Introducing Ruban, a unique sourcebook celebrating France's deep-rooted tradition of ribbon-making - from the time when ribbons were an essential and often functional fashion accessory used to express individuality and style in everyday life, from weddings to times of mourning.
Following the closure of one of the oldest factories in the industrial town of Saint-Etienne, France, an incredible cache of old salesmen's sample books, cards, samples, and packaging surfaced to be photographed for posterity. Over 600 of these documents are now included - ribbons made from cotton, silk, satin, velvet, metallic threads, and innovative synthetic materials. Ruban is a must-have book for every person interested in fashion, design, craft, art and the history of textiles.
Les soixante images en noir et blanc qui composent l'ouvrage de Thomas Michael Gunther - André Ostier, Paris avant qu'il ne soit trop tard // Before It Is Too Late - témoignent de l'insatiable curiosité visuelle du photographe français.
Amoureux de Paris, André Ostier débute cette carrière en révélant des scènes éphémères et incongrues de la drôle de guerre. Pendant le grand conflit qui suit, Ostier se concentre sur le portrait, fixant les gestes et les regards d'artistes et d'écrivains, tels Bonnard, Maillol, Matisse, Picasso, principalement dans le Midi. A Paris, de nouveau, à partir de 1945, il travaille dans la mode pour ses amis les couturiers Christian Dior, Jacques Fath et Pierre Balmain, entre autres.
A la même époque, souvent pour Vogue, Ostier tient une chronique des bals et soirées qui ont fait le glamour des décennies 50 et 60.
Né à Paris en 1906, Ostier photographie la ville qu'il aime tant jusqu'à sa mort en 1994.
Dans ce livre, l'historien de la photographie Thomas Michael Gunther rend hommage au plus parisien des photographes, en étudiant de près la passion et la conviction qui ont inspiré André Ostier à prendre ces vues de la Ville lumière.
- First book by master sculptor and craftsman Michael Coffey - Memoir that spans from the Great Depression, to the tumult of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, to a long, dedicated career making some of the most high sought after pieces of wood furniture - A highly sophisticated reflection on the relationship between art and life Michael Coffey: Furniture Maker and Sculptor in Wood unsettles the conventional distinction between craftsman and artist, which is often assumed to be the difference between creating something new, as opposed to reproducing old forms. Inspired by but not beholden to artist-craftsmen such as George Nakashima, Wendell Castle, and Jack Rogers Hopkins, Coffey's handmade, one-of-a-kind works seamlessly combine the irregular forms of nature, an aesthetic built on the variable and unexpected, with a deep sense for the haptic and functional qualities of wood. This book includes not only a generous reproduction of Coffey's body of work, but also an in-depth autobiographical reflection on how his formative experience, from his rural and bohemian childhood to community organizing, and to the discovery of his passion for woodworking, molded him into the sculptor and artisan he is today. Coffey makes all his work in his western Massachusetts studio, deeply integrating his life and practice. This reflects the work itself, as this book makes clear, Coffey's pieces that are both uniquely sculptural but also highly functional, recognizing the complex relationship people have with the objects they choose for their space. His pieces are meant to be lived in.
Conceived by a misguided government seeking to quiet the fears of an anxious public, the concept of the «Family Fallout Shelter» was Cold War paranoia at its finest, a massive bit of «propaganda by architecture» that has no more truth behind it than the absurd notion of «duck and cover.» Inundated with government-sponsored films, posters, booklets, traveling caravans and exhibitions, the American family bought into the idea, investing millions of dollars in home shelters of every conceivable material and design. Bomboozled charts the panic-fueled evolution of the shelter from a well-stocked basement pantry to a full-fledged (and often completely decorated) home addition, laying bare the buried truths of America's family fallout shelter obsession.
Barbara Lane Interiors takes readers on a stunning photographic tour of the art-filled, meticulously tailored interiors designed by Barbara Lane-whose lifelong passion for collecting avant-garde paintings, sculpture, and furniture and whose acute attention to custom detail are reflected here in more than 25 spectacular homes and executive offices from New York's Fifth Avenue to Miami to Paris. Presented in this book for the first time, Lane's remarkable body of work, spanning more than four decades, focuses fresh attention on the importance of art and design in our everyday lives. Celebrated here are many of the 20th- and 21st-century's most revered, inspiring, and ground-breaking artists, such as Barbara Kruger, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, as well as a roster of modern furniture masters that includes Philippe Anthonioz, André Arbus, and Christian Astuguevieille, to name but a few. An international list of artisans and contemporary craftspeople bring Lane's discerning clients originality, comfort, and lasting beauty to their one-of-a-kind living spaces.
Captured by the design world's most accomplished photographers, Barbara Lane's interiors offer a rare and deeply personal invitation to enter the private spaces of visionary collectors.
Ahoy Sailor! offers the reader another mesmerizing foray into the mind of uber collector and archivist of the everyday, Daniel Rozensztroch. We are transported across the ocean, from port to port, as Ahoy Sailor! gathers and presents a singular collection of objects, images, and representations of sailors and seamen. The ocean has inspired an expansive world of vernacular and popular imagery, much of it uncanny and unique, produced by the tension between the laws of nature that rule the oceans and the miniature floating societies left to their mercy. Adventures, secret ritual, solitude, and comradery are all given their place.
Meticulously drawn together, and with an individuality that has become his trademark, Rozensztroch gives the reader a visual feast that ranges from antique toys and postage stamps to French artist Jean Cocteau's beguiling sketches found in Jean Genet's cult-classic Querelle de Brest.
The dinnerware of presidents and the teacups of dignitaries. Mottahedeh, founded 100 years ago and based on Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh's passion for antiques, is the most distinguished ceramics reproduction company today. With meticulous craft, attention to detail, and storied partners such as the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Historic Charleston Foundation, Mount Vernon, and Winterthur, Mottahedeh continues to create some of the most highly sought-after pieces on the market. For 30 years, Wendy Kvalheim has led this company into modern times. Splendid Settings: 100 Years of Mottahedeh Design is a testament to both Mottahedeh's inimitable style and Kvalheim's unique vision of the future. This is not your grandma's china. In this lavishly illustrated celebration of the Mottahedeh centenary hundreds of Mottahedeh's finest pieces are showcased, from classical dinner services in the great historical houses of America, to the placement of Mottahedeh pieces in modern New York lofts and contemporary Palm Beach, Florida dwellings, each page is an unexpected joy. Expressing Kvalheim's distinct sensibility and outlook, Splendid Settings: 100 Years of Mottahedeh Design offers an elevated guide to traditional entertaining and table setup, appealing equally to porcelain collectors of all generations as well as those looking to inaugurate their own traditions.
