Furniture Design from modern-ISM

Fossadello di Caorso, Italy: Driade, 1998. First Edition . Original Wraps. Fine. Large 4to. 136 pp. b/w + color product photos, beautifully illustrated and designed Modern Italian furniture by the likes of Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Ross Lovegrove, Oscar Tusquets, Antonia Astori and more. Includes brief bio of each designer. Los Angeles showroom card neatly stapled to front… Ler mais sobre este item

Grand Rapids, MI: Steelcase Inc., 1968. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. Brochure with 8 color photos of Steelcase office furniture and layouts.

Knoll International, 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. A crisp, clean, unrubbed bright orange and white wraps. 24 pp., elephant folio, richly illustrated in black and white and in color with the work of Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Warren Platner, Tobia Scarpa, Marcel Breuer, Harry Bertoia, Gae… Ler mais sobre este item

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 2004. First Edition . Spiral-Bound Wraps. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 27 pp., (4 are fold-out) red-orange translucent cover with clean Herman Miller logo and lettering on cover. Represents designers Eames, Nelson, Noguchi, Aalto, Goetz.

New York: Jens Risom Design, Inc., 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. A clean, Very Good copy with some edge and corner wear. Jens Risom Design, Inc. showroom stamp on front free end paper. 82 pp., frontis portrait of Risom, 155 b&w product photos, drawings, specifications. Extremely scarce.

Directional Furniture Showrooms, Inc., 1956. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 4to. A crisp, Very Good copy of the ORIGINAL McCobb marketing book in black cloth with general light wear. Directional Furniture Showrooms location label glued to bottom of front pastedown. Faded owner name on back cover. Color photo of a table from McCobb's Connoisseur Collection laid in.… Ler mais sobre este item

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 2004. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 16 pp. marketing brochure with reproductions of vintage Herman Miller ads from the 50's and 60's.

Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1980. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. 16 pp., essay by John Kelsey, profusely illustrated with work by Eric Hansen, Sam Maloof, Don Braden, Garry Bennett, John Nyquist, Alan Marks, Martha Rising, Jim Bacigalupi, John Snidecor, Michael Chinn, Michael Graham, and others. Artist bios and exhibitions. A crisp, clean, unread copy with… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1981. First Edition . Original Wraps. Fine -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A crisp, clean, slightly rubbed copy. 191 pp., introduction by J. Stewart Johnson, 199 illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Square 4to. FINE xxiv + 251pp., with illustrated 500 exhibition items, 17 essays on the design process and product categories, designer biographies, and bibliography. Contributors include Alvar Aalto, Anni Albers, Max Bill, Gae Aulenti, Mario Bellini, Harry Bertoia, Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Lucienne and Robin Day, De… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Square 8vo. Some slight soiling to the cream colored cloth boards. 152 pp., beautiful illustrations of mid-century modern design classics from Alto and Breuer to Bertoia and Eames and all of the greats. Signed by the collector Keiji Nagai in 1985.

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 2003. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 148 pp., illustrations, prices for Herman Miller's line of classic furniture for the home including, seating, tables, and home accents.

New York: Hudson Hills Prees, 1989. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 152 pp., 60 color and 31 b&w illustrations, exhibition checklist, bibliography, exhibition history, and index. This volume places the trailblazing and inventive works of Castle within the contexts of both the emerging postwar crafts… Ler mais sobre este item

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 2004. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Price Book. A crisp, clean copy. 137 pp., illustrations, prices for Herman Miller's line of classic furniture for the home including, seating, tables, and home accents.

New York: Dutton, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Square 8vo. A crisp Near Fine copy in a Near Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 112 pp., profusely illustrated, bibliography, index. All the big names in mid-century furniture design are represented.

New York: Rizzoli, 2004. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean, unread copy signed by the author. xi + 242 pp., color and monochrome illustrations. Still in the shipping box with the Herman Miller shipping label and letter to Herman Miller sales employee from Herman Miller Sr.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Pitman, 1948. Second Edition . Original Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in a VG DJ (one inch piece missing at top of spine). 458 pp., illustrated and with an index. Complete coverage of plywood manufacture, design features, commercial applications, and technical data. Some illustrations of curved and molded modern… Ler mais sobre este item

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 2003. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 148 pp., illustrations, prices for Herman Miller's line of classic furniture for the home including, seating, tables, and home accents.