Resultaten voor 'deyan sudjic'
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Home: The Twentieth-Century House
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Analog
Analog statt digital! Diese wunderbare Sammlung feiert den zeitlosen Reiz taktiler Erfahrung und von Echtzeit-Interaktion. Umfassend und generationsübergreifend.Die analoge Renaissance ist in vollem Gange und umfasst nicht nur Plattenspieler und Filmkameras, sondern auch Transistorradios, Camcorder, Quecksilberthermometer, Xerox-Geräte und Kompasse. Dieses wunderschön gestaltete und mit vielen Informationen und Illustrationen versehene Kompendium analoger Objekte ist eine Hommage an die Art und Weise, wie wir früher miteinander kommunizierten: wie wir Musik hörten, die Zeit ansagten, einen Brief schrieben, einen Film ansahen und ein Foto machten. Unterteilt in die Kategorien Ton, Bild, Information und Kommunikation werden 250 Objekte vorgestellt, die zu ihrer Zeit die Kommunikation, die Unterhaltung und den kreativen Ausdruck revolutionierten - und in unserer Zeit wiederentdeckt wurden. Und es erzählt eine Vielzahl von Geschichten: welche Unternehmen den größten Beitrag zum Design geleistet haben, wie sich die Musikformate entwickelt haben und welche Formate von Fotokameras es gibt. Das Buch ist nicht nur ein inspirierender Leitfaden für Analogliebhaber, Designer und Sammler, sondern auch eine faszinierende Kulturgeschichte von Alltagsgegenständen, die Generationen überbrücken und die Zeit überdauern.
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The Edifice Complex
A provocative look at architecture-"exceptionally intelligent and original" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World) Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art, must be understood as a naked expression of power. From the grandiose projects of Stalin and Hitler to the "theme park" excess of today's presidential libraries, Sudjic goes behind the scenes of history's great manipulators of building propaganda-and exposes Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and other architects in a disturbing new light. This controversial book is essential reading for all those interested in the power of architecture-or the architecture of power. * A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
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Analogue
Analogue is a celebration of all things analogue, looking at the machines that shaped the era – from reel-to-reel tape recorders and turntables to typewriters and telephones.
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Stalin's Architect
"What would an architect do for the chance to build the tallest building in the world? What would he sacrifice to stay alive in the midst of Stalin's murderous purges? This is the first major publication on the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan (1891-1976), state architect to Joseph Stalin. Iofan's story is an insight into the troubled relationship of all successful architects with power. A gifted designer and a committed Communist, Iofan became the Soviet Union's most celebrated architect after Alexei Rykov, Lenin's successor, persuaded him to return to Moscow from Rome with his aristocratic wife, Olga Sasso-Ruffo. Iofan was at the heart of political life in the Soviet Union and his work is key to understanding its official culture. When Stalin's henchmen crushed the architectural avant-garde, it was Iofan who created the new national style, from the grand projects he realized--including the House on the Embankment, a megastructure of 505 homes for the Soviet elite--to even more ambitious unbuilt projects, in particular the Palace of the Soviets, a baroque Stalinist dream whose image was reproduced throughout the Soviet Union. His career took him to New York and Paris, and to the destroyed city of Stalingrad. He was a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright; a rival of Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Erich Mendelsohn; and an enemy of Hitler's architect Albert Speer, whose Nazi pavilion faced Iofan's Soviet one at the Paris Expo in 1937. He kept silent when Stalin executed his friends, including Rykov; he also sacrificed his own talent by following the dictator's instructions to the letter in creating the regime's landmarks. Generously illustrated, with a wide range of previously unpublished material, this book is an exploration of architecture as an instrument of statecraft. It is an insight into the key moments of 20th-century politics and culture from a unique perspective, and the personal story of a remarkable individual who witnessed many of the most dramatic turning points of modern history."--Amazon.com.
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Stalin's Architect
The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously unseen sketchbooks and photographs from private collections. This is a history of architecture, politics and power. Boris Iofan (1891-1976) made his mark as Stalin's architect, both in the grand projects he achieved, such as the House on the Embankment, a megastructure of 505 homes for the Soviet elite, and through his unbuilt designs, in particular the Palace of the Soviets, a baroque Stalinist dream whose iconic image was reproduced throughout the Soviet Union. Iofan's life and designs offer a unique perspective into the politics of twentieth-century architecture and the history of the Soviet Union.
