In Building as Ornament, Michiel van Raaij investigates how this new tendency in architecture emerged in the late 1990s and how it has developed at the start of the twenty-first century, through interviews with ten leading architects, among them Adriaan Ge..
This is typified by the works of well-known architects such as Herzog subjective the human interaction that ornament requires in both its production and its reception and the political. Contrary to the message conveyed by the founding fathers of mode..
. . the elegance of eighteenth-century pen flourishing, replete with elaborate swirls and curlicues, and the precision of modern graphic design, boasting clean lines free of feathering, blotting, and other irregularities . . . in this spirit, artist Kiyosh..
One sidelight to the typographic art, but one in which many printers specialized, was the typographical ornament — long a tradition among the very earliest printers, once again brought to the avant garde of design. The best American and European prin..
A whole family of plaster skunks. Joe Burton''s dad loves tacky lawn ornaments. But when he brings home two ugly lawn gnomes, the trouble begins. Late at night. When everyone''s sleeping. Someone''s creeping in the garden. Whi..
But all the evidence suggests that the practice of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century was very different from present-day convention. What records we have suggest a number of important differences. The chapters in the book deal individually with The Pow..
CLOSEOUTS . Glitter-dipped trees are a surefire way to invoke the holiday spirit, which is exactly what Tagand#39;s glittered tree ornaments aim to do! (Just imagine them sparkling in the light.) Available Colors: GOLD, SILVER.
