Anni Albers : selected writings on design / edited and with an introduction by Brenda Danilowitz ; foreword by Nicholas Fox Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albers, Anni.

Contributor:

Danilowitz, Brenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--Philosophy.

Design.

Decoration and ornament--Philosophy.

Decoration and ornament.

Physical Description:

xiii, 79 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Middletown, Conn.] : Wesleyan University Press ; Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, [2000]

Summary:

Anni Albers (1899-1994) was one of the most influential textile designers of the 20th century. Born in Berlin, in 1922 she became a student at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where she met her husband, Josef Albers. From 1933 to 1949 Albers taught at Black Mountain College. The fifteen essays gathered here illustrate Anni Albers's concept of design as the pursuit of wholeness -- "the coalition of form answering practical needs and form answering aesthetic needs." This beautifully illustrated book addresses the artistic and practical concerns of modern design and considers the ever-changing role of the designer.

Contents:

A Start

Weaving at the Bauhaus

Work with Material

Art

A Constant

Designing

On Jewelry

One Aspect of Art Work

Constructing Textiles

Design: Anonymous and Timeless

Review of Ben Nicholson's Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings

The Pliable Plane: Textiles in Architecture

Conversations with Artists

Weaving, Hand

Designing as Visual Organization

Tactile Sensibility

Material as Metaphor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79).

ISBN:

0819564478

OCLC:

44650776