A child may regard toys and furniture as largely interchangeable objects in the serious work of play, but in this fascinating new study of their design history, these everyday objects are revealed as vehicles for society's attitudes towards learning. Essays to accompany the many and varied photographs have been written by leading childhood ...
Michael Thonet pioneered a radical innovation in the construction of furniture in nineteenth-century Austria, bending first veneer bundles and then solid wood to make bent wood chairs and other furniture items. Thonet succeeded in refining the technique of bending wood to achieve the first large scale mass-production line; this was a key ...
Luis Barragan (Guadalajara 1902-Mexico City 1988), one of Mexico's leading architects, is now accepted as a great master of the Modern Movement. The poetic images of his houses and gardens, of the walls and fountains so characteristic of his work have all become icons of modern Mexican architecture. His masterpieces are famous for their innovative ...
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