Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers by Judy Juracek

Judy A. Juracek

ISBN 10: 0500017581 / ISBN 13: 9780500017586

Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1996

VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Surfaces. Visual Research for Artists, Architects and Designers by Judy Juracek Summary: Looking for images of architectural materials? Surfaces offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colourful visual images of surface textures--wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass--ready to be used in your designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information. Photographed by a designer for designers, these pictures show specific materials and how they change with time, weather, wear, and different lighting. Each section offers general views of the material, a gallery of commonly used or manufactured samples, and hundreds of specimens showing types and finishes in architectural settings. Captions provide information about the physical properties, dimensions, construction techniques, specific varieties of the material, and types and styles of treatments. Interviews with eight design professionals provide practical advice on how they approach visual research, and a comprehensive glossary of visual and technical terms offers a vocabulary for professional communication. An index of subject matter and materials makes it easy to find just the image you need. Author: Judy A. Juracek Publisher: Thames and Hudson. London Year Published: 1996 Edition: Original Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780500017586 Dimensions: 28cm x 22cm Notes: Previous owner inscription on front end sheet SKU: VSS / 265 / H / 7438 / 5719 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Rubbing, handling marks, marks Book condition: Good. Handling marks, marks, light foxing to text block edge Binding: Intact Pages: 335 pages. Seller Inventory # 005719

Synopsis:

Every scenic artist and designer deals with the relationship of form and function - turning ideas and concepts into something solid, whether the medium is plaster, wood, steel or paper. Central to such work is the compilation of photographs of different materials that can be used for future reference. This book is a comprehensive collection of photographs with chapters on each material. It covers hundreds of varieties of wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, glass, metal and tile look in exterior and interior settings. The pictures are of two varieties, either for the purpose of identifying a surface, or depicting materials in different settings, showing how they can be used architecturally, what their visual effect is, and how they weather. Tailored to research needs in scope and focus, the images offer models and scanning materials for everyone working in this field, and advice is offered in the form of interviews with professionals in the fields of design and architecture, who describe how they gather and use visual research in their work.

About the Author: JUDY A. JURACEK works as a scenic artist in New York City. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she worked in the Design and Production Faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she was a co-founder of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. She has also given classes at Parsons School of Design, New York, York College, Toronto; and Webster College, St. Louis. Juracek has designed scenery and costumes for regional theatre, opera and ballet, and for theatre in New York City. As a scenic artist she has worked on productions such as La Bohème, Don Giovanni and Salome at the Metropolitan Opera; and the films A Chorus Line, The Money Pit, The Glass Menagerie, Dead Man Walking and Night Falls on Manhattan. Desmond Heeley, David Hockney, Tony Walton and Franco Zeffirelli are among the many artists for whom she has worked. She lives in Connecticut, USA.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, ...
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good