Willy Guhl: Thinking with Your Hands by Renate Menzi Paperback Book

Description: Willy Guhl by Renate Menzi, Museum fÜr Gestaltung ZÜrich Modern design with a humanistic approach. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As a pioneer of modern design, Willy Guhl created world-famous furniture such as the Eternit garden chair or Europes first plastic shell chair. In the tradition of modernism and against the traditional Heimatstil, after 1945 he developed a holistic design approach oriented to human beings and their needs; functionality and reduction to the essential characterise his everyday objects. In collaboration with Swiss companies such as Dietiker, Eternit and Aebi, Willy Guhl designed seating furniture, planters and mowing machines. Willy Guhls designs, his teaching methods and his image archive bear witness to the innovations of the booming design industry of the post-war period and the changing professional image of the industrial designer. As a teacher and later head of the class for interior and product design at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts from 1941 to 1980, Willy Guhl influenced generations of Swiss designers, including Robert Haussmann, Kurt Thut and Andreas Christen. The trained carpenter and interior designer passed on his design knowledge "hands-on," with illustrative objects, by model making and storytelling. This first comprehensive monograph illuminates Willy Guhls legacy in the context of this design and teaching practice as well as current theories of the design discipline. As a thematically structured catalogue of works, it offers a complete index of all design projects, and illustrates in sketches, plans and photographs his exploratory working method and his passion for material and technology, which is equally evident in the selection of exemplary student works. SELLING POINTS: . Functional everyday objects reduced to the essentials . Beginnings of the Swiss design industry – a time of innovation and change 400 illustrations Details ISBN3037787155 Author Museum fÜr Gestaltung ZÜrich Pages 320 Publisher Lars Muller Publishers ISBN-13 9783037787151 Format Paperback Imprint Lars Muller Publishers Place of Publication Baden Country of Publication Switzerland ISBN-10 3037787155 UK Release Date 2023-01-24 Edited by Museum fÜr Gestaltung ZÜrich Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-01-24 DEWEY 749.092 Audience General Illustrations 400 Illustrations Subtitle Thinking with Your Hands We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161458675;

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