- Title :
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Bruno Mathsson
- Authors :
- WIDMAN, Dag ; WINTER, Karin ; STRITZLER-LEVINE, Nina ; LINDMAN, Oke E:son ; MATHSSON, Bruno ;
- Publication year :
-
2006
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Includes three essays on the life and work of the autodidactic Swedish architect and designer: 'Bruno Mathsson the furniture designer,' by Dag Widman, exploring the life of the designer and surveying his furniture designs; 'The path to the glass houses,' by Karin Winter, exploring the plans, architecture, building materials, and sources of inspiration for Mathsson's glasshouse architecture; and 'Thou shall/not be branded,' by Nina Stritzler-Levine, on Mathsson's exceptional reception in the United States and his avoidance of commercialism in his work. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 227 ; 227 p.; ill. (some col.); plans; diagrams ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Architecture ; Design ; Etats-Unis ; Inspiration ; Maison ; Mathsson, Bruno, 1907-1988 ; Matériaux de construction ; Mobilier ; Plan (disposition d'ensemble) ; Plan (document) ; Réception ; Sources ; Suède ; Verre (matière) ; 1900-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Architectural materials ; Architectural plans ; Architecture ; Design ; Furniture ; Glass (material) ; Houses ; Inspiration ; Mathsson, Bruno, 1907-1988 ; Reception ; Sources ; Sweden ; United States ; 1900-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Ouvrage ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24805998 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 9780300121919 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
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Bokförlaget Arena, in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture and Yale University Press, Malmö
- Publisher country :
- SWEDEN ;