Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Design Now"

Designs for Life - From Eco-Design to Design-Art

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Presenting an exploration of contemporary design practice, this book calls for a sustainable approach to product design of various types. It illustrates the work by 90 of the world's leading designers and design-led manufacturing companies, while also featuring their statements that give an insight into the nature of 3-dimensional design. With illustrations. Paperback, 576 pages. Size: 196 x 249 mm. Weight: 2046g.

Author: (Fiell, Charlotte, ed.)
ISBN: 3822852678
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Unframed"

Practices and Politics of Women's Contemporary Painting

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Unframed is an examination of women's contemporary painting. It presents writing by practitioners who engage with theory and critical theorists who deal directly with contemporary practice. All contributors reflect on their own practice and that of other women painters and theorists. With 30 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 386g.

Author: Betterton, Rosemary
ISBN: 1860647723
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"End Game"

British Contemporary Art From the Chaney Family Collection

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"Museum of Fine Arts" series; Focuses on thirteen major works by the Young British Artists, an association of painters, sculptors, video artists, and photographers whose irreverent and genre-bending art first took London by storm in the late 1980s. With 30 colour illustrations, including 1 gatefold. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 217g.

Author: Cork, Richard Martin, Elliott Zooey
ISBN: 0300142013
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Sydney Opera House"

Jorn Utzon

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"Architecture in Detail" series; One of the best-known buildings of the late 20th century and perhaps Australia's most potent landmark, the Sydney Opera House, with its white shell-like forms, is inextricably linked with the image of Sydney itself, a city celebrating its success as a venue for the 2000 Olympic Games. With 20 colour and 60 b&w illus, 24 line drawings. New ed. Paperback, 60 pages. Size: 250 x 250 mm. Weight: 382g.

Author: Drew, Philip
ISBN: 071484215X
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Twenty-First Century Design"

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A survey of the design landscape, guiding the reader through the array of movements, styles and trends, and identifying leading designers, as well as future design classics. This work places the modern scene in a historic framework and explores cultural and economic forces shaping design. It discusses cross-fertilization between design movements. With 250 colour illustrations. Hardback, 464 pages. Size: 237 x 185 mm. Weight: 788g.

Author: Fairs, Marcus
ISBN: 1844422690
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Cai Guo-Qiang"

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"Contemporary Artists" series; This is a study of the work of Cai Guo-Qiang, one of the most important Chinese artists to have emerged in the 1990s. Best known for his spectacular firework projects, Cai has explored a diversity of media and artforms. With 120 colour and 30 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 290 x 250 mm. Weight: 985g.

Author: Guo-Qiang, Cai
ISBN: 0714840750
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Postmodernism"

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"Movements in Modern Art" series; This work examines the ways in which the term Postmodernism has been used and abused within the contemporary art world. It explores the paradox at the heart of Postmodernism and considers some of the texts that were integral in its development. With 60 colour illustrations. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 250 x 180 mm. Weight: 258g.

Author: Heartney, Eleanor
ISBN: 1854373056
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"The Politics of Postmodernism"

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"New Accents" series; Working through the issue of representation, in art forms from fiction to photography, Linda Hutcheon sets out postmodernism's highly political challenge to the dominant ideologies of the western world. With bibliography, index. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 190 x 127 mm. Weight: 249g.

Author: Hutcheon, Linda
ISBN: 0415280168
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Toyo Ito"

Works Projects Writings

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"Electa Architecture" series; A comprehensive monograph on the Japanese architect Toyo Ito, one of the most influential figures on the contemporary architectural scene. This illustrated book presents the Japanese architect's most significant projects, including the Aluminium House and the Mahler 4 office block. With 357 colour and 21 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. Hardback, 368 pages. Size: 280 x 220 mm. Weight: 1897g.

Author: Maffei, Andrea
ISBN: 1904313019
Publisher: Electa Architecture
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Architecture Or Techno-Utopia"

Politics After Modernism

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Traces an alternative genealogy of the postmodern turn in American architecture, focusing on a set of experimental practices and polemics that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This work offers a detailed account of the ways in which the work of architects and designers can speak to the contemporary condition. With 77 illustrations. Hardback, 304 pages. Size: 239 x 187 mm. Weight: 957g.

Author: Scott, Felicity D.
ISBN: 0262195623
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Doodaaa"

The Balletic Art of Gavin Twinge - a Novel

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Features an ironic delve into the mysteries of what makes an 'artist'. This title offers a comic (auto)biography of the author's artistic alter ego, the redoubtable Gavin Twinge. It sets out to answer these questions: Who hurt Gavin into art? Was it his mother, who fought in the Spanish Civil War? Or Gavin's travelling salesman 'father'? With illustrations, some col., facsims., ports.. New ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 317g.

Author: Steadman, Ralph
ISBN: 0747561877
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Eames House"

Charles and Ray Eames

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"Architecture in Detail" series; Charles Eames, who always worked with his wife and partner Ray, was the most innovative and broad-based of American designers. The Eames House was one of his few experiments with architecture. Highly successful, it is a highly significant building of the post-war era. With 20 colour and 60 b&w illustrations, 24 line drawings. New ed. Paperback, 60 pages. Size: 250 x 250 mm. Weight: 386g.

Author: Steele, James
ISBN: 0714842125
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"Vito Acconci"

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"Contemporary Artists" series; Acconci is among the most important pioneers of conceptual and body art and has consistently investigated the boundary between the body and public space through different media. This title covers the wide range of Acconci's work, from poetry, performance and video to sculpture and architecture. With 120 colour, 30 b&w illustrations, bibliography. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 290 x 250 mm. Weight: 991g.

Author: Taylor, Mark C. Ward, Frazer (Assistant Professor of Art History, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Usa) Bloomer, Jennifer
ISBN: 0714840025
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Postmodernism in Art & Design

"The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course"

A Definitive Guide to Creative Lith Printing

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A definitive guide to creative lith printing, aimed at all levels from the first time lith printer to the advanced worker. With 120 4-colour images. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 241 x 244 mm. Weight: 632g.

Author: Rudman, Tim
ISBN: 1902538021
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Prints: Planographic Processes