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296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm |
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| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Aluminum by design: jewelry to jets, organized by and held at Carnegie Museum of Art, October 28, 2000 to February 11, 2001; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, March 20 to July 15, 2001; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, August 23 to November 4, 2001; the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami, December 15, 2001 to April 7, 2002; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 1 to August 11, 2002; and Design Museum, London, October 6, 2002 to January 3, 2003." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Aluminum by design : jewelry to jets / Sarah Nichols -- A new metal! Aluminum in its 19th-century context / Robert Friedel -- From precious to pervasive : aluminum and architecture / Dennis P. Doordan -- Cookware to cocktail shakers : the domestication of aluminum in the United States, 1900-1939 / Penny Sparke -- Aluminum : a competitive material of choice in the design of new products, 1950 to the present / Craig Vogel -- Aluminum and the new materialism / Paola Antonelli -- Highlights / Sarah Nichols. |
| Summary |
This book accompanies a major traveling exhibition that showcases works by some of the most visionary designers and architects, from chairs and tables to jewelry and entire buildings. |
| Subject |
Aluminum -- Exhibitions.
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Aluminum construction -- Exhibitions.
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Aluminum. (OCoLC)fst00806262
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Aluminum construction. (OCoLC)fst00806360
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Agro, Elisabeth R.
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Teller, Elizabeth.
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Antonelli, Paola.
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Carnegie Museum of Art.
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| ISBN |
0880390395 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780880390392 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0810967219 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780810967212 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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