Humble Masterpieces; Everyday Marvels of Design

Antonelli, Paola & Francesco Mosto (Photos)

ISBN 10: 0060838310 / ISBN 13: 9780060838317

Published by Regan Books; Harper Collins, New York, 2005

About this Item

Color Photographs; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 216 pages; Square format paperback in glossy color illustrated covers. 1st edition. Immaculate copy in original semi opaque heavy mylar slip case. As new. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 41433

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humble Masterpieces; Everyday Marvels of Design
• Publisher: Regan Books; Harper Collins, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060838310
• ISBN 13: 9780060838317
• Binding: Paperback with slipcase
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design
  • Graphic Design

About this title

Synopsis

A tribute to the artistic designs of everyday objects draws on her summer 2004 Museum of Modern Art show and showcases 100 objects, from paper clips and egg cartons to ball-point pens and ice-cream cones, providing complementary text on each object's origins and design features. Original. 30,000 first printing.

About the Author

Paola Antonelli is one of the world's foremost design experts and was recently rated as one of the top one hundred most powerful people in the world of art by Art Review. She is a curator in the Depart-ment of Architecture and Design at The Mu-seum of Modern Art in New York City, where she curated the exhibition "Humble Masterpieces" to great acclaim. Italian, and an architect by training, Antonelli has also curated architecture and design exhibi-tions in Italy, France, and Japan. She has been a contributing editor for Domus magazine and the design editor for Abitare. A lecturer at Har-vard's Graduate School of Design, she is also the author of MoMA's Objects of Design and Safe: Design Takes on Risk. She lives in New York City with her husband.