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Model: Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret ). Chapel de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France. 1950-54. Wood, paint, and plaster.
Permanent Collection MoMA
Monumental Art by Alexander Calder
1. Alexander Calder’s statue of “Man”, originally located near the Scandinavian Pavilion on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal for Expo 67
2. “Flamingo” in Federal Center Plaza, Chicago and 3. found.
more: Calder Foundation
Rapid Motion, Rapid Prototyped
Peter Jansen creates sculptures that focus on the body’s movement freeze-framed in time and space.
via mocoloco
Mind the Gap
What do you do with a remnant space only 2.4 meters (7 feet 10 inches) wide?
Turn it into a live/work space.
Architects Pieter Peerlings & Silvia Mertens, Sculpt(IT)
Klein Bottle House
This holiday house is situated on the Mornington Peninsula 1.5 hrs drive from Melbourne, Australia. It is located within the tee–tree on the sand dunes, a short distance from the wild 16th beach.
Klein Bottle House, by Rob McBride, Debbie-Lyn Ryan, for Manufacturer
via Materialicious
Icon: Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann house up for Auction
A classic house is up for Auction. Christie’s expects the house to sell for somewhere between $15 million and $25 million (€9.7 million-€16 million). It sits on 2.1 acres on a cul-de-sac in an exclusive section of Palm Springs.
Auction: Kaufmann house, by Richard Neutra, at Christie’s New York on May 13.
via IHT
Selected Chairs by Bernhardt Design
Chris Adamick – Audio,
Lievore Altherr Molina – Celon,
PearsonLloyd – Coast, for Bernhardt Design
Exhibition: Arik Levy in Chicago
Designer Arik Levy exhibited new work at the Wright20 gallery in Chicago last month.
via: Dezeen
Editor's Picks
Bell Side Table
Hand-blown in the traditional manner using a wooden mould, the transparent tinted glass base asserts a sculptural presence in space, contrasting intriguingly with the solid brass frame on top while also forming with it a harmonious unit recalling the elegant curving silhouette of a bell. [more...]
Suggested Reading
The Story of Eames Furniture
Brimming with images and insightful text, this unique book is the benchmark reference on what is arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. [more...]
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The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum
First-ever book to explore the process behind one of the greatest modern buildings in America. [more...]
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MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
A unique tribute to the defining scientific mission of our time, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. [more...]
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Cars
Freedom Style Sex Power Motion Colour Everything. This lavish and beautifully designed book is the gift book for all car enthusiasts and design aficionados. [more...]
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Design Icons
Fjordfiesta Scandia Senior
by Hans Brattrud
A Norwegian furniture design classic from 1957, Scandia Senior is a comfortable high-back easy chair with a leather head cushion, on a satin swivel base. [more...]
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More Books
Case Study Houses
“It’s a huge coffee-table book, which analyses each of the houses in chronological order, with plans, sketches and glorious photographs.” [more...]
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The Eames Lounge Chair
The book examines the evolution of a design icon and places it in its cultural, historical and social context. [more...]
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The U.N. Building
Symbol of world humanitarianism, a beacon of unity after the Second World War. More than 50 years on, the 39-story building is regarded as one of the pinnacles of mid-century modernism. [more...]
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Loblolly House
Including a DVD of the film "A House in the Trees", a real-time documentary of the design, fabrication, and assembly of this amazing house. [more...]
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Desire
The Shape of Things to Come. An up-to-date comprehensive survey on furniture and object design today, showcasing the crème de la crème of designers. [more...]
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Marcel Wanders
Behind the Ceiling is the first monograph on one of the most influential, prolific and celebrated international designers today. [more...]
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How to Wrap Five Eggs
A mid-60s classic of Japanese design. Stunningly laid-out paean to traditional Japanese packaging is rife with sumptuous black and white photos of all manner of boxes, wrappers and containers that appear at once homely and sophisticated, ingeniously utilitarian yet fine and rare. [more...]
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