Browsing Category Interior Design, Furniture, Industrial Design
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Adam (J.) et. al.
SECOND AID,
doorstops, drip-catchers and other symbiotic gadgets
136 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback,
Ludwigsburg,
(2000) 2003.
R425
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Published to accompany the exhibition, "Türbremse, Tropfenfänger und andere obligate Symbionten", curated by Jörg Adam & Dominik Harborth, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
"The gadgets referred to in this book as "second aids" were called 'Helfershelfer' in the original German edition. A "helper's helper", to use a literal translation, is a secondary assistant; the term is often used somewhat derogatorily to denote a lackey or accomplice...the unpretentious, accomplice 'add-on' object becomes a perfect tool to explain industrial design, mainstream aesthetics, marketing philosophies, the historical and sociological heritage of products and the ambitions and trials of modern inventors".
Essays include "The Habits of the Gorilla" by Ivan Vladislavíc. A "gorilla" is a gadget one can attach to the stearing wheel to secure a car against theft.
Includes a 32 pp. supplement, "Second Aid for Design Icons, Salif Aid, Sit-Kit, Left Link, Millenium Clip, Soft-Grip-Set, Cap".
Originally published in German.
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Artlogic
JOBURG ART FAIR,
3 - 5 April 2009
338 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback,
Johannesburg,
2009.
R395
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Catalogue of the Joburg Art Fair held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, in April 2009.
The Fair involved 25 galleries representing 400 artists, as well as 11 Special Projects. Galleries include Michael Stevenson, Goodman Gallery and Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art.
Artists profiled include Johannes Phokela, Mikhael Subotsky, Joachim Schönfeldt, Sanell Aggenbach, Santu Mofokeng, Michael MacGarry, Lawrence Lemaoana, Johann Louw, Kay Hassan, Peter Clarke and Zander Blom.
Special Projects include a local showing of Jane Alexander's installation "Security", a selection of African photography, a selection of moving images curated by Tumelo Mosaka, and a show of contemporary South African interior design curated by Trevyn McGowan.
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Asensio (P.) ed.
AFRICAN INTERIOR DESIGN,
399 pp., colour illus., paperback,
New York etc,
2003.
R200
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Introduction in English, German, French & Spanish.
Photographs taken inside an array of dwellings in South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tanzania, and other African countries.
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Baraitser (M.) & Obholzer (A.)
CAPE ANTIQUE FURNITURE,
a comprehensive pictorial guide to Cape furniture
432 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w.,
Cape Town,
2004.
OUT OF PRINT
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Covers all aspects of both town and country Cape furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Companion volume to previous books by the same authors: "Town Furniture of the Cape", "Cape Country Furniture" and "The Cape House and its Interior".
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Baraitser (M.) & Obholzer (A.)
CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE,
a pictorial survey of regional styles, materials and techniques in the Cape Province of South Africa
286 pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w.,
Cape Town,
1971.
R950
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Historical introduction by Mary Alexander Cook.
Michael Baraitser and Anton Obholzer searched the Cape countryside for many years, found and studied examples of locally-made furniture and took the 90 photographs reproduced in this book, enabling them to classify the regional styles, the rural craftmen and the timbers used.
