
Limited Edition
Prototypes, One-Offs and Design Art Furniture
Sophie Lovell(Author)
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2009
Book
Hardback
255 pages
978-3-7643-8895-9 (ISBN)
Description
Limited Edition is the new buzzword in furniture design. The demand for unique pieces is steadily increasing. With prototypes, one-offs and limited product lines, designers are celebrating a cult of individuality for all price classes. Furniture prototypes have always been an element of the industrial design process, but now they are being brought from the workshops and presented to the public as embodiments of one of the most exciting creative fields of our age. In the global village with its standardized commodities, exclusive one-offs with an artisanal flavor are turning into coveted objects. Limited furniture series satisfy the collector's thirst for objects that dissolve the boundary between art and design.Limited Edition pursues this new phenomenon and uncovers its background in meticulous investigative essays based on the author's ongoing interchange with key designers, gallery owners, auctioneers and manufacturers. With a rich selection of magnificent images and an attractive layout, it presents the best and most breathtaking pieces by the leading designers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
380 farbige Abbildungen
380 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 20 cm
Weight
1185 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-8895-9 (9783764388959)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
Birkhäuser
€54.95
Available for download
Content
Introduction.- Prototypes.- One-Offs.- Edition X.- The New Patrons.- Auctions and Attitudes.