Streamlined: A Metaphor for Progress …, Lars Muller Publishers, Near Fine

Streamlined: A Metaphor for Progress; The Esthetics of Minimized Drag
ISBN:
1568980655
Author:
Claude Lichtenstein and Franz Engler (Editors)
Publisher:
Lars Muller
Release Date:
1995
Seller Category:
DESIGN
Qty Available:
1
Condition:
Used: Excellent
Sku: 02282
Notes: Near Fine, 4to, 11 3/4" x 9 1/2." No date, circa 1995. Multicolored pictorial paper wrappers. Black and red lettering on teal and white spine. Covers have light rubbing and darkening and slight wear and bumping to edges and tips, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages have minuscule bumping to tips and two stickers on back cover and back copyright page (perhaps original), else pristine and intact. Replete with black-and-white printed photographs and illustrations. 271 pp., including illustrations and Selected Bibliography. Fascinating catalog about the concept of "streamlining" design, from both a scientific and artistic perspective, as seen in different modes of transportation, sports equipment, architecture, and many other fields of application. Edited by Claude Lichtenstein and Franz Engler. This catalog was based on a different catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition, _Stromlinienform_, that showed at Museum fur Gestaltung (Design Museum) in Zurich, Bauhaus Dessau, and the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Hagen. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.