Eva Zeisel on Design

Zeisel, Eva; Press, The Overlook

ISBN 10: 1585674079 / ISBN 13: 9781585674077

Published by Amulet Books, 2004

About this Item

Inscribed by Author. First edition, First printing with full number line. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Pages crisp and clean. #J1/HS. Seller Inventory # ABE-1674762926187

Bibliographic Details

Title: Eva Zeisel on Design

Publisher: Amulet Books

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

With a trailblazing career that spans more than seventy-five years and continues to this day, with recent creations that include a Martini glass featured in Bombay Sapphire ads and vases for Klein-Reid, Eva Zeisel stands at the forefront of modern designers. Her works are a reflection of a profoundly independent vision and are featured in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

In this lavishly illustrated, full-color book, the designer for the first time communicates the ideas that have guided and inspired her. Each aspect of the design process is analyzed?variety, spontaneity, line, contour, shading, and texture, among others?to show how the best works are the result of a dialogue between creator and object, the result of which is an environment that is pleasurable, comfortable, and elegant. The language in which this dialogue is conducted, ?the language of things, ? is one in which Zeisel's fluency is unparalleled, and her thoughts, read alongside the photos of her stunning creations and those that have inspired her, make this book indispensable to every enthusiast of art, ceramics, and design.

Review:

"'[Zeisel] is absolutely one of the greats of twentieth-century design... Her work is about the emotional effect objects have on us. It is the most essential and meaningful activity' Christopher Wilk, Chief Curator, Department of Furniture and Woodwork, The Victoria and Albert Museum 'Zeisel has always been ahead of, or outside, her time... She is justly revered for enlivening the 20th century with elegant, expressive modern ceramics' The Washington Post"