Design

Designers and Creators of the ‘80s - ‘90s Furniture and Interiors

Patrick Favardin, Guy Bloch-Champfort

The 1980s and ‘90s witnessed unprecedented experiments in the world of design and architecture. Composed of a rich introduction which gives a synoptic vision and 38 monographs, this book reveals through abundant iconography, often unpublished, its formidable aesthetic richness. A new generation of designers stands out, among them Shiro Kuramata, Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Bob Wilson, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. All regenerate creation by refusing the elitism of their predecessors and by favoring the use of new materials. Others, gathered in Italy around Ettore Sottsass and Memphis, combine unexpected colors and patterns to the playful use of plastic laminate. The achievements presented in this book mark the desire for a dialog between artistic references with a new relationship to the industrial aspect, at the dawn of the 21st century and its technological innovations.

9782376660378

Editions Norma 9 x 12in. 336pp., 400 col. January 2023 $80.00/CDN$104.00 Hardback English, French

A rich introduction to interior design in the 1980s and ‘90s.

Features chess boards made by Alexandre Rodchenko, JeanMichel Frank, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Yoko Ono, Robert Filliou, Yayo Kusama, Victor Vasarely, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Damien Hirst.

Chess Design Romain Morandi

Chess Design presents exceptional documentation on chess games made by artists, designers, architects, and craftsmen: chessboards themselves, but also artist’s drawings, execution plans and photographs of archives. By presenting nearly 300 of these chessboards chronologically, the author offers a new perspective on the history of art and its evolution. These chess games also reflect the evolution of techniques and materials used during this period: wood, glass, ceramics will give way, from the 1950s, to steel, plastic and composite materials. At the border between the plastic arts and the decorative arts, these chessboards are made by big names in the art scene, design or architecture. The synthesis offered by the author constitutes a valuable and innovative historian’s work, supported by iconography that is both rich and mostly unpublished.

9782376660668

Editions Norma 9 x 12in. 304pp., 250 col., 100 b.&w. December 2022 $69.00/CDN$90.00 Hardback English, French

Broken Mending and repair in a throwaway world

Katie Treggiden, foreword by Jay Blades

We live in a single-use society, where fashion is fast, disposability is the norm and it is easier to replace than to repair. We don’t need to mend things anymore – and yet we do. As we start to decouple from the linear take-makewaste model that has dominated Western economies since the Industrial Revolution and seek something more circular, an enquiry into what mending means has never been more urgent. With a foreword by The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades, this new book by craft and circularity advocate Katie Treggiden celebrates 25 artists, curators, designers and makers who have rejected the allure of the fast, disposable and easy in favor of the patina of use, the stories of age and the longevity of care and repair. Accompanying these profiles, six indepth essays explore the societal, cultural and environmental roles of mending in a throwaway world.

9789493039896

Ludion 8.5 x 10.5in. 224pp., 250 col. April 2023 $40.00/CDN$50.00 Hardback This new book celebrates 25 artists, curators, designers and makers who have rejected the allure of the fast, disposable and easy in favor of the patina of use, the stories of age and the longevity of care and repair.

Meet Markgraph, a dynamic spatial design Atelier, and discover what it means to orchestrate encounters and tell stories through an unexpected medium – space.

Encounters by Design Strategies for Spatial Stories

François-Luc Giraldeau, Erika Brandl Mouton

With decades of experience and a fresh perspective, Atelier Markgraph has been crafting small- and large-scale spaces and installations that resonate with the public and their clients. Spaces are not meant to sit empty, devoid of human interaction. Markgraph knows this and crafts spatial experiences with exceptional intentionality and precision, all the while never forgetting what really matters: the encounters between people and space. The Atelier is made up of talented storytellers, who use space as a medium to craft narratives and encounters using a radically dynamic mix of digital and analog elements, elegantly integrated with one another. Using the studio’s projects as case-studies, Erika Brandl Mouton guides readers with poignant writing and perceptive insights through the philosophy of spatial encounters and stories. Coupled with François-Luc Giraldeau’s editorial expertise, this volume breaks down complex notions, creating accessible content that upholds the integrity of the Atelier’s practice.

9789492311597

Frame Publisher B.V. 905 x 11in. 320pp., col. May 2023 $59.00/CDN/$78.00 Hardback