Unfolded: Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry - Hardcover

Schmidt, Petra; Stattmann, Nicola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3034600321 ISBN 13: 9783034600323

Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture, 2009

Synopsis

"Unfolded" demonstrates the possibilities paper holds today for product design, fashion, and art and provides designers with valuable inspirations. From washi paper to ceramic and carbon fiber paper, it presents the state of the art in research and development as well as the most important methods and technologies in handcrafts and industry.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Unfolded" presents paper from a new perspective: As a high-tech material and substance for a new generation of engineers, designers, artists, and architects.

About the Author:

Petra Schmidt is an independent author and consultant in Frankfurt am Main. She teaches theory of design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe (Academy of Design, Karlsruhe) and writes for art and design magazines such as art and Frame. After completing her degree in theater, film, and media studies in Frankfurt, she worked for various design firms and was editor in chief of the design journal form from 1999 to 2007. She is co-editor of the books Patterns and Patterns 2, Muster in Design, Kunst und Architektur, published by the Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and 2008, respectively.   Nicola Stattmann has worked as an independent designer in Frankfurt since 2002. Her studio specializes in developing products that focus on the use of new materials and technologies. As an author, she has written for numerous design and architectural trade journals; she is also the author of the publications Handbuch Material Technologie (av Verlag, 2000) and Ultra Light Super Strong (Birkhäuser Verlag, 2003). Since 2001, she has taught at various universities at home and abroad as a visiting professor; she currently teaches in the Department of Industrial Design at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (University of Applied Sciences, Northwest Switzerland). www.nicolastattmann.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3034600321
• ISBN 13: 9783034600323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 255