• Part 1: Reality
• 1. As it is
• 2. A Competitive State
• 3. Share Price
• 4. Property
• 5. Branded
• 6. Inversion
• 7. Unbranded
• 8. Reality
• 9. Prestige
• 10. Icarus Falls
• 11. Sellers All
• 12. Waste
• 13. Bypassed
• 14. Fair Game
• 15. What else is on?
• 16. My next fear
• 17. Time closed
• 18. A Moment in the Life of a Reed
• 19. Illusions of forever
• 20. Local?
• 21. Burying Your Dead in the Sand
• 22. Air
• 23. Carbon
• 24. Becoming Human
• 25. Internationalization
• 26. Craft 'n Kitsch
• 27. Modern and Traditional
• 28. Design Think
• 29. Enough
• 30. Damage
• 31. Seeing
• Part 2: Another Reality
• 32. How should we live?
• 33. Moderation
• 34. Legacy
• 35. Ashes of Myopia
• 36. Closest to the Dreaming
• 37. Fragile
• 38. Being Alive
• 39. Nature's Wisdom
• 40. Repeated Patterns
• 41. Profits and People
• 42. Return to Syros
• 43. What reward have ye?
• 44. Atomization
• 45. Lost
• 46. Authenticity
• 47. Change
• 48. Seriously
• 49. New
• 50. The Comb Shop
• 51. Repair
• 52. Resurrection
• 53. Photograph
• 54. The Human Touch
• 55. Perspective
• 56. Art
• 57. Drive
• 58. Elevator
• 59. And more
• 60. Economy
• 61. Beyond Protectionism
• 62. IP
• 63. Commonality and Originality
• 64. Secular Society
• 65. Sacred Time
• 66. Misreading Religion
• 67. A Stultifying Dualism
• 68. Faith
• 69. Rubens' Jesus
• 70. Enculturated Blindness
• 71. A Christmas Story
• 72. Mythic Objects
• 73. Another Reality
• Part 3: A Future Reality
• 74. A Wisdom Economy
• 75. Fair Share
• 76. Design Rhapsody
• 77. Spiritual Renewal
• 78. Cultural Highs and Lows
• 79. Improving Things
• 80. Moving on
• 81. One Manifestation of Wisdom
• 82. Why
• 83. After this?
• 84. A Creative Life
• 85. Delicate, Evanescent Things
• 86. Useless Things
• 87. Dying to Create
• 88. Live
• 89. RAW Design
• 90. Ruination
• 91. Rejuvenation
• 92. Things that Endure
• 93. The Mark Made
• 94. Handmade
• 95. Whittling
• 96. Foraging
• 97. Artefacts
• 98. Life
• 99. Improvisation
• 100. Progressive Design Praxis.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Design Realities explores a wide range of topics on creativity, design and spiritual well-being. Using critique, rational inquiry and personal reflection, Stuart Walker looks squarely at our contemporary condition, demonstrates how current assumptions and material expectations are becoming untenable and, most importantly, offers constructive new directions that are feasible, spiritually enriching, and hopeful. Comprising short essays, lyrical pieces, photo studies and longer discourses, this book takes us on a highly readable and enjoyable journey through some of the most pressing issues of our time. The innovative, intuitive format makes these topics readily accessible, while providing much food for thought about the changing nature of creativity in today's world. Written by a leading thinker in the field, this highly original book offers readers something to ponder, discuss, contest and build upon.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138580206 20190206

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Wearing (and not wearing) jewellery in the 1920s
• Chapter 2: New Women: The jewellery of Charlotte Perriand and Nancy Cunard
• Chapter 3: Modernism and modernity
• Chapter 4: Representing jewellery: Film and photography
• Chapter 5: Displaying jewellery 1920-1939 Conclusion.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Why has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design? This study explores the relationship between jewellery, modernism and modernity from the `jazz age' to the second world war in order to challenge the view that these portable art forms have only a minor role to play in histories of modernism. From the masterworks of the Parisian jewellery houses to the film and photography of Man Ray, this study seeks to present jewellery in a new light, where issues of representation and display are considered to be as important in the creation of a modern `jewellery culture' as the objects themselves. Drawing on material from museums, archives, contemporary journals, memoirs, literary and theoretical texts, this study shows how the emergence of modern jewellery began to seriously question conventional notions of body adornment.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781501326790 20190114

