Contents
Foreword Charles Jencks 6
Introduction 12
I. Master of Postmodern Design
Supernouas Sottsass and Uenturi: Ereatinq and Defininq Postmodernism in the 1980s R.Craig Miller 22
Michael Graves 26
Charles Jencks 32
Alessandro Mendini 38
Ettore Sottsass 44
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown 52
II. Forms of Postmodern Design
Architecture 62
The Politics of Postmodern Architecture Sean Griffiths 66
Thomas Beeby 76
Ricardo Bofill 80
Mario Botta 84
Terry Farrell 90
Frank Gehry 94
Hans Hollein 98
Arata Isozaki 104
Leon Krier 110
Charles Moore 114
John Outram 118
Paolo Portoghesi 122
Aldo Rossi 126
Robert A. M. Stern 132
James Stirling 138
Tomas Taveira 144
Stanley Tigerman 150
Oscar Tusquets Blanca 156
James Wines 162
Design : Brief History, Biq Impact Hans Haier-Aichen 170
Martine Bedin 174
Andrea Branzi 180
Aldo Cibic 186
Nigel Coates 190
Michele De Lucchi 194
Nathalie Du Pasquier 202
Jjames Evanson 208
Godley-Schwan 212
Massimo Iosa Ghini 216
Shiro Kuramata 220
Javier Mariscal 226
Gaetano Pesce 232
Peter Shire 236
Borek SIpek 242
George Sowden 248
Philippe Starck 256
Matteo Thun 260
Masanori Umeda 264
Marco Zanini 268
Graphic design 274
The PoMo Brouhaha Steven Heller 276
Michael Bierut 282
Neville Brody 284
Art Chantry 290
Seymour Chwast 292
Ed Fella 296
Carin Goldberg 302
April Greiman 306
Katherine McCoy 312
Paula Scher 316
Deborah Sussman 320
Michael Vanderbyl 322
Wolfgang Weingart 326
Edited Design 328
Swid Powell and the Postmodern Tabletop 332
John Stuart Gordon Furth
Abet Laminati 338
Acme 342
Alessi 346
Cleto Munari 350
Disney 354
Formica 358
Memphis 360
Ill. Living with Postmodern Design
Interiors: Translation, Modification, compromise 368
Postmodern Design Moves Indoors Arlene Hirst 372
James Evanson: Dean Pond House 376
Michael Graves : The Warehouse 378
Michael Graves (Architecture Et Design) : Plocek House 382
Charles Jencks : Garagia Rotunda 388
Alessandro Mendini: Coso della Felicite 392
Charles Moore: Selby Avenue House 396
Peter Shire : Vista Gordo/Shire Art House 400
Borek Sipek : Sipek House 402
Ettore Sottsass :
Casa Maui 406
Casa Munari 412
Robert A . M. Stern (Architects) : Residence 418
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates) :
Brant House 422
Residence 428
IV Postmodern Design Continues
The Aftermath, the Revival, the future 438
Collecting Postmodern Design Alexander Payne 442
On freedom Johanna Grawunder 444
Afterword Denise Scott Brown 448
A-Z Designers and Producers
Contributor Biographies 470
Acknowledgments 470
References 471
Further Reading 473
Photo Acknowledgments 475
Index 476