Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908–1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson’s essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of these architects would soon be affected by World War II—they would be put out of work or seek new careers abroad. Nelson’s essays spark fascinating questions about the canon of modernism: how would circumstances in the pre-war years cause some architects to rise and others to fall? Accompanied by a comprehensive introduction and a wide selection of archival photographs, many never before published, this unique study is a significant contribution to the history of modern architecture.

Building a New Europe: Portraits of Modern Architects, Essays by George Nelson, 1935-1936

Biographies & Memoirs

NELSON, GEORGE

Arts & Literature

Yale University Press

Pictorial essays by a renowned designer and architect aid readers in exploring, decoding, and reacting to familiar objects, images, and symbols in the man-made world

How to See: Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made

Arts & Photography

Little,Brown & Co

First softcover edition, Little, Brown and Company, 1977, illustrated throughout in b/w, square 4to, 8 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, 233 pages. Polymath George Nelson made his mark in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, but of his many talents, it is his writing skills that go under appreciated. "How To See" is the perfect primer for the uninitiated; more than a guide to visual appreciation, this is a book about how to recognize, evaluate, and understand the objects and landscape of the man-made world around us. "George Nelson was an outstanding designer. We all know that. But my hunch is that, in a hundred years, he'll be even better remembered for his thinking and writing about design. In each chapter Nelson discusses a way to understand and interpret the visual information presented through photographic illustrations - the book is appropriately subtitled "A Guide to Reading our Man Made Environment."--Stanley Abercrombie, architect and writer. The text, as well as the photographs, are insightful, inspiring, provocative and Nelson's text is written with an entertaining wit. This book, now considered a classic, can be appreciated by students and design buffs alike.

How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Manmade Environment

Little. Brown and Company

Nearly one hundred photographs enhance an authoritative account and celebration of the subculture of hip hop, its music, its fashion, its graffiti, and its dances--including electric boogie and breaking

Fresh, Hip Hop Don't Stop

Sally Banes

Susan Flinker

History

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Nearly one hundred photographs enhance an authoritative account and celebration of the subculture of hip hop, its music, its fashion, its graffiti, and its dances--including electric boogie and breaking

Fresh: Hip Hop Don't Stop

Patty Romanowski

Random House]

This is the first illustrated biography of Quincy Jones, whose stellar music career spans 40 years and draws from nearly every area of popular music with a host of awards commemorating his efforts as a composer, producer, and performer. (Book and Cassette)

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones

Music

WARNER BOOKS

A new edition of George Nelson's classic guide to visual appreciation, released on the fortieth anniversary of its original publication
Originally published in 1977 by iconic American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, George Nelson's critically acclaimed manifesto on how to recognize, evaluate, and understand the objects and landscape of the man-made world has influenced generations of design professionals, students, and aficionados. Forty years later, this cult book has been brought back to life with a fresh, new look and feel. At a time when our collective fascination with design has gone global, by one of the 20th century's most important design thinkers and will continue to educate and inspire readers everywhere.

Architecture

Phaidon Press

This is a book club edition hardback. meaning it has smaller margins and a different stock of paper in order to make a smaller hardback than normalNight is a young black man with big dreams of becoming a famous R&amp;B singer, but for now, he uses his other talents--the ones that make him a very popular, very well-compensated male gigolo, especially with white, middle-aged women--to make a living. All things considered, his life is pleasantly uneventful. That is, until Beth Ann.A beautiful supermodel, Beth Ann has managed not only to get herself tangled up in a drug ring, but because she spent all her profits, she's now a walking target for the greedy drug goons she ripped off. Night reluctantly tries to help her, but before he knows it, he gets pulled into the scene well over his head. And when one of his cients is found murdered, he learns there's just no turning back.....

Night Work

Literature & Fiction

United States

Touchstone

The respected architect and designer whose credits include the development of the pedestrian mall poses questions and offers his views on topics concerning art, architecture, city planning, design, housing, and the decoration of interiors

Problems of Design

Watson-Guptill Pubns

This is an anthology of legendary industrial designer George Nelson's published writings from the forties and fifties, featuring articles that first appeared in "Fortune", "Interiors", "Architectural Forum", "Industrial Design", and "House and Garden". Well illustrated, it includes photographs by Julius Shulman, Ezra Stoller, Hedrich-Blessing, and Charles Eames.

Problems of design

Whitney Library of Design

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Building a New Europe: Portraits of Modern Architects, Essays by George Nelson, 1935-1936

How to See: Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made

How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Manmade Environment

Fresh, Hip Hop Don't Stop

Fresh: Hip Hop Don't Stop

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones

How to See: Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made

Night Work

Problems of Design

Problems of design