Bookshelf - Alex Johnson
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KORTE INHOUD
A title that will appeal to those interested in book culture as well as furniture and interior design, Bookshelf is the first publication to take bookshelf design as its subject. From the conceptual 'Read-Unread Bookshelf' (which weighs books read against those still to be started) to the multi-function 'Trick' (a unit that transforms from shelf-space into a table and two chairs), Bookshelf presents over 200 inventive and experimental shelving designs in more than 400 colour illustrations that are sure to covet and inspire. Individual specification details are provided for each bookcase, including materials and documentation, and the accompanying texts by Alex Johnson, author and editor of 'The Blog on the Bookshelf', provide a fun and informative look at the history of the bookcase, as well as reflecting on how a new generation of designers have re-imagined a classic. One might have presumed that, with the advent of the e-book, the days of the bookshelf were numbered. In fact, readers are now taking almost a...
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2012Uitgever: Thames & Hudson272 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 189x183ISBN-10: 0500516146ISBN-13: 9780500516140Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original square pictorial boards, circa 18x18cm, richly illustrated in colour. [Auteur: Johnson, Alex] [Pagina's: 272] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London : Thames and Hudson] [Jaar: 2012] [Titel: Bookshelf]
