Artek and the Aaltos : creating a modern world Nina Stritzler-Levine Bard Graduate Center, New York 2016 24cn English 696 softback
First edition of this tomb on Artek and Alvar and Aino Aalto's design work in furniture lighting and textiles. Incredibly detailed research and well illustrated.
Publishers blurb "Artek and the Aaltos: Creating a Modern World" will be the first book in the English language on the topic and the most comprehensive to date, drawing its research materials primarily from the archives of Alvar Aalto's architectural firm and Artek. It will expand on the exhibition of the same name through twelve chapters, anchored by essays written by leading scholars of design and architectural history, including Harry Charrington, Juhani Pallasmaa, and Susanna Pettersson, and specific studies of Artek's interior projects, which will include previously unpublished materials. Lavish photography will present the broad range of works on display, many illustrated for the first time, and will provide an unprecedented visual record of the substantial contributions made by Artek to modern interiors, art, and furnishings
Condition: Very good.
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