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PLAYFULLY RIGID: SWISS ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN, 1950-2006
Claude Lichtenstein
Lars Muller, 2006
Hardcover
280 pages
250 colour & b+w illustrations
ISBN: 9783037780909
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This broad selection of Swiss architecture, graphic design, and design from 1950 to 2006 demonstrates that in this context, playful humour and clarity are by no means opposites, but a highly unusual duo of qualities that mingle and interweave. The question addressed by this publication is: are these examples from three professions, various regions and languages, and a period of more than fifty years bound together by a common denominator?
Not parade of luxury items, Playfully Rigid is a collection of talents and ideas finding material expression and clients with the courage to embrace new 'inventions,' presented with examples from architecture, graphic design, and design: movie theaters, swimming pools, pedestrian bridges, gas stations, posters, journals, record and CD covers, books, web design, furniture, and the legendary TEE train (Trans- Europe Express).
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