SERGE ROCHE - (book)

A beautifully photographed and illustrated book on the design career of Serge Mouille (1922-1988), he was the most important French designer of light fittings of the 1950s. His reput...

This is a soft covered book in good condition which was edited for exhibitions in 1985 which took place in Paris and New York featuring the complimentary works and designs of these t...

A Monograph on this most important Brazilian furniture designer and maker from the mid-20th century. He opened his factory in 1943 and one of his main clients was the architect Oscar Niemeyer, for whose designs a number of original pieces were commissioned. He was well-known for making use of indigenous...

This book is a monograph on the work of this very individual and very stylized goldsmith/silversmith whose main body of work (so far), has spanned the last third of the 20th century and just into the 21st century. He uses precious metals, mainly silver and gold but he also uses vermeil, which is the gilding of sterling silver with gold by electrolysis, together with precious and semi precious stones, his favorites seem to be lapis lazuli, ivory and rock crystal. His creations are mainly jewellery, Precious objects (Objets de Vertu...

Edited for the occasion of the May 1985, New York. Exhibition and the fall of 1985 Paris exhibition. Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901-23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructer, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. His design skills...

Original US Lobby card used in American cinemas to advertise Disney's classic animation in 1967. The film featured the famous song The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson. This lobby ...

Original US Lobby card used in American cinemas to advertise Disney's classic animation in 1967. The film featured the famous song The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson. This lobby ...

A spectacular, visually rich monograph on one of the most visionary architecture firms of the 21st century led by 2016 Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena Elemental, based in San...