On Design _ The Magic Language of Things

Zeisel, Eva

ISBN 10: 1585674079 / ISBN 13: 9781585674077

Published by Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Design _ The Magic Language of Things
• Publisher: Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585674079
• ISBN 13: 9781585674077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Cloth/dust jacket Octavo.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design

About this title

Synopsis

Presents essays that explore the design process, discussing such topics as texture, scale, and spontaneity, in a volume in which the designer compares her own creations with works from ancient and contemporary cultures.

About the Author

Born in Budapest in l906, Eva Zeisel emigrated to the United States in 1938, after having designed glass and pottery for factories in Berlin, Hamburg, and Russia. Among her many awards and honors, she has received a senior award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and was the subject of a touring exhibition sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs.