Naomi Stungo – författare

Det amerikanska designerparet Charles och Ray Eames utforskade gränserna inom möbelformgivning, arkitektur, textil, fotografi och filmproduktion. De tog sig an 1900-talets moderna estetik genom material- och formexperiment som resulterade i banbrytande produktdesign och möbler i bland annat plast och plywood som fortfarande produceras och även har kopierats mängder av gånger.

Deras formgivning var nyskapande och originell, och deras spännande arbete presenteras här i en kurerad samling bilder tillsammans med en essä om deras liv och verk.

Frank Lloyd Wright var 1900-talets mest inflytelserika amerikanska arkitekt. Under hans fantastiska karriär, som varade i mer än 70 år, ritade han närmare tusen arkitektoniskt utmanande och innovativa byggnader. Han detaljstyrde hela processen och såg varje uppdrag som en helhet, ett integrerat allkonstverk.

I denna bok presenteras hans arkitektoniska mästerverk från Oak Park i Illinois, som han skapade åt sig själv och som introducerade hans egen experimentella hustyp präriehus , till hans ikoniska Fallingwater. Boken innehåller en kurerad samling bilder tillsammans med en essä om arkitektens liv och verk.

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.Charles and Ray Eames were the golden couple of postwar American design. True multimedia pioneers, they worked in furniture design, architecture, print, photography and filmmaking. They imbued the modern twentieth-century aesthetic with originality, colour and freshness, and their ability to mould plastics and plywood with an elegance not previously seen resulted in some of the most influential furniture design of the modern age – witnessed not just in the continuing popularity of their original designs but also in the mass prodcution of countless imitations.

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.Frank Gehry transformed contemporary architecture with his innovative use, and range, of materials and forms, from mass-produced items to titanium and 3D computer modelling. Remarkable, surprising, and revealing a sense of flow and movement, his buildings curve, bend and collapse in unexpected ways. From his most famous masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, to his Dancing House in Prague and the twisting Luma Arles Tower, his experimental shapes inspire awe and wonder.