More For Inspiration Only - Softcover

Future Systems

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471987700 ISBN 13: 9780471987703

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

This volume offers architects, designers, and engineers concepts that might influence and stimulate them in their day-to-day work. Images range from upturned boats and astronauts, to medical photography and fashion icons, in order to instigate the design process.

About this title

About the Author

Founded in 1979 By Jan Kaplicky and David Nixon, Future Systems is now Directed by Jan Kaplicky and Amanda Levete. As the Name Implies, the Practice Looks Forward with Optimism to the Possibilities of Tomorrow but with Respect and Sensitivity to the Qualities of the Past, Creating Work which is Innovative and Provocative, Challenging Traditional Pre-Conceptions of Space.

From the Inside Flap

More for Inspiration only Follows in the Wake of the Highly Acclaimed for Inspiration only and Presents an Entirely Different and Yet Complementary Collection of Explosive Images. This Stimulating Book Focuses on the Extraordinary Range of Sources, Often Apparently Simple and Unexceptional, that can be Used as Design Generators. This Book Reaffirms the Message of its Predecessor to Encourage us to Celebrate Our World and Creations by Drawing Inspiration and Developing from them Ideas for Shape and Form.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471987700
• ISBN 13: 9780471987703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128