Diffrient Niels (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.9.

Softcover. Condition: VG+: As new in shrinkwrap. A softcover book with a black and blue spine. 193 pages with illustrations in both color and black-and-white. Contents are as follows: Introduction -- Beginnings -- Life in Detroit -- Mexico -- Educational challenges -- Working with Eero Saarinen -- Walter B. Ford and R. Buckminster Fuller -- Italy 1954-1955 -- Henry Dreyfuss -- Expanding horizons -- Breaking free -- Unsought design work -- Fate walks in -- Unabashed purposefulness -- The foundation of generalism -- Three great generalists.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 25.5 x 21 cm. 193pp.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Color illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. [iv], 193pp Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. 193 pages. Softcover. Profusely illustrated. 1" long scrape bottom back cover. Some rubbing along spine edges. Else, very good condition. (I4).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Near fine plus, if not fine wraps/paperback. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Looks new and unread with tiny soil spot to front cover and one page corner creased.A53 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Memoirs of the American designer best known for his ergonomic office chair designs, but accomplished in many aspects of interior and graphic design throughout the second half of the 20th century. First edition. 25.5 cm; 193 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Wear to covers; interior clean and unmarked; a good copy or better in wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping to plastic sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.69.

Condition: Good. Very Good; 2017 Edition; Complete set of 3 plastic measuring devices plus a softcover book in a folding, plastic case; Measuring devices and book all have minor exterior wear & are in great working order; "Humanscale 7/8/9," by Niels Diffrient, et al.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This complete set of calculating devices for human factors design is a remarkable set. This consists of three plastic folders each which contain 3 detailed operational wheeled elements for sizing a vast array of human factors. Plus each folder has an accompanying booklet describing all the calculation elements. Each of the 9 wheeled charts (three in each of three of the plastic folders) is two-sided, so that there are a total of 18 sides that perform human factors calculations.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A project of the Henry Dreyfuss Associates. 53 pages, 3 double-sided scalable charts, gateway plastic folder. Minor wear to the spine ends and corners of the booklet, charts are without wear and function smoothly. The plastic folder has wrinkles, partly splitting along the fore and upper edges. Text clean.

99 pp.; 16.5 x 25.1 cm.; screw bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Deluxe designed book featuring the intersection of Bauhaus design with Knoll products. Design of book attempts to mimic "modern," industrial books with high design elements of fancy papers, various printing methods, and binding using two very large screws and bolts. Text by Peter Blake. Artists and designers include Paul Aferiat, Marc Alessandri, Sergio Asti, Enrico Baleri, Jhane Barnes, Ayse Birsel, Cini Boeri, Vincent Cafiero, Ivan Chermayeff, Niels Diffrient, Dale Fahnstrom, Emanuela Frattini, Gianfranco Frattini, Tom Geismar, Paul Haigh, Bruce Hannah, Robert & Trix Haussmann, Dragomir Ivicevic, Lawrence Laske, Ross Lovegrove, Roberto Lucci, Paolo Orlandini, Carl Magnusson, Michael McCoy, Richard Meier, Stephen Peart, Don Pettit, Charles Pollock, Robert Reuter, Carlos Riart, Joseph Ricchio, John Rizzi, Brooks Rorke, Richard Schultz, Denise Scott Brown, Hazel Siegel, Peter Stamberg, Stanley Tigerman, Timothy Van Campen, Robert Venturi, Vignelli Designs, Marco Zanini, and Otto Zapf. Parallel texts in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Fine. Covers and contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illus. booklet is oblong 8.5 x 11", stapled pict wraps, 32pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities a bit worn but still a nice copy; also includes three illustrated rivited plastic "scales", oblong 8 x 11", with turning wheels at side; also with a 5.75 x 8" green transparent template of the human figure; all in a clear plastic sleeve (a bit worn, soiled and torn). SCARCE early work by Neiels Diffrient (designer of ergonomic seats/chairs), Alivn R. Tilley, John C. Bardagi; Designers: Henry Dreyfuss Associates.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Reissue. Very good. Plastic folder containing 32 pp. stapled booklet and 3 red hard plastic movable scaled "Perrygraf" charting tools similar to slide rules. 2017 reissue with very bright functional parts.Diffrient is well known for his Humanscale chairs including the Freedom Chair (1999) and Liberty Chair (2004).

oblong, 4to. pp. 52 + Three double-sided plastic charts with moveable wheels. Softcover, Inserted in printed clear double pocket slipcase. (small tear to corner of one pocket, edges of wrappers bit worn ).