Author : Joachim Fischer
Publisher : daab
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Introduces the most innovative interior and product designers of Europe. The book presents about 50 young designers or design companies and their products.
Author : Klaus Nathaus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1317637410
This edited collection studies the production and dissemination of popular music, tourism, cinema, fashion, broadcasting programmes, advertising and coffee in Western Europe in the twentieth century. Focussing on the supply side of popular culture, it addresses a field of study that is neglected in European historiography. Moreover, it provides a theoretical and methodological discussion that takes into account the inherent dynamics of content production and the role of cultural intermediaries in the change of cultural repertoires. Taking key developments in the culture industries in the USA as a point of reference, the book highlights particularities of cultural production in Europe. It identifies a greater autonomy of creatives, stronger influence of critics and a lesser concern with audience research as three characteristics of the production regime in Western Europe. It takes into view the transfer of popular culture across the Atlantic and between European countries and offers new insights into research on the cultural Americanisation of Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Review of History.
Author : Henrik Vejlgaard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1939235030
The full story of how changes in style and taste take place Why do millions of people end up wearing the same style of clothing? Or have the same style in electronics, cars, and furniture? It's because of trends-the powerful process of change that takes place in the same way again and again across the globe. Drawing on his own and other sociologists' groundbreaking research, trend sociologist Henrik Vejlgaard unearths what happens when a new style emerge and go mainstream and examines the influential individuals who make trends happen. He documents that 6 very different groups of individuals play a huge role in the trend process. Style Eruptions is a follow-up to Anatomy of a Trend, his first book on the trend process which presented trends from a business perspective. With Style Eruptions he completes the story of one of the most puzzling mysteries of modern culture: how do changes in style and taste come about?
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2003-09
Category :
ISBN :
At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.
Author : Kennedy Fraser
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2014-01-08
Category : Design
ISBN : 0804152012
In these thirty-two essays, the fashion critic of The New Yorker inquires into the meaning of fashion and the resonance that exists between fashion trends and the undercurrent of change in American culture
Author : Sharon Zukin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317325354
This accessible, smart, and expansive book on shopping's impact on American life is in part historical, stretching back to the mid-19th century, yet also has a contemporary focus, with material on recent trends in shopping from the internet to Zagat's guides. Drawing inspiration from both Pierre Bourdieu's work and Walter Benjamin's seminal essay on the shopping arcades of 19th-century Paris, Zukin explores the forces that have made shopping so central to our lives: the rise of consumer culture, the never-ending quest for better value, and shopping's ability to help us improve our social status and attain new social identities.
Author : Fiona Dieffenbacher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Design
ISBN : 2940447608
The thinking behind a fashion collection is what sets one designer apart from another. Learning to push ideas forward, to develop concepts and to challenge the status quo is what gives us some of fashion's greatest innovations. Yet students often struggle to develop their own style and approach to design. While the design process is fundamental to the way all fashion designers work, there is no right or wrong method: each emerging designer must find their own authentic process. By following nine award-winning student designers through their thought processes in response to a brief, Fashion Thinking establishes key approaches to design and encourages this process of discovery. Each student project represents a diverse range of strategies at each stage of the design cycle. By following each throughout their various stages of development, these examples offer a unique and inspiring insight into the thinking behind a final collection. Supported by beautiful imagery and illuminating perspectives from professionals throughout the fashion industry, Fashion Thinking is a book that no aspiring fashion designer should be without!
Author : Scala Quin
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1607654083
The 20th century was a rich and influential period of beautiful, innovative design and many classics from that era have influenced and inspired modern designers. "Collectables: 20th-Century Classics" features more than 90 of the most desirable and iconic pieces from the last century. Beautifully illustrated and organized by category (furniture, household, lighting, glass and ceramics) each entry has: a double-page spread, featuring a short essay on the classic under discussion with an accompanying photograph of that object; top tips on what to look out; a price guide; and, key websites to direct the reader on where best to make a purchase or pick up a bargain. Clear and concise, this book provides all the information you need to make an informed decision when investing in a piece of classic design, whether it be an Arne Jacobsen Egg chair, a Clarice Cliff tea cup or a Poul Henningsen PH lamp. This gorgeous book is a must for anyone interested in style, design or interiors.
Author : Caroline Young
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0711240345
Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was one of the most influential and ground-breaking fashion designers of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated biography tells her remarkable story in a unique and accessible way, examining how the homes and landscapes of her life relate to her work. From her childhood at the convent at Aubazine to her boutique and apartment on Rue Cambon in Paris and her villa, La Pausa, on the French Riveria, Chanel’s style was inspired and influenced by her environment. Emerging at a time that allowed women to be more independent, she designed clothes that let them be free. As she found fame, love and success, she used the memories of her past, and the way that she lived, to forge her own independence. Featuring designs, drawings, archive imagery and contemporary photography, Living with Coco Chanel provides a fascinating insight into Chanel’s life, work and legacy.
Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Unit D.3
Publisher : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Employment
ISBN :
EURES offers information, advice and job placement services to citizens of the EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and also monitors the labor market situation in and across these countries. This book marks the work and staff of EURES, launched in 1994, on the occasion of the service's 15th anniversary. It tracks the legislative steps that led to the creation of the service and offers a retrospective portrayal of the network's members and achievements over its history, before examining the potential topics with which the service may deal in the future.--Publisher's description.