"Karin Bergöö Larsson (1859-1928) was a mother of eight and wife to Sweden's beloved painter, Carl Larsson. She was herself a well-regarded artist but gave it up when she married, at the request of her husband. Replacing paintbrushes and canvas with needles and cloth, she turned a somewhat ugly cottage into a designer showcase"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• 1. Ways to Well-being for Children Larissa Pople, Saamah Abdallah, Gwyther Rees and Gill Main
• 2. Co-Creating Well-being Experiences with Assisted Living Technologies Nikki Holliday, Darren Awang, Gillian Ward
• 3. Green Space and Urban Greening Benefits for Health and Well-being Across the Life-Course: A Pathway for the Operationalisation of the Green Infrastructure Approach Owen Douglas, Mark Scott, Mick Lennon
• 4. Growing Pathways to Well-being through Community Gardens and Greenspace-- Case studies from Birmingham and the West Midlands, UK Veronica Barry and Chris Blythe
• 5. Biophilia and the Practice of Biophilic Design Elizabeth Freeman Calabrese and Alice Dommert
• 6. `On Empathy' and Well-Being: Orientations and Conversations for the Aspiring Architect Amrit Phull
• 7. Emotional Transition and the Internet World: Implications for Well-being John Sparrow
• 8. The Legal Protection of the Well-being of Future Generations Haydn Davies
• 9. Well-Being Restoration in the Workspace Sukanlaya Sawang and Mirko Guaralda
• 10. Designing for Well-being in Late Stage Dementia Cathy Treadaway, Jac Fennell, David Prytherch, Gail Kenning, Andy Walters
• 11. Alone Together - Documentary Filmmaking and Stories of Well-being in Outdoor Spaces Esther Johnson
• 12. Pathways to Well-being Richard Coles, Sandra Costa, Sharon Watson Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

How can we achieve and promote well-being? Drawing on examples from the arts, humanities and design, this book brings together work from a wide range of areas to reveal the unique ways in which different disciplines approach the universal goal of supporting well-being. Pathways to Well-Being in Design recognises that the distinction between academics and practitioners often becomes blurred, where, when working together, a fusion of thoughts and ideas takes place and provides a powerful platform for dialogue. Providing new insights into the approaches and issues associated with promoting well-being, the book's multi-disciplinary coverage invites readers to consider these ideas within the framework of their own work. The book's 12 chapters are authored by academics who are involved in practice or are working with practitioners and features real world case studies which cover a range of situations, circumstances, environments, and social groups. Pathways to Well-Being in Design responds to those wishing to enquire further about well-being, taking the reader through different circumstances to consider approaches, discussing practice and theory, real world and virtual world considerations. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand well-being, including students and professionals in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, design and health sciences.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780815346951 20190204

