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PANTON, VERNER.
Author: Engholm, Ida
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 114 Color Illustrations. 27 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8711231599
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 5567
Price: $75.00
A great design guide which features the work of world renowned Danish designer Verner Panton. His designs will be very familiar to many design enthusiasts, and you will recognize and remember his work when you see it: The orange molded plastic table and chairs on an orange and yellow hand-tied shag carpet from 1967, the geometrical color designs derived from Joseph Albers’ rainbow progressions, and the space-age plastic light sculptures. A very exciting, richly illustrated book which includes era-defining chairs, textiles, and interiors. Panton’s designs have appeared in contexts that over the years included housing, offices, restaurants, exhibitions, and discotheques.
PATCHWORK QUILTS. Traditional Scandinavian Designs for the Modern Quiltmaker
Author: Bakke, Trine
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2012
No. of pages: 112
Illustrations: 120 Color Illustrations. 24 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11 1/2” x8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9781620870891
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7027
Price: $24.95
Learn the art of traditional Scandinavian quilt-making by following the author’s simple designs and detailed instructions. Covering everything from color to fabric choice, this book teaches readers how to make quilts that are both beautiful and comforting. Learn how to use tradtional block patterns in new ways that make for marvelous results. Includes tips on how to find both beautiful and durable fabrics to piece together amazing creations for the bedroom, kitchen, and the rest of the home. Quilters of all skill levels will find projects that suit them. As bonus, full-size patterns on pattern sheets are included at the back of the book to help quilters get started on their next work of art. Beautifully designed and lushly illustrated with color photographs and diagrams throughout.
PATCHWORK, FARVER OG ABSTRAKTE FORMER (Patchwork, Colors and Abstract Forms).
Author: Yde, Charlotte
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published:
No. of pages: 96
Illustrations: 93 Color Illustrations. 47 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8711122498
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 4806
Price: $45.00
An extremely practical handbook with imaginative patchwork patterns and thorough diagrams, illustrations, and patterns. Includes a number of exciting pattern themes, with some inspired from Indian and Japanese aesthetics.
PERSIAN VELVETS AT ROSENBERG, THE.
Author: Bier, Carol
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1995
No. of pages: 111
Illustrations: 15 Color Illustrations. 83 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 10”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8789542266
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 3244
Price: $89.50
Persian velvets from Safavid Iran represents one of the most advanced technical achievments in textile prior to the industrial revolution, and the Danish palace Rosenborg posesses the largest single corpus of Persian velvets in the world. This is a detailed study which includes an analysis of the weave structure and an interpretation of the technology. The book includes a very useful glossary and many detail photos for illustration of technique. These fabrics which adorned the walls of one of the Rosenborg rooms are a treasure of human artistic enterprise.
POLYMER PHOTOGRAVURE. A New Method for Photographers and Graphic Artists
Author: Taneli Eskola and Kari Holopainen
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 132
Illustrations: 19 Color Illustrations. 47 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9515580013
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 2865
Price: $69.50
This book offers a set of tools for working with the process to make high-quality prints from photographic material and transparent originals. Included are also a brief survey of the history of photogravure and a glossary of terms. Polymer Photogravure is a new method in graphic art. It is an extremely adaptable process with untold possibilities just waiting to be discovered. Environmentally friendly and pleasant to work with, the polymer method is the graphic art process of the future - and a must for any college photo and graphics program’s library.