Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Skin: surface substance and design
Ellen Lupton
Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987118
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This was published alongside an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design museum in New York in 2002. Ellen Lupton contributes to the following blogs, Design Your Life and DIY Kids. This book is mainly about surface...
November 9th, 2009 | Books | Read More
Transmaterial 2: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment
Blaine Brownell
Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 9781568987224
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As the speed of technological progress continues to accelerate, innovation threatens to outpace architects’ and designers’ working knowledge of materials, thereby limiting their applicability. In order to stay...
November 9th, 2009 | Books | Read More
Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment
Blaine Brownell
Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 978-1568985633
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While you may not find transmaterial in your dictionary, the word conjures images of moving across great expanses of material or transcending common ideologies about materials. True to his transcendent theme, Brownell...
November 9th, 2009 | Books | Read More
Material World 2, Innovative materials for architecture and design
Materio/Thomas Buxo
Frame Publishers
ISBN: 3764372796
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Following the overwhelming success of Material World, European material experts, Materio have compiled and described innovative materials for architecture and design in the sequel: Material World 2. Once again architects, interior...
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