Mondo Materalis: Materials and Ideas for the Future - Softcover

Beylerian, George M.; Osborne, Jeffrey

9781585670871: Mondo Materalis: Materials and Ideas for the Future

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585670871 ISBN 13: 9781585670871

Publisher: Overlook Books, 2001

At the invitation of the Steelcase Design Partnership--a group of leading contract furnishing, lighting, and textile companies--more than 120 prestigious firms in the various fields of design were asked to share their ideas on the world of materials. Now

The object of this project was to record each architect or designer's ideas for the material at hand--be it recycled, found, or specially developed by industrial designers--and to demonstrate the possibilities it presented. Each created a 30-inch-square collage panel, and the resulting images provide a stunning glimpse into the ways and means by which some of the most useful and beautiful aspects of our daily lives have been--and will continue to be--created. Also included in Mondo Materialis are statements from such famous firms as Richard Meier & Partners, Pei Cobb, Freed & Partners, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Dakota Jackson, Inc., Venturi, Rauch, Scott-Brown, and Andre Putman's Ecart describing their specific panels or simply outlining their design philosophies. Mondo Materialis is an invaluable idea and design source book for every architect and materials designer and for anyone interested in design. It is a compelling, thoughtful, and altogether dazzling foray into the possibilities for our man-made environment.

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About the Author:

George M. Beylerian is president of Material ConneXion, Inc., a resource center for material innovation, new processes, and ecological issues founded in 1996 and located in New York City. He was formerly creative director of Steelcase Design Partnership. A leading innovator in contemporary design, he has organized design exhibitions that have appeared at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The National Building Museum, The Guggenheim, and other venues around the world.
Jeffrey J. Osborne is a design consultant in New York specializing in product design, merchandising, and events planning. He was associated with Knoll International for twenty years, during the last ten of which he was Vice President of Design. He is Executive Director of the International Design Conference in Aspen.

From Publishers Weekly:

Based on an exhibition sponsored by New York City's Steelcase Design Partnership for the Cooper Hewitt Museum, this intriguing book explores the very essence of the design process. More than 120 architectural, interior and industrial design firms from around the world were invited to present their ideas on the materials and technologies of the future. The contributors range from various Tokyo studios and a Moscow design firm to cutting-edge Euros, such as Vienna's Coop Himmelblau, Italy's Matteo Thun and Paolo Portoghesi, to American architectural superstars Richard Meir, Cesar Pelli and Arquitectonica. Participants created 30-inch-square panels containing work they find inspiring. The reproduced panels illustrate a provocative range of finishes, processes or textures, and reflect current thinking on design potential for the built environment. The panels are organized thematically, including sections on technology, aesthetics and philosophical reflections. The often astonishing visions displayed address fundamental matters affecting the larger evolution of the man-made environment. Beylerian is creative director of Steelcase Design Partnership; Osborne is executive director of the International Design Conference in Colorado.
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