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Irving Harper: Works in Paper
Michael Maharam
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Description for Irving Harper: Works in Paper
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 175 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 938.
An intimate monograph of the professional and personal creations of a midcentury design legend. Irving Harper is the most famous designer you have never heard of. Working as an associate at the office of George Nelson in the 1950s and ’60s, Harper was responsible for such icons of midcentury design as the Marshmallow sofa, the Ball clock, and numerous Herman Miller textile designs. Harper’s unrecognized contribution to this seminal era of design, and his incredible paper sculptures (made in his spare time to "relieve stress"), are presented for the first time in this book. An essay by design critic ... Read more
An intimate monograph of the professional and personal creations of a midcentury design legend. Irving Harper is the most famous designer you have never heard of. Working as an associate at the office of George Nelson in the 1950s and ’60s, Harper was responsible for such icons of midcentury design as the Marshmallow sofa, the Ball clock, and numerous Herman Miller textile designs. Harper’s unrecognized contribution to this seminal era of design, and his incredible paper sculptures (made in his spare time to "relieve stress"), are presented for the first time in this book. An essay by design critic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
938g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780847840014
SKU
V9780847840014
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Michael Maharam
Michael Maharam is the CEO of Maharam, a recipient of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Design Patron, and the author of Maharam Agenda. Julie Lasky is Deputy Editor, Home at the New York Times and was formerly the editor-in-chief of I.D. and Interiors.
Reviews for Irving Harper: Works in Paper
“Irving Harper…does incredible things with paper—abstract and realistic, monochromatic and colorful, fanciful and farcical—has been collected in the stunningly designed Irving Harper...” ~New York Times Book Review “…a sprawling love letter to an under-appreciated design master, a man who not only birthed some of the last century’s most inspiring work, but also made time to craft jaw-dropping works of ... Read more