• Introduction
• 1. Art to Industry: 1840s to 1910s The nations' struggle for product dominance Education for increased industrial competitiveness On a mission to improve taste and morality The promised land of Windsor chairs and iron stoves The product range grows and is differentiated Inventions pave the way for the manufacturing industry The new industrial products are aestheticized but criticised Attempts at artistic renewal
• 2. On the industry's terms: 1910s to 1940s Serial production enables the breakthrough of consumer goods Swedish luxury production excels The Stockholm exhibition paves the way for the factory good Functionalist ideas pervade society Furniture design is renewed and professionalised Prominent defenders of "good taste" The vision of the Swedish welfare state materialises
• 3. The promotion of soft values: 1940s to 1950s Women's understanding of home economics is utilised The industrial designer demonstrates his talents Integrated design thinking Colourful plastic replaces the black era Mobility increases and the leisure sector expands The foundation is laid for the Swedish safety philosophy Human dimensions and requirements govern design The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design attain their goal of more beautiful everyday goods Everyday items with classic status
• 4. Broadened design commissions: 1950s to 1980s The industrial design profession finds its form Advertising becomes ever more important within design Breakthrough for female designers Factory packaging drives out bulk Rationality shapes everyday life Design protests against a grey and unjust world Design with a user focus becomes a speciality
• 5. Limitless design: 1980s to 2000s Visual values are upgraded Design is recognised as an economic success factor A personal signature becomes increasingly important The budget giants step into the sphere of design The need for strategic brand design increases Standards of taste and the gender power order are challenged Sustainability permeates design Collections, meeting places, archives, awards Bibliography Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Swedish Design: A History provides a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the development of design in Sweden from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first. Leading design historian Lasse Brunnstroem traces the move from artisanal crafts production to the mass production and consumption of designed objects, a process by which the role and profile of the designer became increasingly important. His survey, richly illustrated with images of the designed objects discussed, takes in forms of design traditionally associated with Sweden, such as household objects and textiles, while also considering some less-written about genres such as industrial and graphic design. Brunnstroem questions many established ideas about design in Sweden, notably its aesthetics and its relationship to Sweden's national and political culture. He argues that the history of design in Sweden has been far more complex and less straightforwardly 'blond' than hitherto understood.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781350000155 20181227

• Grussworte / Roland Dantz
• Katja Margarethe Mieth
• Ein Schatz Präsentiert Sich : Vorbemerkungen zum Meisterwerkekatalog / Sören Fischer und Sylke Kaufmann
• Die Städtischen Sammlungen Kamenz : 800 Jahre Kunst und Kultur / Thomas Binder, Sören Fischer, Sylke Kaufmann und Ragnit Michalicka
• Katalog der Achtzig Schätze
• Anhang
• Literatur
• Autorenverzeichnis
• Bildnachweise
• Impressum.

The fascinating story of the American art pottery movement told through hundreds of distinctive works During the height of the Arts and Crafts era in Europe and the United States, from the late 1800s until World War I, American ceramics were transformed from industrially produced ornamental and table wares to aesthetically and technologically innovative art pottery. This fascinating history is exemplified by the outstanding works in the collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr., who over half a century assembled one of the most important and comprehensive selections of American art pottery. More than 300 of the finest examples of works made by both well-known and less familiar ceramists, including George E. Ohr, Hugh Robertson, Charles Volkmar, Mary Louise McLaughlin, Matt Morgan, Maria Longworth Nichols, and Frederick Hurten Rhead, are beautifully reproduced, along with numerous period advertisements and photographs, imparting a full understanding of the movement's personalities and achievements.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781588395962 20190128

• 1. The Jacobean Period: Joiners and Cabinetmakers in the New World
• 2. William and Mary: The Years of Transition
• 3. Queen Anne: The Line of Beauty
• 4. The Chippendale Style
• 5. Furniture of the Federal Period
• 6. American Empire
• 7. Windsor Chairs
• 8. Country Furniture: New England
• 9. Southern Furniture
• 10. Furniture of Rural Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Mid-West
• 11. Shaker Furniture: The Gift to Be Simple Color Plate Signature
• 12. Victorian Furniture: Gothic and Rococo Revivals
• 13. Victorian Furniture: The Renaissance Revival
• 14. Eastlake, the Aesthetic Movement, and the Colonial Revival
• 15. American Mission Furniture and the Arts & Crafts Movement: 1900-1915
• 16. Traditional Revivals for a Conservative Public
• 17. Modern Furniture, 1920-1941: Is It Here to Stay?
• 18. America Takes the Lead: Mid-Century Modern, 1950s and 1960s
• 19. Post-Modern and Avant-Garde Furniture since
• 1975
• 20. Studio Furniture and Furniture as Art
• 21. Connoisseurship of American Furniture.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Drawing on the latest scholarship, this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated survey tells the story of the evolution of American furniture from the 17th century to the present. Not viewed in isolation, furniture is placed in its broader cultural, historic, and aesthetic context. The focus is not only on the urban masterpieces of 18th century William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, and Federal styles but also on the work of numerous rural cabinetmakers. Special chapters explore Windsor chairs, Shaker, and Pennsylvania German furniture which do not follow the mainstream style progression. Picturesque and anti-classical explain Victorian furniture including Rococo, Renaissance, and Eastlake. Mission and Arts and Crafts furniture introduce the 20th century. Another chapter identifies the eclectic revivals such as Early American that dominated the mass market throughout much of the 20th century. After World War II American designers created many of the Mid-Century Modern icons that are much sought after by collectors today. The rise of studio furniture and furniture as art which include some of the most creative and imaginative furniture produced in the 20th and 21st centuries caps the review of four centuries of American furniture. A final chapter advises on how to evaluate the authenticity of both traditional and modern furniture and how to preserve it for posterity. With over 800 photos including 24 pages of color, this fully illustrated text is the authoritative reference work.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781442270381 20180409

