Synopsis
Since founding his Toronto-based studio in 1985, Bruce Mau has become one of the world's most sought-after designers, collaborating with leading architects, artists and cultural institutions in North America and Europe. This book documents his creative process and studio practice. A collection of essays, observations and personal anecdotes interspersed with project documentation, it manifests Mau's world view and his belief that form and content are inseparable.
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Review
"A 624-page strip tease performed with an endless variety of veils... The book tantalizes readers with glimpses into the thinking of one of the most creative minds at work in design today."―New York Times
"A book form that's partly a journal of ideas, creative anthology, social critique, manifesto for change and a superlative piece of design."―Blueprint
"An insightful and exhilarating analysis of image culture."―Dazed and Confused
"A wide-ranging, fascinating view of the world, it offers hundreds of explanations (or observations) of what we see around us."―Guardian
About the Author
Bruce Mau is the President and Creative Director of Bruce Mau Design. He has been a visiting scholar at institutions worldwide, including The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, Rice University in Houston, the University of Toronto's School of Architecture, and California Institute of the Arts, where he was an artist-in-residence. He has lectured widely throughout North America and in Berlin and Zurich, and in 1998 won the Chrysler Award for Design Innovation.
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hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Edited by Kyo Maclear with Bart Testa. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 626 pages. Short thick 4to, navy floral silk cloth (sunned spine and edge of front board). New York: Phaidon, 2000. A very good(+) copy, internally clean. Seller Inventory # 299666
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ISBN 10: 0714838276
ISBN 13: 9780714838274
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st. (UK) First edition, No markings to interior of the book, pages fresh and clean, but there are three bean size spots of white-out? to the edge of the front cover,and there is faint discoloration to the aubergine coloured cloth just about 1" starting at the leading edge of the front cover, thus Good copy; no dust jacket probably as published. Large book, aubergine cloth, [625]pp, index, lots of photos and illustrations, mostly in colour. From the cover: "More manifesto than monograph, Life Style is the first book to document Bruce Mau's creative process and his studio practice, Bruc Mau Design. This is an album of playful and critical sstatements about the visual and cultural trends that influence today's image-driven context. Thee are essays, observations, anecdots, project documentation which embody his belief that form and content are inseperable." Mau began his career a graphic designer and has since applied his design methodology to architecture, art, museums, film, eco-environmental design, education, and conceptual philosophy.A heavy book. (5.5 JM LVR 205/5 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall. Seller Inventory # 08187
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Since founding his Toronto-based studio in 1985, Bruce Mau has become one of the world's most sought-after designers and has collaborated with leading architects, artists and cultural institutions in North America and Europe. He became a cult figure following the 1995 publication of S, M, L, XL, for which he was co-author with Rem Koolhaas. Mau describes his studio as a 'multi-disciplinary think tank where designers, artists and architects, curators, filmmakers and writers collaborate .' The studio has developed long-term creative partnerships with Zone Books in New York; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles; and with architects such as Koolhaas and Frank Gehry, among others. More manifesto than monograph, Life Style is the first book to document Bruce Mau's creative process and studio practice. Written by Mau and designed by his firm, the book is a singular album of perceptive, thought-provoking, and often playful statements about the visual and cultural trends that influence today's design culture. This collection of essays, observations and personal anecdotes interspersed with project documentation expresses Mau's unique world view and his belief that form and content are inseparable. The book's format and organization echo his conviction that design is more than an end in and of itself. In effect, design for Mau is something one lives -- a life style -- rather than something one does. More manifesto than monograph, 'Life Style' is the first book to document designer Bruce Mau's creative process and studio practice. Written by Mau and designed by his firm, the book is a collection of essays, observations, and personal anecdotes interspersed with Mau's artistic projects. 1,145 illustrations, 1,000 in color. Used copy with light wear. Some rubbing on botton corner. Seller Inventory # 326509
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