Jonathan Olivares

An in-depth study of the work of German-born industrial designer Richard Sapper, most famous for designs such as the Tizio lamp and the Brionvega radio. Richard Sapper (1932-2015) a German-born designer who was based in Milan most of his working career, is considered one of the most important designers of his generation. Within his lifetime, he received numerous international design accolades, including ten prestigious Compasso d'Oro awards. Sapper developed and designed a wide variety of products, ranging from ships and cars, to computers and electronics as well as furniture and kitchen appliances. His clients included Alessi, Artemide, B&B Italia, Brionvega, FIAT, Heuer, Kartell, Knoll, IBM, Lenovo, Lorenz Milano, Magis, Molteni, Pirelli and many others. This investigation of Sapper's work, based on over forty hours of interviews with the designer Jonathan Olivares, studies his objects, the circumstances that shaped them and the resulting ideals that emerge. The inter-generational conversation explores themes that reoccur throughout Sapper's oeuvre, and which have a particular importance for a younger generation of designers and those with a desire to understand Sapper's work from a fresh perspective. An illustrated timeline, packed with images from Sapper's personal archives, reveals the incredible variety and technical brilliance of his work. Richard Sapper died in Milan on 31 December 2015. Designed by SM Associati, the agency of Marco Velardi from Apartamento magazine, the book opens with an image essay featuring candid commissioned photography by Ramak Fazel.

Richard Sapper, Edited by Jonathan Olivares

The story and teachings of one of the world's most creative design schools, as told by its teachers, alumni, and student projects - the ideal book for educators and students alike, posing the question 'How should design be taught today?' Swiss university ECAL is widely considered to be among the leading art and design institutions of the past two decades. Here, for the first time, ECAL's teaching methods are revealed to a wider readership. The book poses the question 'How should design be taught today?' to select designers, critics, and writers, and the answers highlight the school's unique approach to design pedagogy: encouraging individual and personal styles, and rigorously pushing them to develop into their most coherent forms. This is the only book to explain ECAL's innovative teaching methods, which encourage students to be business minded as well as creative.

How to Best Teach Design Today?

The ECAL Manual of Style

Featuring chairs from a number of well-known designers, 'A Taxonomy of Office Chairs' provides a visual overview of the entire evolution of the modern office chair.

A Taxonomy of Office Chairs

Jasper Morrison

Marco Velardi

Source Materialpresents objects and keepsakes that have had a pivotal effect on the work of around 60 creative minds from the fields of architecture, art, cuisine, design, fashion, film and music. Found within the contributors' everyday working or living environments, these objects represent stepping stones for the creative mind. Source Materialis an exploration of how the creative process is informed by the legacy of material culture, but also an affirmation of the potential of an object to reflect and nurture the human spirit. Included are objects by K.K. Barrett, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec, Santi Caleca, David Chipperfield, Carter Cleveland, Ilse Crawford, Cecilia Dean, Thomas Demand, Michelle Elie, Frida Escobedo, Naoto Fukasawa, Kersten Geers & David Van Severen, Zoe Ghertner, Konstantin Grcic, Klaus Hackl, Gabrielle Hamilton, Jamie Hayon, Edwin Heathcote, Takeshi Homma, Freddie Janssen, Nicholas Lander, Italo Lupi, Michael Maharam, Mike Meir�, Mike Mills, Jasper Morrison, Pernilla Ohrstedt, Jonathan Olivares, Sonya Park, Mark Parker, Harsh Patel, Signe Persson-Melin, Witold Rybczynski, Inga Semp�, Shirana Shahbazi, Andrew Stafford, Massimo Torrigiani, Jean Touitou, Marco Velardi, Justin Vernon, Wendy Yao and many others.

Jonathan Olivares

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