Screen LibraryMinimalist design
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Birkh··auser,
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| Publisher Address: | Basel |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Design minimalista. |
| Carrier Form: | 221 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
| ISBN: | 3764365064 (hd. bd. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J535 |
| CLC: | J535 |
| Call Number: | J535/B547 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 100). Minimalist design: an introduction -- One, ten, a hundred minimalisms -- Minimalism and design -- Echoes from the past -- Minimalist syncretism -- Minimalist design: the long path of simplicity -- Industrialization and simplification -- Simplicity from the new world -- Industrial design and simplicity -- Thonet: a success story -- Japonisme style -- Art nouveau: not just phytomorphism and the 'whiplash' curve -- Adolf Loss and the battle against decorativism -- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld: simple geometric forms in space -- Rationalism and minimalism -- Scandinavian design: from good design to the evolution of tradition -- The simple line in Italian design -- Minimalist design: a trend in progress -- The presence of history -- The idea of simplicity -- Minimalism and 'faithfulness to the earth'. |