Re:crafted : interpretations of craft in contemporary architecture and interiors / Marc Kristal.
"Now more than ever, architects and designers are crossing aesthetic borders, and redefining craft to suit their own creative needs, philosophies, and expectations--often by commenting upon or challenging it. By transforming our notions of what might be considered "crafted," today...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Monacelli Press,
[2010]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Now more than ever, architects and designers are crossing aesthetic borders, and redefining craft to suit their own creative needs, philosophies, and expectations--often by commenting upon or challenging it. By transforming our notions of what might be considered "crafted," today's practitioners have not only put a new spin on an ancient art; they have expanded our understanding of where and how the personal touch is found in the sometimes bewildering or inhospitable terrain of the contemporary aesthetic landscape.Featuring twenty-five residential, commercial, and institutional projects--by major international design figures as well as the relatively unknown and up-and-coming--this volume looks at what constitutes the craft influence in contemporary architecture and design. By turns luxurious and simple; time-honored and leading-edge; small-scale and monumental; unabashedly beautiful, surprisingly witty, socially adroit, and sublimely poetic, these projects are sure to give us a new appreciation of the pleasures of making--and enlarge and enrich our understanding of the presence, and importance, of craft in all our lives."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 203 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1580932762 9781580932769 |