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      Architect and Designer Birthday Book

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      A day-by-day celebration and exploration of the greatest architects and designers throughout history Presented in an almanac style, The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is an informative, amusing, and beautifully designed celebration and exploration of the greatest talent...

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      Product ID:9781797224541
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Architect and Designer Birthday Book
      Authors:Author: James Biber
      Page Count:384
      Subjects:Individual architects and architectural firms, Individual architects & architectural firms, History of architecture, History of architecture
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      A day-by-day celebration and exploration of the greatest architects and designers throughout history Presented in an almanac style, The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is an informative, amusing, and beautifully designed celebration and exploration of the greatest talents to grace the worlds of architecture and design. With an entry for each day of the year, takes the reader through a diverse list of designers throughout history, offering a visual compendium of their extraordinary and sometimes surprising work. Featured profile names include: -Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, playwright, author, activist, clairvoyant born 26 January 1929 -Jingjing Naihan Li, designer born 05 January 1981?? -Mary Bright, artist, milliner, curtain designer born 11 January 1954 -Paul R. Williams, architect born 18 February 1894 -and more The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is a must-have for architects and designers everywhere.
      A thoughtfully curated collection in a stunning package that recognizes and celebrates the birthdays of famous, infamous, and often-overlooked designers and architects.

      The gift book for design and architect professionals and students they didn’t know they needed but will no longer be able to live without. Drawn from architect James Biber's epic Instagram project in which he posted a birthday bio of a famous (or less famous) designer or architect every day for a (mid-pandemic) year, The Architect and Designer Birthday Book is filled with personal, opinionated, and humorous observations on fascinating design and architect figures past and present.

      The minibiographies and birthday profiles in the book cover a range of international architects and designers, as well as artists, including:

      • Architects from the Aaltos (Aino and Alvar) to Zumthor
      • Rivals Bernini and Borromini
      • Photographers Lee Miller, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Vivian Maier, Dody Weston Thompson, Margaret Morton, and Judith Turner
      • Midcentury modernists Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and Florence Knoll
      • Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, Anne Tyng, and Denise Scott Brown

       
      More anecdotal histories than authorized biographies, these daily profiles are not only fun to read but provide spot-on commentary for anyone interested in how designers and architects relate to each other as well as their place in history. It is the intersection of Biber’s life and the history of architecture and design.

      Imprint Name:Chronicle Books
      Publisher Name:Chronicle Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2024-07-04

      Additional information

      Weight924 g
      Dimensions259 × 135 × 38 mm