Emilio Ambasz: Curating A New Nature
A timely reappraisal and synthesis of this ecologically minded pioneer and vibrantly interdisciplinary figure in contemporary design.
Famous for being considered the father, poet and prophet of green architecture and advocate of the idea that any architectural or design project must present new or better ways of living or be considered immoral, Emilio Ambasz is an award-winning architect, industrial designer, and protean creator of forms. He has invented highly efficient motors, modular furniture, street lamps, flexible pens, expandable suitcases, ergonomic door handles, wrist computers and 3D posters. In collaboration with Giancarlo Piretti, he created the Vertebra chair, the first chair automatic ergonomics in the world, now part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
A long-time architectural pioneer, Ambasz has maintained his belief in the environment – or rather ecology in general – as fundamental to viewing the world: as the author notes in the introduction, his ‘green-on-grey’ philosophy may often have fallen on deaf ears at the height of postmodernism, but it seems deeply relevant today. And it is in the current context that the book considers his work and its three main areas of concentration – architecture, industrial design, curating – with the aim of shedding light on the interdisciplinary character of the work as a whole.
Featuring built and manufactured designs that have achieved iconic fame and challenged others to approach new ways of reconciling architecture and nature, the book also considers Ambasz’s work as a curator at MoMA and his continuing influence and legacy.
A timely reappraisal and synthesis of this ecologically minded pioneer and vibrantly interdisciplinary figure in contemporary design.
Famous for being considered the father, poet and prophet of green architecture and advocate of the idea that any architectural or design project must present new or better ways of living or be considered immoral, Emilio Ambasz is an award-winning architect, industrial designer, and protean creator of forms. He has invented highly efficient motors, modular furniture, street lamps, flexible pens, expandable suitcases, ergonomic door handles, wrist computers and 3D posters. In collaboration with Giancarlo Piretti, he created the Vertebra chair, the first chair automatic ergonomics in the world, now part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
A long-time architectural pioneer, Ambasz has maintained his belief in the environment – or rather ecology in general – as fundamental to viewing the world: as the author notes in the introduction, his ‘green-on-grey’ philosophy may often have fallen on deaf ears at the height of postmodernism, but it seems deeply relevant today. And it is in the current context that the book considers his work and its three main areas of concentration – architecture, industrial design, curating – with the aim of shedding light on the interdisciplinary character of the work as a whole.
Featuring built and manufactured designs that have achieved iconic fame and challenged others to approach new ways of reconciling architecture and nature, the book also considers Ambasz’s work as a curator at MoMA and his continuing influence and legacy.
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Emilio Ambasz: Curating A New Nature
82.00 EUR
A timely reappraisal and synthesis of this ecologically minded pioneer and vibrantly interdisciplinary figure in contemporary design.
Famous for being considered the father, poet and prophet of green architecture and advocate of the idea that any architectural or design project must present new or better ways of living or be considered immoral, Emilio Ambasz is an award-winning architect, industrial designer, and protean creator of forms. He has invented highly efficient motors, modular furniture, street lamps, flexible pens, expandable suitcases, ergonomic door handles, wrist computers and 3D posters. In collaboration with Giancarlo Piretti, he created the Vertebra chair, the first chair automatic ergonomics in the world, now part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
A long-time architectural pioneer, Ambasz has maintained his belief in the environment – or rather ecology in general – as fundamental to viewing the world: as the author notes in the introduction, his ‘green-on-grey’ philosophy may often have fallen on deaf ears at the height of postmodernism, but it seems deeply relevant today. And it is in the current context that the book considers his work and its three main areas of concentration – architecture, industrial design, curating – with the aim of shedding light on the interdisciplinary character of the work as a whole.
Featuring built and manufactured designs that have achieved iconic fame and challenged others to approach new ways of reconciling architecture and nature, the book also considers Ambasz’s work as a curator at MoMA and his continuing influence and legacy.
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