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Condizione: Very Good. Softcover, 185 pages, color illustrations. Contemporary designers, artists and scientists explore the evolution of this ubiquitous and endlessly malleable material, through its trademarked names - Spandex, Teflon, Nylon, Rayon, Formica, Tupperware - through to looking at how its function and reputation have changed over its lifetime. It is an essential book for designers, academics and everyone interested in our consumer culture. Record # 351663.…

Paperback. pp. 189. Large 8vo. Photographs and illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+.

First Edition. Botanic Gardens: A Living History is a comprehensive and practical guide to the world's foremost botanical gardens. This visually stunning book unearths the fascinating history of the botanical garden. Global in scope Botanic Gardens explores gardens including: The US Botanic Garden in Washington, The Royal Botanic Gardens in London as well as gardens in New York, Chicago, Denver, Sydney and Montreal. Botanic Gardens draws on a range of iconographic and textual treasures including photography, architectural plans, drawings, scientific journals and personal accounts. The key personalities involved in the establishment of the gardens are profiled -- an extraordinary catalog of explorers, scientists, noblemen, botanists, visionaries and dreamers. The architecture of the gardens is explored and the gardens' relationship with the wider world is also dealt with in depth. Featuring text by a range of writers including historians, scientists, horticulturalists and architects, this book is the only trully comprehensive and up to date survey of these institutions. Culturally important, Botanic Gardens is a vibrant beautiful book. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages; Physical desc. : 295 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287) and index. Subject: Botanical gardens --History --World --Conservation 3 Kg.…

First Edition. Botanic Gardens: A Living History is a comprehensive and practical guide to the world's foremost botanical gardens. This visually stunning book unearths the fascinating history of the botanical garden. Global in scope Botanic Gardens explores gardens including: The US Botanic Garden in Washington, The Royal Botanic Gardens in London as well as gardens in New York, Chicago, Denver, Sydney and Montreal. Botanic Gardens draws on a range of iconographic and textual treasures including photography, architectural plans, drawings, scientific journals and personal accounts. The key personalities involved in the establishment of the gardens are profiled -- an extraordinary catalog of explorers, scientists, noblemen, botanists, visionaries and dreamers. The architecture of the gardens is explored and the gardens' relationship with the wider world is also dealt with in depth. Featuring text by a range of writers including historians, scientists, horticulturalists and architects, this book is the only trully comprehensive and up to date survey of these institutions. Culturally important, Botanic Gardens is a vibrant beautiful book. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages; Physical desc. : 295 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287) and index. Subject: Botanical gardens --History --World --Conservation 3 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Sehr gut. Condizione sovraccoperta: Neu. 1. Auflage. Z : 208 pages with 171 colour + b/w illustrations.- To accompany the Light Show exhibition is this large-format, fully-illustrated hardcover catalogue. Featuring essays by art historian Anne Wagner, science writer Philip Ball and curator Cliff Lauson, the catalogue traces the rich history of artificial light as a sculptural medium from the 1960s to the present day. The catalogue features works by artists such as Dan Flavin, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, David Batchelor, Conrad Shawcros, Fischli and Weiss, Nancy Holt, Jenny Holzer and Philippe Parreno. Light Show is an essential addition to the literature of sculpture and installation and a timely and unique contribution in the investigation of light in contemporary art.…

EA, 144 S., OKart., sehr gut erhalten Sprache: Englisch. Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.