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Prada: Front and Back
An unprecedented insight into the creative approach, inspirations, and landmark collaborations of the truly iconic global brandCoinciding with the first major museum exhibition dedicated to the luxury Italian fashion house, Prada: Front and Back is a lavish and multi-layered exploration of its artistic history and cutting-edge innovations. With exclusive access to its Milan headquarters, this book showcases Prada's transformation of the idea and practice of fashion, and follows its continuing evolution and international reach, with an eye to its dynamic plans for the future.
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El lenguaje de las ciudades
'Para dar sentido a una ciudad, hemos de saber algo acerca de las personas que viven en ella, y de la gente que la construyó. Es necesario preguntarse cómo lo hicieron y por qué.' Una ciudad está hecha por personas. Tiene una identidad distintiva, que consiste en mucho más que una aglomeración de edificios; clima, topografía y arquitectura forman parte de lo que crea esa distinción, al igual que sus orígenes. Lo apasionante es que todos estos elementos no siempre producen los mismos resultados: muchas ciudades tienen un río, pero el Sena es único, parte esencial de lo que hace París distinto de Berlín. Hong Kong es una ciudad comercial, y también Dubái, y Hamburgo, pero son ellas mismas, inconfundibles. Cada ciudad es una experiencia única. La mayoría de nosotros vivimos en ciudades, pero ¿sabemos qué es lo que hace que una ciudad sea una ciudad? ¿Es un lugar? o una idea? ¿Cómo debemos definir la ciudad hoy, tal y como evoluciona en el siglo xxi? Un libro que nos ayuda a comprender por qué a menudo nos sentimos más cómodos con nuestra identidad como barceloneses, londinenses, moscovitas o mumbaienses que con nuestra identidad nacional.
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Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things
This book tells the story of Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), not just revealing the anecdotes and inspirations behind many of his most famous pieces but also detailing his encounters with some of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, such as Picasso, Hemingway and Allen Ginsberg.Perhaps best known as the founder of the Memphis Group in the 1980s - famous for its colourful and flamboyant furniture, ceramics and lighting pieces - Ettore Sottsass was one of the most important and prolific Italian designers of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally for his contribution to architecture, industrial and furniture design, ceramics, graphic design, and photography. He initially trained as an architect, before going on to become design consultant for Olivetti, where he designed the Valentine typewriter, one of his most iconic pieces. Throughout his long career, which spanned many disciplines, he traveled extensively, taking thousands of photographs of the things that inspired him.This book - written by Deyan Sudjic - explores the entire life of this incredible designer, placing it in historical context, and covering everything from Sottsass's birth in 1917 to his death in 2007. It also includes approximately 100 carefully selected, and previously unpublished images from the Ettore Sottsass Archives in Milan, to illustrate the key moments, encounters and people in his long life.
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Il linguaggio delle cose
"Che cos'è il design? Come funziona il linguaggio degli oggetti di cui ci circondiamo? Quali relazioni lo legano alla moda, al lusso, alla pubblicità, all'arte, all'industria, alla nostra storia personale e collettiva? Il designer è un artista o un professionista, è un meticoloso risolutore di problemi o un egocentrico creatore di oggetti inutili? "In tutte le sue manifestazioni, il design è il Dna delle nostre società. Se vogliamo capire la natura del mondo moderno, è questo codice che dobbiamo esplorare." Gli oggetti parlano e, in un mondo sommerso di cose, il rumore di fondo è diventato così assordante che è giunto il momento di chiedere un po' di silenzio e lasciar parlare quelli che hanno seriamente qualcosa da dire: capitolo dopo capitolo, pagina dopo pagina, scopriamo quanto ci manchi una seria e approfondita cultura sull'argomento, quanto piacere ci sia nel conoscere attraverso gli oggetti, quanto possiamo coltivare noi stessi e la nostra stessa personalità circondandoci di oggetti, nei quali riconoscerci e ai quali affidare il compito di rappresentarci. Deyan Sudjic ci insegna ad apprendere questo linguaggio e ad ascoltare con giudizio critico, così da renderci più consapevoli del mondo nel quale viviamo". (M. De Lucchi). Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
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