Ron Arad

Ron Arad

Author: Ron Arad

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780870707599

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Even among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad stands out for the versatile nature of his work & his daredevil use of materials & technology. This book examines his work, and includes an interview with Arad plus plates, sketches and renderings of over 150 objects and spaces.


Materials for Inspirational Design

Materials for Inspirational Design

Author: Chris Lefteri

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9782940361502

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This informative and attractive book will provide education and inspiration for design professionals and students alike. Materials for Inspirational Design provides today's designer with a myriad of material possibilities. The book introduces the properties of wood, metal, glass, ceramics and plastic, all in an informative and inspirational format. The book covers a wide range of information its inclusion of both everyday, familiar products and those that are new, exciting and unexpected. The book is highly informative in that each application is introduced with detailed authorial comment, and numerous interviews with the designers and manufacturers are also included. The book covers a wide range of areas, exploring the application of materials in architecture, interior design, product design, furniture design, fashion and applied arts, all combined with solid technical information.


Variations on Normal

Variations on Normal

Author: Dominic Wilcox

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-08-21

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1473521262

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Ingenious and amusing illustrated inventions from the brilliant mind of Dominic Wilcox 'I love this book. Laugh-out-loud funny. I want a salty thumb lolly now!' Harry Hill As we go about our day-to-day business, we see the same stuff every day. The bath, the fridge, the lamp post, the bicycle, the tree... so far, so humdrum. But not if you are Dominic Wilcox. Dominic sees things a little differently. For him, inside each of these everyday things are hundreds of surprising ideas waiting to be discovered. The Portable Bottom Seat, the Sick Bag Beard, Wrist Nets for the Butterfingered – Dominic's unexpected inventions, conflations and modifications promise to make your life that little bit easier, or at least more amusing. Normal will never seem quite so normal again.


Dezeen Book of Interviews

Dezeen Book of Interviews

Author: Marcus Fairs

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780992847401

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This book features conversations with 45 leading figures in architecture and design from around the world.0A follow-up to the hugely successful Dezeen Book of Ideas, Dezeen Book of Interviews features some of the most talented and inspiring people from the global design scene that have been interviewed for online architecture and design magazine Dezeen over the years.0Interviewees include architects David Adjaye, Rem Koolhaas, Neri Oxman, Richard Rogers and Neri & Hu, designers such as Hella Jongerius, Thomas Heatherwick, Ron Arad, Ilse Crawford and Marc Newson, as well as a host of influential figures from the worlds of technology, fashion, art and more.0Each interview has been comprehensively revisited and re-edited for the book, which includes a lot of material that has never been published before.


Islamic Terror Abductions in the Middle East

Islamic Terror Abductions in the Middle East

Author: Shaul Shay

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1837641684

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Investigates abductions, hostage taking, beheadings, and global jihad influences in four theatres in the Middle East over the last 25 years (1980-2005): Israel, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. This work includes discussion of the William Buckley, William Higgins and "Iran gate" abductions.


Xtra Strong/Light Composites

Xtra Strong/Light Composites

Author: Lut Pil

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9789058675620

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Offers an accessible account of the properties and possibilities of composite materials. It also discusses the ways in which the Belgian designers Clem van Himbeeck and Weyers & Borms and the Israeli designer Ron Arad use composite materials.


Ron Arad

Ron Arad

Author: Deyan Sudjic

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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Describes the work of the furniture designer, and discusses the development of design and his place in it.


The International Design Yearbook 2007

The International Design Yearbook 2007

Author: Patricia Urquiola

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1856695166

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Leading showcase of international domestic design including more than 500 photographs with full technical data for each object and biographies of the designers whose work is featured.