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De-Signing Design; Cartographies of Theory and Practice
Grierson, Elizabeth; Edquist, Harriet; Frichot, Hélène; Silverman, Hugh J.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. There is modest shelf wear on the cloth, with a faint cock to the spine resulting in light bowing of the covers, & subtle edge & corner wear; the book is attractive & otherwise in very good condition.
Language: English
Published by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT, 2008
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Paperback. Harriet Edquist, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT. The book titled Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art by the author Harriet Edquist. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title. Paperback.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Michael O'Connell- The Lost Modernist is a beautifully produced book that documents the life and work of this major figure in AngloAustralian design history.Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following… 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement in Melbourne primarily through his innovative and dynamic textiles. First exhibited in 1930 his hand blockprinted fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design, which at the time was an entirely amateur affair, and laid the foundations of its future development. On his return to the UK in 1937, O'Connell became a key figure in contemporary textile design, producing fabrics for EdinburghWeavers in 1938 and then for Heals during the 1940s and 1950s. He was involved in a number of progressive government-initiated projects for schools and public institutions in the optimistic years of post-war Britain, including the celebrated wall hangings for the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the 1960s until his death in 1976 O'Connell kept pace with contemporary art practice from his studio-home in Perry Green Hertfordshire, producing large-scale, innovative 'textile murals' in his unique combination of batik and resist dyeing. The Lost Modernist illustrates and discusses over100 works from Australian and British public and private collections within the context of 20th century design history and the framework of O'Connell's life. A book that documents the life and work of this major figure in Anglo-Australian design history. Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement through his dynamic textiles. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Sean Hogan Designer (illustrator).
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Published by RMIT University Press 2008, 2008
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Add to basketSuper octavo, softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers slightly rubbed, else very good copy. This book may require a freight adjustment. Sean Hogan Designer (illustrator).
Published by Department of Architecture, RMIT, Melbourne, 1988., 1988
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Add to basket4to, 105pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.
Published by Transition Publishing, 1989., 1989
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Add to basket4to, 86pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy. Covers lightly rubbed. . With bibliography by Philip Goad.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "What am I trying to express? I think human weakness through the vulnerable figure without extracting its dignity no matter how uncertain this is why distortion and the element of drama [are] ever present" George Baldessin Printmaker and sculptor George Baldessin was born in North Italy, bef…ore moving to Australia with his family in 1949. He studied at RMIT from 1958 to 1961 and later at the Chelsea School of Art in London in 1962. He continued further study at the Brera Academy of Fine Art Milan from 1962 63. His surrealist inspired works frequently incorporated silver and gold leaf. During the 1970's Baldessin worked in a studio in the Olderfleet building on Collins St in Melbourne with fellow artists Tate Adams, Les Kossatz, Andrew Sibley, Roger Kemp, Fred Williams and Jan Senbergs. Baldessin held his first solo exhibition at the Argus Gallery on the fourth floor of the old Argus newspaper building in Elizabeth Street in 1964 and completed the now iconic pears sculpture installation outside the National Gallery of Australia before his death in 1978. Memorial exhibitions were held at Realities Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria, the later of which toured several state galleries. The Heide museum held a retrospective of Baldessin's drawings in 1991 and the Art Gallery of New South Wales featured him as a focus artist in 1999. During his life Baldessin was awarded the Alcorso Sekers Travelling Scholarship for sculpture in 1966, the Maitland Prize for prints in 1967 and 1970, prizes at the Ljubljana Biennale of Printmaking in 1967 and the Second International Biennale of Drawing in Yugoslavia in 1970. He won the Geelong Print Prize in 1970 and the Comalco Invitation Award for sculpture in 1971. A studio and print workshop was founded at Baldessin's studio in St Andrews, Victoria and in 1998 a Baldessin Foundation Travelling Scholarship was established for travelling sculptors. Baldessin's work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; all state galleries and regional galleries including Ballarat, Geelong, Mildura, Mornington, Sale, Warrnambool, Newcastle, Fremantle, Launceston and University collections including Melbourne University, Monash, Hobart and internationally at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
GEORGE BALDESSIN: PARADOX AND PERSUASION.
BALDESSIN, George; EDQUIST, Harriet & PALMER, Maudie (Editor).
Language: English
Published by Australian Galleries, Collingwood, 2009., 2009
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Square large 8vo, 260pp. Colour and black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.
Published by Heide Park and Art Gallery, Bulleen, 1991., 1991
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Add to basket8vo (21x20cm), stapled wrapper, 20pp. Good condition. Light wear, bumped, white background a little grubby, scuff marks. With b&w illustrations. Pictures available on request.
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Condition: New. Sean Hogan Designer (illustrator).
