Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond

Helfrich, Kurt G. F.[editor]; William Whitaker [editor]; Mari Sakamoto Nakahara; Ken Tadashi Oshima; Christine Vendrendi-Auzanneau

ISBN 10: 1568985835 / ISBN 13: 9781568985831

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2006

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28.5 x 22.5 cm. Quarto. 364pp. Black and white and color photographs, plans chronology, letters, index. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Light edgewear to top of jacket. Some spotting to top foredge. From the jacket: "Crafting a Modern World examines an echanting missing chapter in thee history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noémi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 - 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds combined their European modern roots with the vernacular craft traditions they discovered while living in regions as diverse as Japan, India, and rural Pennsylvania." Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 67886

Bibliographic Details

Title: Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture ...

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.

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Synopsis:

There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Noemi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. "Crafting a Modern World" is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that embraced designs from factories, office buildings, churches, and schools to furniture, fabrics, and graphic design.

About the Author:

Author Kurt Helfrich is curator of the Architecture and Design Collection at the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, and an adjunct faculty member in the History of Art and Architecture Department, UCSB.William Whitaker is chief curator and collections manager at the University of Pennsylvania's Architectural Archives.