Tulga Beyerle

Karin Hirschberger

"A Century of Austrian Design 1900-2005 is a compact handbook of Austrian design history. Presenting a unique cross-section of Austrian design, it offers both a source of inspiration and a reference work. Set against the backdrop of the country's extremely turbulent industrial history, the book provides a tangible overview of design culture from 1900 until the present. Essays by well-known authors elucidate central aspects and themes. The chronological lexicon presents a selection of significant achievements within Austria's design culture. Address listings for selected designers and design firms offer a final touch, adding to practical value."--BOOK JACKET.

A Century of Austrian Design, 1900-2005

Peter Noever

Elke Krystufek

"Drawing, photography, sculpture, video and, again and again, text overlap, are juxtaposed, mutually influence each other, and eventually defy clear-but categorization. In the end, this complexity and intensity is an expression of the strength and lively energy of the artist, whose intensive work of the exhibition LIQUID LOGIC. The Height of Knowledge and Speed of Thought is presented here for the first time; an exhibition in which the artist addresses and explores the subjects of religion and self-sacrifice, survival and the possibility of disappearance, collection strategies, and her own position as a female contemporary artist in relation to the museum."--BOOK JACKET.

The Height of Knowledge and the Speed of Thought

Elke Krystufek Liquid Logic

A "Century of Austrian Design” offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country’s extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts. The book attempts to delineate a specifically "Austrian” formal language, citing as examples specific achievements in historical and contemporary design. As it does so, it also sheds light on other defining moments of Austria’s design culture, including the enormous potential of its inventors, the phenomenon of semi-industrial manufacturing, and the innovative design solutions advanced by the Austrian sporting goods industry. A yellow pages section with selected design addresses rounds off the volume.

1900-2005

A Century of Austrian Design

»Designlandschaft Österreich« offeriert einen leicht fassbaren Überblick über die österreichische Designkultur von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart; dies vor dem Hintergrund der äußerst bewegten Industriegeschichte des Landes. Dabei werden die wesentlichen Aspekte in Form von Essays renommierter Experten erläutert.

Designlandschaft Österreich

Deyan Sudjic

Looks at twentieth century home design, discussing its evolution and history, and includes samples of the work of many innovative architects, including Frank Gehry, Victor Horta, and John Pawson

The Twentieth-century House

Home

There is probably no more revealing route to understanding the evolution of 20th-century architecture than to examine it through the focus of the individual home. A handful of remarkable houses act as signposts to the shifting preoccupations of the century. From Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House in Helensburgh to Charles and Ray Eames' own house in California, the home has been a powerfully resonant reflection of the essence of architecture. Capturing the revolutionary reinterpretation of space that characterized the beginning of the century, and the adoption of imagery of the machine age, the houses included span from Europe to North and Latin America, India, Japan and Australia.

The Twentieth Century House

Frederick Kiesler

In the 1960s, children born during the international carnage of World War Two were becoming adults: falling in love; starting lives of purpose and promise; discovering family secrets; serving their countries, often involuntarily, and creating a variety of families. While in romantic Honolulu to sell the last family hotel to a group of employees, jaunty Luke meets dazzling Martha, who has been a registered nurse in New Zealand and is sailing from Auckland to her home in San Francisco, with only her dad for a crew. Tragedy strikes before Luke and Martha meet again, souring their reunion with exhaustion, tainting their relationship with deadly threats, issues of national security, and too much truth. Survive together, the FBI insists, or not at all.

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