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During the 1920s, avant-garde Russian authors and artists worked with fervent dedication to create a new type of children’s literature, drawing on both the aesthetic innovations of the period and contemporary social and political philosophy to inspire and stimulate young minds. This whimsical children’s picture book is one of numerous remarkable collaborations between artist and illustrator Vladimir Lebedev and poet, translator and children’s writer Samuil Marshak, many of which are now in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This volume reproduces the original book in size, shape and layout, with new English translations in place of the Russian and an accompanying text by curator Sarah Suzuki. The dynamic graphic compositions and playful rhyming texts remain as compelling today as they were nearly a century ago.  > more

BAGGAGE
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ISBN 9780870708428 / In stock

Out of the Ordinary: Polish Designers of the 20th Century

Out of the Ordinary is the first substantial overview of Polish design. It examines the work of 36 key figures, from Stanislaw Wyspianski, the early modernist furniture and interior designer, to Wojciech Wybieralski, one of the first designers to emerge from Poland's turbulent transition from a Communist to a capitalist economy in the 1990s. The book is composed of chronological sections, each introduced by a short essay discussing the works in relation to the relevant phase in Polish history. Examples of furniture design, graphic design (including posters), textiles, clothing, ceramics and vehicle design are all included here, reproduced in more than 350 color photographs: among them, the batik textiles of Antoni Buszek; the glassware of Michal Titkow; the hand-forged metal works of Julia Keilowa; Kazimierz Zembrzuski's PM36 steam engine; Marian Sigmund's Bent Furniture chairs; the elegant animal ceramics of Mieczylaw Naruszewicz; and the women's fashionwear of Jerzy Antkowiak.  > more

OUT OF THE ORDINARY: POLISH DESIGNERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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ISBN 9788360263273 / In stock

TABLE OF CONTENTS | DESIGN & DECORATIVE ARTS

NEW DESIGN & DECORATIVE ARTS BOOKS FROM D.A.P. | ARTBOOK THIS SEASON FORMICA FOREVER TOM DIXON: DIXONARY MARIAN BANTJES: PRETTY PICTURES POSTERS: ADVERTISING AND ITALIAN FASHION, 1890-1950 SPEAKING OF FURNITURE FIRED EARTH, WOVEN BAMBOO LIGHTOPIA PATEK PHILIPPE STEEL WATCHES WENDELL CASTLE: A CATALOGUE RAISONNé, 1958-2012 FULBO

BESTSELLERS | DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS GRAPHIC DESIGN: NOW IN PRODUCTION CENTURY OF THE CHILD APPLE DESIGN POP ART DESIGN BEAUTY IS IN THE STREET THE POSTCARD AGE GREEN PATRIOT POSTERS WOMEN IN GRAPHIC DESIGN 1890-2012 GRAPHIC USA COLOR MOVES: ART & FASHION BY SONIA DELAUNAY DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90% DESIGN WITH THE OTHER 90%: CITIES DESIGN REVOLUTION: 100 PRODUCTS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE OTTO NEURATH: THE LANGUAGE OF THE GLOBAL POLIS HOME-MADE EUROPE ALVAR AALTO: OBJECTS AND FURNITURE DESIGN BY ARCHITECTS MARIA PERGAY: COMPLETE WORKS 1957-2010 THE FURNITURE OF POUL KJæRHOLM: CATALOGUE RAISONNé BAUHAUS 1919-1933 THE FURNITURE OF CHARLES & RAY EAMES JEAN PROUVé JEAN ROYèRE WENDELL CASTLE: WANDERING FORMS BRUNO MUNARI: MY FUTURIST PAST COUNTER SPACE: DESIGN AND THE MODERN KITCHEN VAN CLEEF & ARPELS: TIMELESS BEAUTY THE ART OF CARTIER ARTFUL ADORNMENTS SPEED, STYLE, AND BEAUTY SET IN STYLE: THE JEWELRY OF VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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