A complete collection of Hungarian-born artist, designer and art theorist György Kepes's Vision + Value series. Published between 1965 and 1966, this set of six anthologies brings together essays and illustrations from artists, designers, architects and scientists exploring key topics in visual culture. Each volume is organized around a central theme: The Education of Vision; Structure in Art and Science; The Nature and Art of Motion; Module, Symmetry, Proportion, Rhythm; Sign, Image, Symbol; and The Man-Made Object. By bringing together physicists, mathematicians, composers, designers, historians and other thinkers, Kepes.....
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A limited edition project of 50 copies containing twelve selected BLESS lookbooks bound together by a BLESS N° 43 handle. The multifunctional metal handle/keychain is covered in braided leather. It opens and closes with a clip fastening, and can be used for carrying keys, shopping bags and other items. Since 2004, all BLESS lookbooks have been published within existing magazines, allowing the spread of ideas and projects into broader fields. This project brings together twelve such lookbooks, celebrating BLESS’s focus not only on fashion but also on art, design.....
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A collection of 14 souvenir items from the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition, most in full-color, including: • The large (13" x 10") string-bound booklet Views of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in Natural Colors, with 30 tipped-in plates plus a fold-out "aeroplane view" of the exhibit palaces, and featuring the saturated colors printed from the hand-tinted photographic images of the period. • Colortypes of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Staplebound, 9" x 6.25", approx. 32 pages) • Panama-Pacific International Exposition: The Beautiful (Staplebound, 8" x 5.75", approx. 32 pages) •.....
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A complete run of the 20 issues to date (many out of print), plus specials editions and extras, of Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari's absurdist and surreal publication, Toilet Paper. Started in 2010, it has gained a cult following in the worlds of art and design. "Toiletpaper has always had no purpose," Cattelan is quoted in W magazine. "It simply has happened. Like an avalanche, it started little and slow and has quickly gone out of our control." The collection includes: - Issue 1 is the rare variant.....
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A collection of 35 monographs and publications on Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), spanning the long career of this iconic American architect and designer. Including rare and out-of-print early books and publications, plus contemporary retrospective exhibition monographs, single-issue dedicated or feature magazine publications, and a small collection of ephemera, including Taliesen items. An instant FLW Library! The collection includes: • Frank Lloyd Wright: On Architecture (Grosset & Dunlap, 1941 paperback) • Frank Lloyd Wright: The Natural House (Horizon Press, 1954 hardcover) • Monona Basin Project: Schematic.....
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A set of 20 issues of "1/1: The Quarterly Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly journal, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This set is from the collection of composer Douglas Leedy (1938-2015). Some issues include laid-in notes.....
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