A century of Austrian design, 1900-2005 / Tulga Beyerle, Karin Hirschberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beyerle, Tulga.

Contributor:

Hirschberger, Karin.

Standardized Title:

Designlandschaft Österreich, 1900-2005. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--Austria--History--20th century.

Industrial design--Austria--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A "Century of Austrian Design" offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country's extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts. The book attempts to delineate a specifically "Austrian" formal language, citing as examples specific achievements in historical and contemporary design. As it does so, it also sheds light on other defining moments of Austria's design culture, including the enormous potential of its inventors, the phenomenon of semi-industrial manufacturing, and the innovative design solutions advanced by the Austrian sporting goods industry. A yellow pages section with selected design addresses rounds off the volume.

«A Century of Austrian Design» offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country's extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts.

Contents:

Front matter

Book Map

Content

Chronological Lexicon

On the Design and Visualization Concept / Pamminger, Walter

Foreword / Beyerle, Tulga / Hirschberger, Karin

Creative Ambivalence / Witt-Dörring, Christian

Beloved Institution / Woltron, Ute

Finding Refuge and Annexing Home Terrain / Pauser, Wolfgang

Between Tool and Touch / Koller, Gabriele

Preserved Future / Hollein, Lilli

An Achterl Tastes Better / Knecht, Doris

Self-design and Body Formula / Felderer, Brigitte

The Voice of the Street / Bauer, Erwin K.

On the Lexicon / Beyerle, Tulga / Hirschberger, Karin

Thematic Book Maps

Yellow Pages

Selected Bibliography

Picture credits

Authors

Editors

Acknowledgments

Imprint

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-0346-0889-6

OCLC:

831121302