From A to Eames : a visual guide to mid-century modern design / Lauren Whybrow ; with illustrations by Tom Jay
- Bib ID:
- 7984443
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Whybrow, Lauren, author
- Description:
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- Melbourne, [Victoria] : Smith Street Books, 2019
- 111 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781925811018 (hardback)
- 1925811018 (hardback)
- Summary:
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This sophisticated A to Z picture book for adults is an illustrated journey through midcentury modern design, perfect for any reader with a keen eye for style. With eighty tales of design, laid out in a fun and easy-to-read A to Z format, design lovers will be reading this book to each other before bed. With an irreverent structure, this becomes a picture book for the refined adult. Each letter delves into one facet of this enduring era of design: midcentury modern homes, interior design, graphic design, and illustration, as well as the iconic personalities. We might all recognize the names--Charles and Ray Eames, Farnsworth House, the Egg Chair, Henningsen, Elrod House, the case study houses--but what are their stories? This book delves right into the facts and does so light-heartedly. We learn of the grand inspirations, or sometimes (it turns out) the very simplest of ideas, which fueled these Goliaths of midcentury modern design. The only downside: with your newfound design-savvy, you won't be able to look at your IKEA chairs the same way again. If you didn't know that E stands for Eames, Egg Chair, and Elrod House (or don't know what any of those words actually mean) then this book belongs on your coffee table. And if you can't afford an Eames coffee table, then rejoice in knowing that From A to Eames makes an inexpensive and equally satisfying alternative.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Timeline.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Jay, Tom, illustrator
- Copyright Information:
- Copyright text © Lauren Whybrow ; Copyright illustrations © Tom Jay ; Copyright design © Smith Street Books.
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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