We’ve teamed up with Octopus Publishing to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Joy of Home by Naomi Cleaver.
The 304 page hardback provides information on how to design the perfect home, from space planning to more intricate details such as fixtures and furnishings.
Written in a narrative similar to that of a cookbook, the chapters follow the same sequence of topics usually covered in a professional interior design course.
To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “The Joy of Home” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.
Competition closes 25 January 2010. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
The information that follows is from Octopus Publishing:
In The Joy of Home, interior designer and design consultant, Naomi Cleaver, guides you through everything it takes to design the perfect home for you, creating spaces that not only look good but make you feel good too.
Chapters follow the same sequence of topics covered in a professional interior design course beginning with how to reveal your unique “creative DNA”; how to evaluate the building you live in and its site; how to assess your every day needs and more romantic desires, and those of your household, now and in the future. There are insider tips on how to accurately visualise your ideas, before making a perhaps regrettable investment, and the tricks behind popular “looks”.
Space planning is explained in detail with Naomi’s entertaining and fresh eye – and chapters on finishes, fixtures and furnishings, as well as the essential “mechanics” of a home, from audio visual to heating and ventilation are full of Naomi’s trade secrets, not to mention her common sense evaluation of what being “green” really means.
When it comes to implementation, whether major construction or a simple craft project, Naomi explains, based on years of personal and professional experience, how to get the results you want.
Written in the same easy-to-follow narrative of a much-loved cook book, and packed with inspiring ideas and seductive imagery, The Joy of Home is an essential reference book in any home transformation project, illustrating how to design a home to reflect your heart’s desire, a home that fits in with the way you want to live, not how a floor plan or trend wants you to.
Imprint: Conran Octopus Ltd
Format: Hardback Size: 279 x 240 x 33 mm Pages: 304 Published: 6th September 2010 ISBN: 9781840915433
We’ve teamed up with new London brand 1ina100 to give readers the chance to win one of three T-shirts from their inaugural collection of limited-edition designs.
Top: Untitled by Nina Lilliebjerg-Heder Above: Isosceles Dancer by Jason Devine
Each design is silk-screened in a numbered and signed limited-edition of 100.
Above: Search by Night by Felix Melia
To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, delivery address, telephone number and preferred design to competitions@dezeen.com with “1ina100” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.
Competition closes 21 December 2010. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
1ina100 announce the launch of their first edition of collaborative T-shirts. 1ina100 is a new global platform for showcasing emerging art talent. All T-shirts are strict editions of 100 and come signed by the artist, with a unique number.
Above: Mountain rescue by Tamsyn Mystkowski
1ina100 focuses on individualism, style and a unique interest in small-scale production. Artwork is printed onto custom-made shirts, bespoke-cut to the company’s chosen fit.
Above: Two Wings by Felix Melia
The founders Aldo Kahane and Freddie D Webb are always present during the silk-screening of each edition, working closely with specialist shirt manufacturers to tweak and refine the cut of the shirts. Bespoke detailing such as stitching unique to 1ina100’s specifications, ensure that the shirts are more than another graphic t-shirt, “We’ve set aside a lot of time to curate and collect examples of what we believe are outstanding designs from emerging artists: the brand aims to show that carefully designed t-shirts can be more than an after thought of fashion lines, but instead regarded as something that stands out on its own.”
Above: Sad World by Jason Devine
The Founders’ Philosophy:
We wanted to use a ubiquitous object as a blank canvas for artists and designers to produce high quality visual and graphic works, leading the t-shirt market in an ever-evolving fashion industry. Although we’re clearly in the business of making and selling clothes, our real motivation is the art, a commitment to curating the products we release and ensuring that the people we work with are at forefront of our business. Each garment is hand-stamped and individually numbered in order to achieve our aims.
Above: System by James Kirkup
The process of silk-screening by hand is labour-intensive, however the designs produced have subtle variations from one print to the next, guaranteeing that each 1ina100 T-shirt is a unique object in its own right.
Above: The Eye by Matt Ritson
First stocked by B Store located on Savile Row, 1ina100 is now available across the UK and will launch its European presence in Berlin and Copenhagen. 1ina100 apparel is also available through several online boutiques, as well as 1ina100Store.com from December the 25th.
The Temporium: come down to our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium in London from 9-19 December and register your details for a chance to win one of several great giveaways, including a signed, limited-edition copy of Peter Blake: Alphabets (above), a 675 Chair by Robin Day, a Rabbit light by Front for Moooi and more.
Peter Blake: Alphabets is produced in a numbered edition of 600 by UK publishers D3 Editions and retails at £150.