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870
• Carolyn Ducey, Christine Humphrey, and Patricia Cox Crews
• 1. Early Spreads
• Lynne Z. Bassett and Linda Baumgarten
• 2. Whole Cloth Quilts
• Lynne Z. Bassett, Linda Baumgarten, and Christine Humphrey
• 3. Chintz Applique Quilts
• Carolyn Ducey
• 4. Pieced Quilts
• Janice E. Frisch and Xenia Cord, Patricia Cox Crews, Carolyn Ducey, Jonathan Gregory, Virginia Gunn, and Christine Humphrey
• 5. Applique Quilts
• Virginia Gunn, Carolyn Ducey, and Jonathan Gregory Notes
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Part of a comprehensive catalog of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum collection, American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870 highlights the dazzling designs and intricate needlework of America's treasured material culture. From whole cloth to pieced quilts to elaborate applique examples, all reflecting various design movements such as Neoclassicism and Eastern exoticism, the contributing authors address the development of quilt making in America from its inception in the 1700s to the period of the U.S. Civil War. Covering more than one hundred years of quilt making, this volume examines the period's quilts from both an artistic and a historical perspective. The contributors provide critical information regarding the founding of the republic and the influential republican values and ideals manifested in the quilts of this era. They also address the role that immigration and industrialization played in the evolution of materials and styles. With full-color photographs of nearly six hundred quilts, American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870 offers new insights into American society.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780803295926 20180625

Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a textile designer, weaver, writer and printmaker, who was among the leading pioneers of twentieth-century modernism. Throughout her fruitful career she inspired a reconsideration of fabrics, both in their functional roles and as wall hangings, truly establishing thread and weaving as a valid medium for art. In her later years, Albers took up print-making, translating many of her persistent themes and ideas into two-dimensional form. But while Albers has been extremely influential for younger generations of artists and designers, her contribution to modernist art history has, until now, been rather overlooked. In 2018, a groundbreaking exhibition, together with this accompanying publication will present Albers's most important works to fully explore and redefine her contribution to twentieth-century art and design, and highlight Albers's significance as an artist in her own right, rather than alongside her husband Josef . Contextualising Albers's early career at the Bauhaus, and her teaching years at Black Mountain College, this beautifully illustrated book will showcase major commissioned works, wall hangings, designs for commercial use, drawings and studies, jewellery designed and made by Albers and a selection of her prints. A series of short texts from a range of experts will focus on key works and themes, relating aspects of Albers's practice to her seminal texts On Designing and On Weaving, and drawing in broader contextual material, including examples of Andean textiles which Albers collected and in which she found intense inspiration for her understanding of woven thread as a form of language. Illuminating Albers's skill as a weaver, her material awareness and acute understanding of art and design, this much-needed publication is a celebration of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and her endless creativity.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781849766081 20180917