PANTON, VERNER SPACE: TIME: MATTER.

Author: Bernsen, Jens
Country: Denmark
Code: 5279
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 128
Illustrations: 156 Color Illustrations. 120 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 105.00

This book follows Panton from his childhood and youth on Funen and through five decades as a concept creator, designer and architect. It is visible in his works that the concepts and ideas are born in a brief, happy and shining moment but their roots may take decades to form. He also emphasizes how important the client or manufacturer is to the final result. The book is based on 20 years of conversations and friendship with Panton. Here is a master at celebrating life with playfulness and the joy of life as the driving forces.

PANTON, VERNER.

Author: Engholm, Ida
Country: Denmark
Code: 5567
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 114 Color Illustrations. 27 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00

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.

SNIKKAREN ASLAK OLSEN LIE (Aslak Olsen Lie, The Cabinet Maker). Craftsman on Two Continents/ Bygdekunstnar i Valdres og Wisconsin 1798-1886

Author: Bakken, Reidar
Country: Norway
Code: 4546
Language: English/ Norwegian
Year Published: 2000
No. of pages: 143
Illustrations: 38 Color Illustrations. 75 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 125.00

This book examines the entire output of this prolific folk artist, architect, and interior designer from Valdres, Norway. It depicts his work both from his years in Norway and after his emigration to America. Emphasis has been given to placing his material within a known ethnological and art-historical context, thereby documenting specific techniques as well as the conditions for Norwegian folk artists of the previous generation.

SPARRE, LOUIS HUONEKALUTAIDETTA / MÖBELKONST (Louis Sparre Furniture Design).

Author: Tamminen, Marketta and Juha Jämbäk
Country: Finland
Code: 6899
Language: Finnish/Swedish/English Summary & Captions
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 117
Illustrations: 92 Color Illustrations. 22 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00

Price: 150.00

Marketta Tamminen extensive article "Louis Sparre, furniture and interior designs in" multi-talent Spar Resta in particular, a furniture designer. He brings out his article on the production of the uniqueness of the Finnish industrial art history and the present example. he intends to use for furniture typical features. The latter part of the book presents the entire Sparre Porvoo museum's extensive collection of furniture with text and images.

TAPIOVAARA, ILMARI: INTERIOR ARCHITECT.

Author: Kane, Lily, ed
Country: New York
Code: 4641
Language: English
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 47
Illustrations: 41 Color Illustrations. 29 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Weight: 1.00

Price: 49.50

This volume explores the work of this revered Finnish “jack of all trades” designer of the modern era. Though somewhat short-lived, the climax of his career took place during the 1950s and 60s, when he belonged to the absolute elite of Finnish design. Featuring rare designs and never before seen prototypes from the Tapiovaara estate, as well as the story of his renowned Domus chair.