Signed copies will be available to buy at The Temporium too.
There’s also a 14 Series low voltage cast glass pendant light from Canadian brand Bocci up for grabs and a nest of tables from the Original Ercol collection by British furniture company Ercol.
Above: Rabbit lamp by Front for Moooi from lighting specialists Foundry
Lighting specialists Foundry are also offering a free lighting design consultation for your home with expert advice on innovative lighting solutions.
Above: 675 Chair by Robin Day from British furniture company Case
To enter the giveaway, simply register your details at The Temporium pop-up shop between 9 – 19 December.
Above: black Nest of Tables from the ‘Ercol Originals’ collection from furniture brand Ercol
At the end of the week winners will be selected at random, notified by phone or email and announced here on Dezeen.
Above: 14 Series low voltage cast glass pendant light from Canadian brand Bocci
The Temporium Christmas 2010 pop-up concept store
221 Brompton Road, London SW3 2EJ (see map) 9-19 December 2010
THE PERFECT PRESENT GIVEAWAY Sight Unseen and The Future Perfect
Wish you could own more great design? Just in time for the holidays, the online magazine Sight Unseen is teaming up with the renowned New York design shop The Future Perfect for The Perfect Present Giveaway. It’s your chance to score furniture and accessories by some of the design world’s best and brightest talents: Harry Allen, Rich Brilliant Willing, Donna Wilson, and Oskar Zieta. Enter to win one prize from the shelves of The Future Perfect each week for 4 weeks, beginning November 22. Plus, read about the four designers at Sight Unseen, where you’ll get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the process and inspiration behind their work.
To enter The Perfect Present Giveaway, visit the entry page at http://www.sightunseen.com. You can enter once a day to increase your odds of winning, but only U.S. residents are elligible. Then head to The Future Perfect’s online shop to check out more great gift ideas.
Winners will be notified by phone or email within 15 days of each weekly giveaway’s close, and the winners’ names will be announced on the contest entry page at the close of the entire promotion.
We’ve got together with Laurence King Publishing to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Interior Architecture: From Brief to Build by Jennifer Hudson.
The 240-page paperback follows 30 interior design projects of various scales from the initial brief through sketches, development and construction.
The book is divided into five categories: retail, hospitality, corporate, public and residential.
To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Interior Architecture” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.
Competition closes December 2010. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
The information that follows is from Laurence King Publishing:
Interior Architecture: From Brief to Build by Jennifer Hudson
Interior Architecture: From Brief to Build, by Jennifer Hudson and published by Laurence King in October 2010 offers both students and professional designers an overview of how today’s major interior architecture projects are designed and built.
Interior Architecture provides an in-depth study of the creative and construction processes behind 30 contemporary interior designs. Covering a broad range of international projects, the book illustrates the working methods and creative concerns of both long-established and emerging international designers. Every stage of the project is included, from the demands of the original brief, through early sketches and design development to investigation of building regulations and collaboration with engineers, contractors, builders and suppliers.
To emphasise the diversity of the work and the methods used by those featured, the book is split up into five major building types: retail, hospitality (hotels, clubs and restaurants), corporate, public and residential. The projects range from small-scale to worldwide, roll-out design strategies. The author has chosen individuals and companies from assorted backgrounds. The majority are trained as architects and some are product designers who have moved on to create interiors. Others are multi-disciplinary companies whose teams are involved in not only the design of the buildings, interiors and products but also in graphics, media and even fine art.
Each project is presented through an explanatory overview, shots of production and construction processes, and details of fixtures, fittings, customised furnishings and decoration.
Jennifer Hudson is an author, editor and researcher in the fields of contemporary design and architecture, and for fifteen years was the general editor of The International Design Yearbook. She is the author of 1000 Designs and Where to Find Them, Interior Architecture Now, Restroom and Process – 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture.
850 colour illustrations 280 x 216 mm 240 pages PAPERBACK ISBN – 978 1 85669 697 5 £28
We’ve teamed up with publishers Gestalten to offer readers the chance to win one of three copies of The Story of Eames Furniture by Marilyn Neuhart and John Neuhart, worth £140 each.
Divided into two volumes, the first charts the development of the Eames’ office during the early years, while the second concentrates on the period following the Second World War until Charles Eames’ death in 1978.
To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “The Story of Eames Furniture” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.
Above: From The Story of Eames Furniture, Copyright Gestalten 2010
Competition closes 30 November 2010. Three winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
The Story of Eames Furniture By Marilyn Neuhart with John Neuhart
In this unique 2-volume, 800-page book with more than 2,500 images, Marilyn Neuhart tells the story—to paraphrase Charles Eames himself—of how Eames furniture got to be the way it is.
