Max Fraser

London Design Guide

Terence Conran

Les auteurs étudient les oeuvres des meilleurs designers contemporains, afin de découvrir les classiques de demain. Ils s'intéressent aussi à leurs sources d'inspiration. A travers les interviews de plus de 100 designers célèbres, ils offrent un éclairage sur le processus créatif.

Design/designers

"A beautifully illustrated guide showing not only key pieces from each designer, but also their inspiration, this essential reference book features interviews with more than 100 leading designers asking them questions such as What was your big break?, What or who has most influenced your work?, What elements of the design process do you find particularly frustrating?, and To what level will you compromise to satisfy your client?. Providing a rare insight into the creative thought processes of today's leading designers, these eye-opening interviews bring famous names to life"--Inside front cover.

Designers on Design

Cell phones, watches, coffee cups, grand pianos, light fixtures, even a dog house. Consumer products are brought to life through designers’ imagination and ingenuity, and Terence Conran and Max Fraser present some of the biggest names in the business and the items they’ve created. Between the covers of Designers on Design are interviews with more than a hundred designers, who answer such questions as: What was your big break?; What or who has most influenced your work?; What elements of the design process do you find particularly frustrating?; and To what level will you compromise to satisfy your client? This beautifully illustrated book shows key pieces from each designer, along with a timeline that highlights major developments in the field from the early 1900s to the beginning of this century. Designers on Design provides a rare insight into the creative thought processes of today’s leading designers in their own words.

Offecct + Lucy Kurrein

Piet Hein Eek

Young designer Piet Hein Eek is an established figure in the international scene and in particular in his home country of Holland. From his initial training at Design Academy Eindhoven, his career has unfolded to encompass the production of everthing from furniture, lighting and accessories to mejor interiors and buildings. He distinguishes himself from his contemporaries by his unique self-production facility in Geldrop, where his honestly constructed designs are conceived and are then built by his skilled workshop team. Every one of his projects is informed by his profound fascination and understanding of materials, machines and processes. This book charts his progression and highlights significant moments in the development of new projects. His outstanding portfolio is showcased chronologically, offering a rare insight into the design process as well as the final outcome. Illustrated with over 800 images, this is the first publication on one of the most exciting and prolific designers working in Holland today.

Piet Hein Eek 1990-2000

Boek

Chris Meplon

Muller Van Severen is a joint design project of the photographer Fien Muller and artist Hannes Van Severen, the result of a commission from the Valerie Traan gallery. The work of photographer Fien Muller and artist Hannes Van Severen lies on the edge between art and design: they favor functional furniture with refined shapes and contors, but at the same time the pieces also have something fragile and frivolous about them. What began as a one-off project for Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen has turned into quite a success story. With their joint design project Muller Van Severen as its focus, the book is divided into three main sections: 1: Introduction: an introduction to the creative work of photographer Fien Muller and artist Hannes Van Severen, in which not only does the quality of each individual in their own right come across but also their similarities; 2: Process: about the creative process behind the pieces of furniture, including many sketches and photos from their workplace; 3: Objects: many images of their work on display at the Valerie Traan gallery, whose original commission forms the basis for the Muller Van Severen project. Includes texts based on interviews with the designers, the design journalist Chris Meplon and the London curator and critic Max Fraser.

Max Fraser

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