Contemporary Design Africa Antiques & CollectiblesCelebrates African design today through the beautiful objects created by its most sophisticated makers. Contemporary Design Africa offers a refreshing challenge to rigid perceptions of what African design looks like. Focusing primarily on interior decoration, the book presents fifty designers, artisans, and cooperatives based on the continent or part of the diaspora who are creating sophisticated and innovative products and interiors. An introductory
and featured in the first of MoMA’s legendary Good Design exhibitions alongside now-iconic designs by Ray and Charles Eames
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The ancient Greeks recorded their mythology on vase paintings
In exploring the history of ideas behind the modern garden
Initiating her art practice in 1966 with concrete poetry
Payette’s work embodies the integration of design and performance that is essential to the creation of humane and sustainable buildings of any type
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Contributors turn to the next generation of designers
benennen Materialien und Einrichtung und zeigen die sozialgeschichtlichen Hintergründe auf
traditional dishes
vor allem die Vertreter des Jugendstils