Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings About Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and .

Ron Arad and Matthew Collings

ISBN 10: 0714843105 / ISBN 13: 9780714843100

Published by Phaidon Press, London, 2004

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Jacket has light wear and no tears. Protected in Mylar cover (not taped to jacket or book). A bumpo to bottom corners of jacket and cloth. very clean. Binding tight. 247pp Size: 215mm x 250mm. Seller Inventory # 017774

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings About ...

Publisher: Phaidon Press, London

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

Ron Arad is one of the most successful and creative contemporary designers. He was born in Tel Aviv in 1951 and, in 1973, moved to London to study at the AA School of Architecture. In the early 1980s he established, with Caroline Thorman, One Off Ltd., a design studio and workshop, followed in 1989 by Ron Arad Associates, an architecture and design practice. In 1997 Arad was appointed Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art in London and two years later became Professor of Industrial Design there. as Cappellini, Kartell, Moroso and Vitra. Besides his activity as a product designer, he also works in the field of architecture and his projects include the Tel Aviv Opera in Israel. critic, who, as he points out, doesn't know much about design but wants to understand more. The conversation between Collings and Arad starts with the question: what is design? From this first, basic question they embark on a journey that touches the most important art and design issues, inside and outside Ron Arad's work. Stimulated by the Matthew Collings' questions, Ron Arad goes through the main aspects of his work, explaining some of his projects in detail and talking about his relationship with design, architecture and art in general. The interview is divided into 10 sections on 10 different subjects and illustrated with many of Ron Arad's projects, accompanied by narrative captions that explain their history and their main features and characteristics.

About the Author:

Matthew Collings is a painter, writer and television presenter best known for his British television series This is Modern Art. He was Editor of Artscribe International and is the author of Blimey and Art Crazy Nation.