There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Noemi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. "Crafting a Modern World" is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the ...
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There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Noemi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. "Crafting a Modern World" is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that embraced designs from factories, office buildings, churches, and schools to furniture, fabrics, and graphic design.
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Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn wtih a few small edge-tears, but is overall clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards, but with a 4" x 1" watermark to the cloth along the left edge; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 3.9 lbs; Tan dust jacket with architectural photo, and title in white lettering; 2007, Princeton Architectural Press; 352 pages; "Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and NoTmi Raymond, " by Mari Sakamoto Nakahara, et al.
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. Exhibition Catalogue. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., any signs of handling are in the negligible category. clean. no writing, markings, labels. no tears, clips, chips. strong binding. a great copy.; english text.; 364pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. several essays by various contributors. writings by the raymonds. chronology. correspondence.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good +; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Printing. Condition is Very Good+ in a Fine dustjacket. Book has clean covers and a tight, square binding. Books only flaw beside having been read is a slightly bumped corner. Jacket bright and crisp without flaws. Photos upon request.
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New. 1568985835. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--364 pp. With 417 ills. (56 col. ). 29 x 23 cm. --with a bonus offer--