Introduction by Evan Snyderman. Text by Alastair Gordon.
American furniture designer Wendell Castle’s exceptional works in stacked-laminate woodwork and fiberglass documented in detail with material from Castle's personal archives
American studio furniture icon Wendell Castle is one of the most important, influential and celebrated designers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more than 50 years, he has consistently pioneered new territory in design and beyond. His visionary constructions and distinctive stacked-laminate woodworking process cross the boundaries between sculpture, design and craft. Published on the occasion of Castle’s retrospective exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, this publication is the first in 20 years devoted to the designer’s work. The book focuses on Castle’s exceptional early works in wood and fiberglass, which transformed the way we look at furniture and its making. These highly original works have influenced generations of furniture makers, designers, artists, sculptors, collectors and design enthusiasts. Renowned writer Alastair Gordon lucidly tells the exciting story of Castle’s impact and innovations through the defining works of his career. The text is accompanied by hundreds of drawings, press clippings and never-before-seen images of Castle, his workspace and process. Beautifully designed by the award-winning Pandiscio Co. and incorporating materials from Castle’s personal archives, this book is certain to be the definitive study of one of the most significant furniture designers working in the world today and one of America’s true cultural treasures.
Featured image is reproduced from Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
The New York Times
Rima Suqi
A 500-page catalogue raisonné of 1,700 works will be published by the Artist Book Foundation in April 2013. It closely follows the Aldrich exhibition catalog “Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms,” by Alastair Gordon (due out in November from Gregory R. Miller & Co.), the first book in more than two decades devoted to the designer’s early years and particularly to his maiden pieces in wood and fiberglass.
Time
Richard Lacayo
"How to describe the furniture and household objects produced by Castle, an 80 year old American designer and craftsmen? … Organic would characterize some… Biomorphic would work for others.. For others .. only surreal will do."
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Featured image, Wendell Castle's "Benny" floor lamp, produced in Rochester, New York, in 1969, was futuristic then and it's futuristic now. Made of gel-coated fiberglass-reinforced plastic with a neon spine, and coated in lime green auto body paint, it is reproduced from Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms, Works from 1959-1979, the stupendous new catalog for Castle's current exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut. Castle will sign copies of the book at 6PM this Friday, December 7, at our booth at Design Miami, which opens today. Visitors to the fair can also see a selection of Castle works at the R 20th Century booth. continue to blog
For Design Miami/2012, ARTBOOK teams up with The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution to offer a selection of intriguing and collectible books and objects related to the fair.Scroll down for information about book signings with Diane von Furstenberg, Stefano Tonchi, Pharrell Williams, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Vito Acconci, Wendell Castle, Alastair Gordon and Daniel Arsham, or for more on our Library Building Services.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 239 pgs / 200 color / 200 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $84 GBP £53.00 ISBN: 9780982681343 PUBLISHER: Gregory R. Miller & Co./The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum AVAILABLE: 11/30/2012 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: WORLD
Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms Works from 1959-1979
Published by Gregory R. Miller & Co./The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Introduction by Evan Snyderman. Text by Alastair Gordon.
American furniture designer Wendell Castle’s exceptional works in stacked-laminate woodwork and fiberglass documented in detail with material from Castle's personal archives
American studio furniture icon Wendell Castle is one of the most important, influential and celebrated designers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. For more than 50 years, he has consistently pioneered new territory in design and beyond. His visionary constructions and distinctive stacked-laminate woodworking process cross the boundaries between sculpture, design and craft. Published on the occasion of Castle’s retrospective exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, this publication is the first in 20 years devoted to the designer’s work. The book focuses on Castle’s exceptional early works in wood and fiberglass, which transformed the way we look at furniture and its making. These highly original works have influenced generations of furniture makers, designers, artists, sculptors, collectors and design enthusiasts. Renowned writer Alastair Gordon lucidly tells the exciting story of Castle’s impact and innovations through the defining works of his career. The text is accompanied by hundreds of drawings, press clippings and never-before-seen images of Castle, his workspace and process. Beautifully designed by the award-winning Pandiscio Co. and incorporating materials from Castle’s personal archives, this book is certain to be the definitive study of one of the most significant furniture designers working in the world today and one of America’s true cultural treasures.
