Minimalist design
Publication details: Birkhauser Publishers for Architecture 2004 BaselDescription: 221,iiipISBN:- 9783764365066
- 745.44 BER
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CONTENTS
Minimalist design: an introduction 6
One, ten, a hundred minimalisms 6
Minimalism and design 12
Echoes from the past 26
Minimalist syncretism 28
Minimalist design: the long path of simplicity 36
Industrialization and simplification 36
Simplicity from the New World 42
Industrial design and simplicity 44
Thonet: a success story 46
Japonisme style 48
Art Nouveau: not just phytomorphism and the 'whiplash' curve 54
Adolf Loos and the battle against decorativism 56
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld: simple geometric forms in space 60
Rationalism and minimalism 64
Scandinavian design: from Good Design to the evolution of tradition 68
The simple line in Italian design 74
Minimalist design: a trend in progress 80
The presence of history 80
The idea of simplicity 88
Minimalism and 'faithfulness to the earth' 96
Notes 100
The designers 103
Donald Judd 104
Robert Wilson 110
Dieter Rams 118
Bruno Munari 122
AG Fronzoni 128
Enzo Mari 134
TadaoAndo 140
Antonia Astori 144
Claudio Silvestrin 148
John Pawson 154
Michael Gabellini 160
Eduardo Souto de Moura 164
Jean Nouvel 168
Andreas Brandolini 172
Authentics 178
Hannes Wettstein 182
Konstantin Grcic 188
Jasper Morrison 194
Maarten Van Severen 200
Richard Hutten 206
Piero Lissoni 212
Vincent Van Duysen 218
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