra Diseno, a San Francisco design firm.
Marisa Bartolucci is former executive editor of Metropolis magazine and the author of several critically acclaimed design books. She lives in New York City.
Raul Cabra is the principal of Cabra Diseno, a San Francisco design firm.
Marisa Bartolucci is former executive editor of Metropolis magazine and the author of several critically acclaimed design books. She lives in New York City.
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Michael Webb is the author of 26 books on modern architecture and design. He was born in 1937 and grew up in London, where he worked at The Times and Country Life magazine, before moving to the U.S. in 1969 to become Programming Director of the American Film Institute. He resumed his writing career in 1981 and now lives in Los Angeles when he is not traveling the world to gather material for books and articles.
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Ingo Maurer's career as a maestro of light began in the mid-1960s, and the spontaneity and the iconoclasm of that decade still infuse everything he does. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Ingo Maurer's career as a maestro of light began in the mid-1960s, and the spontaneity and the iconoclasm of that decade still infuse everything he does. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Issey Miyake, Ingo Maurer, Alhambra Theatre New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Richard Sapper (Compact Design Portfolio) by Michael Webb in Front Matter
- Design Is...Words, Things, People, Buildings, and Places at Metropolis by David Carson in Back Matter
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