Published by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT, 2000
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Paperback. Harriet Edquist, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, RMIT. Frederick Romberg (1913-1992) is best known in Australia as the middle term in the architectural partnership of Grounds, Romberg and Boyd which was formed in Melbourne in 1953. During the 1950s the pratice was in the vanguard of architectural innovation i…n this country as this important tribute recognises. Paperback.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Michael O'Connell- The Lost Modernist is a beautifully produced book that documents the life and work of this major figure in AngloAustralian design history.Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following… 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement in Melbourne primarily through his innovative and dynamic textiles. First exhibited in 1930 his hand blockprinted fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design, which at the time was an entirely amateur affair, and laid the foundations of its future development. On his return to the UK in 1937, O'Connell became a key figure in contemporary textile design, producing fabrics for EdinburghWeavers in 1938 and then for Heals during the 1940s and 1950s. He was involved in a number of progressive government-initiated projects for schools and public institutions in the optimistic years of post-war Britain, including the celebrated wall hangings for the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the 1960s until his death in 1976 O'Connell kept pace with contemporary art practice from his studio-home in Perry Green Hertfordshire, producing large-scale, innovative 'textile murals' in his unique combination of batik and resist dyeing. The Lost Modernist illustrates and discusses over100 works from Australian and British public and private collections within the context of 20th century design history and the framework of O'Connell's life. A book that documents the life and work of this major figure in Anglo-Australian design history. Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement through his dynamic textiles. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Sean Hogan Designer (illustrator).
Published by RMIT University Melbourne 2008, 2008
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Add to basket1st edition flexible boards As New octavo xiii + 265pp., colour & b/w plates, plans, references.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Michael O'Connell- The Lost Modernist is a beautifully produced book that documents the life and work of this major figure in AngloAustralian design history.Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following… 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement in Melbourne primarily through his innovative and dynamic textiles. First exhibited in 1930 his hand blockprinted fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design, which at the time was an entirely amateur affair, and laid the foundations of its future development. On his return to the UK in 1937, O'Connell became a key figure in contemporary textile design, producing fabrics for EdinburghWeavers in 1938 and then for Heals during the 1940s and 1950s. He was involved in a number of progressive government-initiated projects for schools and public institutions in the optimistic years of post-war Britain, including the celebrated wall hangings for the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the 1960s until his death in 1976 O'Connell kept pace with contemporary art practice from his studio-home in Perry Green Hertfordshire, producing large-scale, innovative 'textile murals' in his unique combination of batik and resist dyeing. The Lost Modernist illustrates and discusses over100 works from Australian and British public and private collections within the context of 20th century design history and the framework of O'Connell's life. A book that documents the life and work of this major figure in Anglo-Australian design history. Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement through his dynamic textiles. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Sean Hogan Designer (illustrator).
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Über den Autor Philip Goad is chair of Architecture, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and co-director of the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage at the University of Melbourne. .
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "What am I trying to express? I think human weakness through the vulnerable figure without extracting its dignity no matter how uncertain this is why distortion and the element of drama [are] ever present" George Baldessin Printmaker and sculptor George Baldessin was born in North Italy, bef…ore moving to Australia with his family in 1949. He studied at RMIT from 1958 to 1961 and later at the Chelsea School of Art in London in 1962. He continued further study at the Brera Academy of Fine Art Milan from 1962 63. His surrealist inspired works frequently incorporated silver and gold leaf. During the 1970's Baldessin worked in a studio in the Olderfleet building on Collins St in Melbourne with fellow artists Tate Adams, Les Kossatz, Andrew Sibley, Roger Kemp, Fred Williams and Jan Senbergs. Baldessin held his first solo exhibition at the Argus Gallery on the fourth floor of the old Argus newspaper building in Elizabeth Street in 1964 and completed the now iconic pears sculpture installation outside the National Gallery of Australia before his death in 1978. Memorial exhibitions were held at Realities Gallery and the National Gallery of Victoria, the later of which toured several state galleries. The Heide museum held a retrospective of Baldessin's drawings in 1991 and the Art Gallery of New South Wales featured him as a focus artist in 1999. During his life Baldessin was awarded the Alcorso Sekers Travelling Scholarship for sculpture in 1966, the Maitland Prize for prints in 1967 and 1970, prizes at the Ljubljana Biennale of Printmaking in 1967 and the Second International Biennale of Drawing in Yugoslavia in 1970. He won the Geelong Print Prize in 1970 and the Comalco Invitation Award for sculpture in 1971. A studio and print workshop was founded at Baldessin's studio in St Andrews, Victoria and in 1998 a Baldessin Foundation Travelling Scholarship was established for travelling sculptors. Baldessin's work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; all state galleries and regional galleries including Ballarat, Geelong, Mildura, Mornington, Sale, Warrnambool, Newcastle, Fremantle, Launceston and University collections including Melbourne University, Monash, Hobart and internationally at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design & Construction, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, 1992
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Well-illustrated special edition focusing on the work of the key Australian writer and architect Robin Boyd. 295 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispat…ched same or next working day in robust packaging.
