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The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso. Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture, ceramics and...

Adolphe Appia, es el artista visionario que impulsa el cambio de la concepción escenográfica del siglo XX. Un estudio pormenorizado de su obra equivale a un análisis en profundidad de los fundamentos de la escenografía moderna. Propicia un cambio tan significativo para la plástica teatral, una revolución que sustituye la narrativa pictórica de los decorados teatrales por efímeras arquitecturas de luz y sonido.

Building on the success of its Cool Shops line, teNeues is expanding its sights to focus on the many retail offerings of fashion-conscious Munich. As befits a beautiful and exciting city, the range of shops in Munich encompasses everything from the suavely classic to the cutting-edge and avant-garde. Here you?ll find an overview of retail destinations such as the exclusive designer boutiques on the Maximilianstra?e, the trendy vintage stores in Schwabing and?last but by no means least?the gleaming new shopping malls such as the F?nf H?fe. ? This indispensable guide to the best stores and...

¿Cual era la visión del mundo de Antoni Gaudí? ¿Qué pensaba el arquitecto sobre la belleza, la luz, el arte, la geometría o la naturaleza? Este volumen recoge los aspectos fundamentales de su filosofía, a través de citas recopiladas por sus discípulos, y los ejemplifica con multitud de imágenes de sus obras más conocidas.