Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1907317104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Shaban Al-Refai Great book, lots of pics and explanation.
From minimalist packaging, children’s toys and decoration to furniture and even small and large-scale interior architecture, cardboard is now being embraced by designers around the globe as a medium with huge potential. As a companion to Black Dog Publishing’s Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Outside the Box unpacks the creative possibilities of a material wrongly dismissed as staid and uninspiring.. The versatility of the material makes it almost unavoidably ubiquitous, but not necessarily inspiring. Among the artists featured is Frank Gehry, whose Vitra-produced corrugated cardboard furnitureutilizing both modern and archaic designshas received much international acclaim. At closer viewing, this is changing and progressing to an altered, contemporary attitude to the possibilities of cardboard’s uses in contemporary design. Cardboard is positioned at the forefront of the ecologically-minded, whether by utilising reconstituted recycled material or by the use of off cuts and residue in industrial product manufacture and contemporary design. Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now reconfigures the conception of a generic industrial material into one of myriad artistic, creative, and practical purposes and potential, revealing just how far it is possible to push the medium by the way of contemporary design.Like paper, cardboard is often overlooked a
"A celebration of 'paper's poor relation', this book charts cardboard's design possibilities, from the humble packaging box to the more recent (and more ambitious) architectural interiors. Includes a series of short biographies of artists and collectives currently working with cardboard." The Craft's Council"Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now features a parade of funky chairs, punch-out animal models, milk cartons, birdhouses - and even a record sleeve that (with craftily concealed needle) can play its o