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Lamp design is a field that continues to attract great attention, from both designers and design aficionados. Many books have come out on iconic Danish design, but this is the first to focus exclusively on Danish lamps.

With Poul Henningsen’s iconic PH-lamp as its point of departure the book tells the stories behind 100 Danish lamp designs through text and images. The book introduces the reader to the inventions that enabled the first revolutionizing light sources: from the development of oil and gas lamps to the culmination in the late 19th century with the advent of incandescent light bulbs and Scandinavian functionalism. Lighting is a key element in ‘hygge’ – a warm, cosy ambience – and although Henningsen was a functionalist to the core, he had no intention of doing away with hygge. Hygge is a hot topic today, both in Denmark and abroad. Danish lamp design is not only about form. Although hard-core functionalists called for form to follow function, and function alone, real-life factors required them to compromise, and this compromise came to define Danish lamp design: hygge is a crucial quality that has to be included in the design. Thus, the purpose of the modern Danish lamp was – and is – not only to provide light but also to act as a decorative element and to spread a cosy ambience in Danish homes.

A global survey of 100 of the most creative and innovative product designers working today

Designed For Life showcases 100 of the most exciting designers around the world and, through their work, shines a lens on what is happening at the forefront of contemporary product design. The boundaries between design, art, craft, fashion, and architecture have been blurred in recent years and a new generation of designers has emerged, working across different fields and genres. Products illustrated in the book range from furniture, lighting, and objects, to limited editions, glassware, and office systems, making Designed for Life the ideal route to new talent throughout the field of product design and the perfect way to assess exactly what is being created in the design scene today

Chosen by an international line up of influential industry experts – design critics, museum curators, entrepreneurs, journalists, and gallerists – the nominated designers comprise young product designers who have emerged in the last few years, but who have already produced outstanding, creative, and innovative pieces of design, such as Mac Collins, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Minjae Kim, and Mimi Shodeinde as well as more established designers including Jasper Morrison, India Mahdavi, and Jonathan Olivares. This fascinating book illustrates the new materials, processes, and technologies being utilized; the radically different styles being created; and the growing importance of sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity in design. These designers believe design can build a better world and a better life.

Niezwykły album o tajemnicach i historii najsłynniejszych polskich dzwonów. W jaki sposób powstają? Jakie są rodzaje dzwonów i na czym polega praca dzwonnika? Jak uzyskać niepowtarzalny dźwięk tego wyjątkowego instrumentu? Wraz z autorem zwiedzimy słynną ludwisarnię Felczyńskich oraz porozmawiamy z dzwonnikami z Wawelu. Poznamy też historię różnych dzwonów na całym świecie i ich rolę jaką pełniły na przestrzeni wieków. Umieszczone w albumie liczne ciekawostki i bogata szata graficzna sprawiają, że pozycja stanowi unikalne i jedyne w swoim rodzaju wydanie na rynku księgarskim. Dodatkowym atutem wydania są kody QR umożliwiające słuchanie dźwięków dzwonów.

Ten podręcznik jest skierowany do projektantów mody, krawców oraz wszystkich osób zainteresowanych możliwościami kreatywnego wykorzystania tekstyliów. Książka pomoże w idealnym doborze materiału do sylwetki, wskaże sposoby jego układania się oraz metody poprawienia jego właściwości. W encyklopedii znajdują się praktyczne informacje na temat: tkanin, dzianin, włóknin, skór, futer, laminatów, folii, koronek, siatek, dekoracji pasmanteryjnych oraz taśm spełniających różne funkcje. Opisy poszczególnych materiałów ułożono według roli, jaką odgrywają w tworzeniu różnych form odzieży. Każdemu z haseł towarzyszą fotografie próbek oraz zdjęcia gotowych ubiorów. Tabele na końcu książki podsumowują zawarte w niej wiadomości. Korzystanie z nich pozwoli szybko sprawdzić, jakie właściwości ma dany materiał, z jakich włókien jest wytwarzany, jakie ma zalety, a jakie wady, ile waży oraz do jakich celów można go zastosować.
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Danish designers are renowned around the world for their beautiful and functional chairs. Here is the book that tells the full story of the Danish chairs that were created during the 20th century.

The Danish Chair is structured around chair types and illustrates how the ‘golden age’ of Danish furniture design was driven by the study and refinement of historical furniture types. It traces the family relations between the chairs and shows how they influenced each other in terms of detailing, construction and concept.

The continuous refinement of the chair

Design was the cultural phenomenon that put Denmark on the world map in the mid 20th century. The international brand of Danish Design arose in 1949 when American journalists began to write about the Danish furniture at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild exhibition. This was not only the beginning of an important export opportunity but was also taken up as a challenge by Danish designers, who became world-renowned for their obsession with creating the perfect chair.

The Danish Chair is a highly visual introduction to the Danish chair of the 20th century. It is based on a permanent exhibition of the same name that opened at Designmuseum Danmark in 2016.

Playthings From the Past For the Present
Up until the 20th century, children’s play was not a subject that demanded much attention. While objects that entertained children have been present from ancient history, it was only with industrial mass production—and a developing urban middle class—that toys appeared more frequently. As playthings began to display a robust economic performance, an industry rose to provide this new market with the objects of their desire. European manufacturers dominated the toy market, with Germany, in particular, supplying the American market with the bulk of both singular and mass-produced products. World War I ended its dominance, and by the 1920s, bolstered by American ingenuity and an ever-growing consumer culture supported by the media empires of newspapers, radio, and television, American toys became ubiquitous in the consumer market.

Ranging from the simple to the complex, children were inundated with a commodity to be wished for and sold to by the millions. From frilly dolls to science sets, children were marketed to with gusto, first through magazines and comic books and later through television. Toys fell along familiar gender lines all while being developed with the unspoken subtext of stimulating developing minds and being vehicles of problem solving with educational value.