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JACOBSEN, ARNE. Architect and Designer
Author: Poul Erik Tøjner, Kjeld Vindum
Country: Denmark
Code: 1448
Language: One in English + one in Danish
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 132
Illustrations: 13 Color Illustrations. 186 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9 “x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
Price: 75.00
Through interviews with industrialists, technicians, clients, and architects and designers who worked closely with Jacobsen, this beautiful book provides an insight into where his ideas originated, and how they were implemented in both his building designs, and, of particular interest as it has not been widely documented, in his industrial designs, including his famous chairs: the ant, the egg, the swan and many more.
JUHL, FINN AND HIS HOUSE.
Author: Hansen, Per H. Picture editor and afterword by Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen. Translated by Mark Mussari.
Country: Denmark
Code: 6448
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 220
Illustrations: 76 Color Illustrations. 108 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 95.00
Starting from Finn Juhls own house in Ordrup it is a comprehensive report on one of the first Danish furniture designers, who achieved international success. The book coming around the period from Finn Juhl's first experimental furniture in the 1930s over the Golden Age i1940'erne and 1950s to today, where the furniture has given renaissance as furniture classics and collectibles. The book is richly illustrated with unique photos and Finn Juhls own watercolors, drawings and photos. Published in cooperation with Ordrupgaard.
KANDELL, JOHN. Balanskonstnär, Solitär, Rävröd (Balance Artist, Loner, Red as a Fox)
Author: Gunilla Lundahl
Country: Sweden
Code: 1338
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1992
No. of pages: 80
Illustrations: 1 Color Illustrations. 52 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 29.50
This intriguing little book is a monograph on the Swedish furniture designer John Kandell (1925-1991), who in his life time won many competitions in interior design and furniture design. The simplicity of his functional chairs have made them classics in Scandinavian furniture.
KANDELL, JOHN: “DET MÅSTE ALLTID FINNAS EN OLGA, ANNARS BLIR DET INTE BRA” / “THERE MUST ALWAYS BE AN OLGA, OTHERWISE IT WON’T WORK”.
Author: Öhman, Nina and Gunilla Lundahl
Country: Sweden
Code: 4084
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 47
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 33 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 0.00
Price: 19.50
A beautiful artist’s book, with postcards included, shows not only his furniture design, but also his constructivist art whether it be painting and drawing or colorful assemblage in wood. His writing and drawings accompany the pictures. This book is a fine little treasure. “No worry burdens the one who looks at the ocean,” John Kandell.
KJÆRHOLM, POUL FURNITURE ARCHITECT.
Author: Sheridan, Michael. Introduction by Poul Erik Tøjner. Michael Juul Holm and Lise Mortensen eds.
Country: Denmark
Code: 6065
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 224
Illustrations: 165 Color Illustrations. 200 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10”x 12”
Weight: 4.00
Price: 75.00
Poul Kjaerholm was born in Øster Vrå, Denmark in 1929. This book details Kjaerholms perspective on furniture making as it includes many of his drawings as well as pictures of his finished products. The book also describes the materials Kjaerholm used along with discussions about the function of the materials. Table of Contents include: The Workshop, The Factory, Assembly, Craft, Elements and Space.