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

Kurt G.F. Helfrich and William Whitaker, Editors

ISBN 10: 1568985835 / ISBN 13: 9781568985831

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2006

About this Item

cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., any signs of handling are in the negligible category. clean. no writing, markings, labels. no tears, clips, chips. strong binding. a great copy.; english text.; 364pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. several essays by various contributors. writings by the raymonds. chronology. correspondence. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568985835
• ISBN 13: 9781568985831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition /First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus
• Book Type: Exhibition Catalogue
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Design

About this title

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.