Language: English
Published by Transition, Melbourne, 1988
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Australian architecture journal (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) highlighting women in architecture-essays on Lacan and Eisenman, Le Corbusier, modernism and urban theory, 4to, softcover. Essays by Brenda Marshall, Meaghan Morris, Deborah White, Margo Huxley, Nora Cooper, e…tc, 98pps, stamp Withdrawn on front paper cover.
De-signing Design : Cartographies of Theory and Practice
Grierson, Elizabeth (EDT); Edquist, Harriet (EDT); Frichot, He le`ne (EDT); Silverman, Hugh J. (EDT)
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large, square format. Few signs of usage, and no stray marks. Uncommon outside of Australia. Non-USA orders may need to pay a postage uncharge. (Location: shelf BBB).
De-signing Design : Cartographies of Theory and Practice
Grierson, Elizabeth (EDT); Edquist, Harriet (EDT); Frichot, He le`ne (EDT); Silverman, Hugh J. (EDT)
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De-signing Design : Cartographies of Theory and Practice
Grierson, Elizabeth (EDT); Edquist, Harriet (EDT); Frichot, He le`ne (EDT); Silverman, Hugh J. (EDT)
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Add to basketMelbourne : Melbourne Books, 2010. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 160, illustrated. ' Designing Place is a beautifully produced book that brings together some of Australia's foremost artists and intellectuals in a project that investigates the meaning of 'place' by focusing on the Western District of Victoria. The artw…orks include the Stony Rises Project and rare images from the celebrated 19th Century painter, Eugene Von Guerard. This book is beautifully produced and brings together some of Australia's foremost artists and intellectuals in a project that investigates the meaning of place focusing on the Western district of Victoria. From RMIT Gallery: The Stony Rises Project brings together 10 contemporary artists and designers in an investigation of the rich, layered histories of the Western District of Victoria. Following a four-day artists? camp in April 2009, artists Carmel Wallace, Gini Lee, Jenny Lowe, Kit Wise, Laurene Vaughan, Lesley Duxbury, Marion Manifold, Ruth Johnstone, Seth Keen and Vicki Couzens created works in response to the area to the southeast, south and southwest of Lake Corangamite distinguished by the basalt rocks erupting from the landscape forming Stony Rises, as well as volcanic cones and crater lakes.Designers, artists, curators and community members were able to interact with and learn from each other in order to create informed works. The resulting exhibition focuses on the histories of the area, the intricate relationships of people with place, foreigners on new lands, and colonial and Indigenous narratives. A fully illustrated publication Designing Place. An Archeology of the Western District has been produced, with essays by project curators Lisa Byrne, Professor Harriet Edquist, Associate Professor Laurene Vaughan and other scholars, to accompany the exhibition. This publication and exhibition at RMIT Gallery facilitated a unique collaboration and intersection of creative practices ? the artist, the designer, the architect, the landscape architect, the historian, the geologist, and the landscape archaeologist.' - the publisher.
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Hardback. Condition: New. De-Signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice throws new light on the terrain between theory and practice in transdisciplinary discourses of design and art. The editors, Elizabeth Grierson, Harriet Edquist, and Hélène Frichot, bring together diverse approaches to design theory, practice, and p…hilosophy from leading scholars in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Themes include spatiality, difference, cultural aesthetics, and identity in the expanded field of place-making and being. The concept that design can be de-signed is presented as a way of exploring different approaches to an experimental and experiential thinking-doing that promises to further open up research possibilities in the fields of design and art thinking and practice. The book enacts a series of cartographic devices to articulate the spaces between theory and practice.
De-signing Design : Cartographies of Theory and Practice
Grierson, Elizabeth (EDT); Edquist, Harriet (EDT); Frichot, He le`ne (EDT); Silverman, Hugh J. (EDT)
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Hardback. Edquist Harriet, Melbourne University Press. Harold Desbrowe-Annear was an enigma: an architect who counted among his clients some of Melbourne's wealthiest families and among his friends a wide range of bohemian artists and writers. In this beautifully illustrated and highly readable biography, Harriet Edquist explore…s both the multifaceted work and unconventional life of this intriguing man, a life that was sometimes scandalous and always eventful. Trained during the heady days of Melbourne's 1880s land boom and imbued with the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement, Desbrowe-Annear embraced the power of architecture to improve people's lives. He promoted the idea of an 'architecture of democracy': an art available to everyone. From 1889 to 1933, he was responsible for some of the most innovative houses in Melbourne and on the Mornington Peninsula. Adopting a variety of styles, the houses were nonetheless all planned for comfort and functional efficiency, as well as good design. For Robin Boyd, Desbrowe-Annear was a 'pioneer modernist' whose best works deserved recognition alongside his European and American contemporaries. "Harold Desbrowe-Annear" brings the charm and innovation of that work to the fore. Hardback.
