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Illusion in design : new trends in architecture and interiors

Title
Illusion in design : new trends in architecture and interiors / Gay Giordano and Paul Gunther.
Author
Giordano, Gay
Publication
  • New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2022.
  • ©2022

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Gunther, Paul
Description
208 pages : color illustrations; 21 x 22 cm
Summary
This magical volume presents the startling world of illusion in design as employed by today?s architects, interior designers, furniture designers, and others at work bending the appearance of reality for purposes of aesthetics or practicality or fun. From a faux bookcase that masks a room or Prohibition-style bar, to the mind-boggling Escher-like effects achieved by Casa Ceramica, whose optical illusion of a floor dips into valleys and rises into mounds (but is in reality flat), the book is a revelation and an inspiration. It offers to us the possibility that nearly anything can be done, if it can be imagined?even in our own homes. The authors look at residences across the globe, as well as spaces beyond the home, that utilize a myriad of surprising techniques. Included are projects by up-and-coming designers, such as Studio Malka and Vector Architects, as well as more established practioners, such as Ferguson and Shamamian, G. P. Schafer, Peter Pennoyer, Robert A. M. Stern, and others.
Subject
  • Architectural design
  • Interior decoration
  • Optical illusions
  • Optical illusions > Buildings, structures, etc
  • Interior Design and Furnishings
  • Optical Illusions
  • Design architectural
  • Décoration intérieure
  • Illusions d'optique
  • Illusions d'optique > Constructions
  • optical illusion
Contents
Introduction: it began with the Greeks / by Paul Gunther -- Camouflage: deception, confusion and tromp l'oeil -- Living space: home and work -- Matter: objets d'art and ďcor -- Outside/in: design and nature intertwined -- Repose and silence -- Signs: signals and semaphors; art and commerce.
Call Number
NA680
ISBN
  • 9780847871292
  • 0847871290
LCCN
40031198004
OCLC
  • on1273669773
  • 1273669773
  • SCSB-14348670
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Columbia University Libraries