{"title":"Architecture + Design Books","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"card-body bg-transparent pt-4 px-4 pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eExplore a diverse selection of books, from exhibition catalogues to art history and reference titles.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1066347","title":"Bertoia: The Metalworker","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Beverly H. Twitchell (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry Bertoia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the extreme. 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The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of the Japanese archipelago between the late 18th and the mid 20th century. The Thomas Murray collection featured in this book includes daily dress, work-wear, and festival garb and follows the Arts and Crafts philosophy of the Mingei Movement, which saw that modernization would leave behind traditional art forms such as the hand-made textiles used by country people, farmers, and fisherman. It presents subtly patterned cotton fabrics, often indigo dyed from the main islands of Honshu and Kyushu, along with garments of the more remote islands: the graphic bark cloth, nettle fiber, and fish skin robes of the aboriginal Ainu in Hokkaido and Sakhalin to the north, and the brilliantly colored cotton kimonos of Okinawa to the far south. Numerous examples of these fabrics, photographed in exquisite detail, offer insight into Japan's complex textile history as well as inspiration for today's designers and artists. 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Pierre Legrain is credited with revolutionizing bookbinding in the early 20th century. In 1916 he was commissioned by the French bibliophile, couturier, and collector Jacques Doucet to design bindings for his extensive library. He created nearly 400 unique bindings for him, and numerous frames for Doucet's exceptional modern art collection - including a steel frame for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLes Demoiselles d'Avignon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - as well as a series of African-inspired furniture. He was a member of the UAM, whose logo he designed, and he associated with André Breton, Paul Éluard, Jean Cocteau, the sculptors Gustave Miklos and Henri Laurens, the painter Francis Picabia, and the milliner Jeanne Tachard for whom he designed a garden. His rare body of work - a hundred or so pieces of furniture and a few interiors - is dispersed today in museums and private collections throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45106665586866,"sku":"9782376660170","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3532\/5780\/files\/Untitleddesign_8.jpg?v=1776700870"},{"product_id":"munaris-machines-reprint","title":"Munari's Machines \/ Le Macchine di Munari","description":"\u003ctable class=\"table product-detail-custom-fields-table\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; width: 100%; height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"custom-fields-row\" style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"custom-fields-value\" style=\"width: 98.263889%; height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bruno-Munari\/e\/B004N6DPWC\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\"\u003eBruno Munari\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Author), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-author=Isobel+Butters+Caleffi\u0026amp;text=Isobel+Butters+Caleffi\u0026amp;sort=relevancerank\u0026amp;search-alias=books\"\u003eIsobel Butters Caleffi\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Translator)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1942, the artist, writer, product designer, architect, graphic designer, illustrator, educator and philosopher Bruno Munari created an enormously successful and utterly charming book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Macchine di Munari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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