The Story of Eames Furniture is the benchmark reference on the subject. It is a biography—not of an individual person, but of arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. Brimming with images and information, this 2-volume, 800-page book in a slipcase sheds new light on the context in which the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames was created. It documents in unparalleled detail how the design process in the Eames Office developed as well as the significant roles played by specific designers and manufacturers.
Through intense and self-critical teamwork, the Eames Office was the first to translate the theoretical approach of the Bauhaus into commercially successful design for a mass market. One can hardly exaggerate the relevance of Eames’s modern concept of design. In many cases the success of the pieces is based on the Office’s own development and perfection of production processes for its designs.
The concepts that originated in the Eames Studio made a fundamental impact on modern design. Its furniture still tops bestseller lists and, decades later, the pieces have not lost any of their original elegance, timelessness, freshness, and quality. Its combination of conceptual consistency, aesthetic mastery, and almost scientific persistence is particularly inspirational for young designers today.
Above: From The Story of Eames Furniture, Copyright Gestalten 2010
BOOK 1: THE EARLY YEARS
The first book presents the early years of the Eames Office and its method of furniture design and development. It introduces not only Charles and Ray Eames, but also key members of their design team including Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Herbert Matter, and others—a widely diverse group of people who actually did the day-by-dy work on the furniture projects and who together ultimately turned contemporary design in a new direction.
The story begins here with an account of the furniture Charles Eames designed for MOMA’s 1940 Organic Furniture Competition. It was this groundbreaking work with the light material plywood that led to his first commissions from the US Army for molded plywood splints and stretchers, which were used on a huge scaled during the Second World War. Creating these designs for mass-production, in turn, was the impetus for what was to be Eames’s major career in technology-based design founded on a new aesthetic.
This book focuses on Charles Eames’s early work with plywood. It documents how he pursued his goal of adapting plywood-molding techniques into a system to mass-produce furniture. In doing so, Eames was the first to develop and apply mass-production techniques to furniture thus creating the modern furniture industry as we know it today.
This second book features the period from the aftermath of the Second World War through 1978, the year of Charles Eames’s death and of the functional end of the Eames Office. By explaining the pioneering industrial processes used with innovative materials such as fiberglass, wire, and aluminum, it provides incomparable insight into how new technologies serves as the genesis for the most interesting pieces of Eames furniture.
This book focuses on the role of the Herman Miller Furniture Company in the evolution of furniture design at the Eames Office. It offers an in-depth examination of the Office’s relationship to the company that was, in essence, Charles Eames’s patron in furniture design and development. In addition to producing and marketing all of the furniture that issues from the Eames Office from 1949 to Charles’s death and beyond, the Herman Miller Furniture Company funded all of its development and prototype work. This volume also investigates the influence of Don Albinson, who was Charles Eames’s primary designer and technician from the mid-1940s to 1960.
The creation and spread of the landmark furniture design documented here is simultaneously the story of how modernism became established in homes and offices throughout the world. This second book celebrates Charles Eames’s vanguard cultural achievement of giving modern society the opportunity of materializing its identity through the Eames Office’s furniture.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The Story of Eames Furniture was written and designed by Marilyn Neuhart together with her husband John. Both worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s until 1978, the year of Charles Eames’s death. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, Marilyn and John Neuhart had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. This book is a firsthand account of the Eames Office from within that meticulously portrays the history and development of Eames furniture based on the recollections of the Neuharts and those who worked closely with Charles Eames. More familiar with the material and protagonists than almost any other, Marilyn Neuhart has spent the last 15 years compiling the texts and images featured in this book.
ABOUT GESTALTEN
Gestalten specializes in developing content for aficionados of cutting-edge visual culture worldwide. The company is best known for documenting and anticipating vital design movements through more than 350 books we have published and currently distribute. Gestalten also offers a portfolio of services that fully exploits its role in the creative industries including curation and consulting, corporate design, and motion and interactive direction.
Always working directly with talented young designers and artists, Gestalten brings a deep understanding of visual culture on a global level to whatever we do and remains firmly committed to presenting visual trends with timeless substance.
Title: The Story of Eames Furniture By: Marilyn Neuhart with John Neuhart Price: € 150.00 / $ 199.00 / £ 140.00 Format: 25.5 x 29.2 cm Features: 800 pages, full color, hardcover, 2 volumes in slipcase ISBN: 978-3-89955-230-0
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