
Objects of Desire
Surrealism and Design 1924 - Today
Vitra Design Museum (Publisher)
Published in September 2020
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-3-945852-33-0 (ISBN)
Description
Surrealism was one of the most influential art movements of the twentieth century. This book examines the dialogue between Surrealism and design and, for the first time, reveals the enormous influence the movement has had on design over the last hundred years. It has encouraged designers to question the reality beyond what is visible and to design objects that offer resistance, undermine routine, and disrupt the quotidian. The spectrum of examples ranges from Duchamp's ready-mades and Dalí's sensual object sculptures to works by designers like Carlo Mollino or Gae Aulenti and includes current designs that analyse new technologies or gender roles in subversive ways. Evidently, Surrealism has lost none of its relevance-for art as well as for design.
With works by Gae Aulenti, André Breton, Achille Castiglioni, Le Corbusier, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Dunne & Raby, Ray Eames, Max Ernst, Front Design, Iris van Herpen, Friedrich Kiesler, Shiro Kuramata, René Magritte, Lee Miller, Carlo Mollino, Isamu Noguchi, Odd Matter, Meret Oppenheim, Mimi Parent, Gaetano Pesce, Man Ray, Robert Stadler, Studio Wieki Somers, among others.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Illustrations
300
400 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1211 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-945852-33-0 (9783945852330)
Schweitzer Classification