Research Catalog

Title

Elegant explorations : the designs of Phillip Jacobson / Grant Hildebrand.

Author

Hildebrand, Grant, 1934-

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press : Nordic Heritage Museum, [2007], ©2007.

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Holdings

Details

Description

ix, 70 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Phillip Jacobson has practiced architecture in Seattle for forty years. He was a partner in, and for twenty years design director of, TRA, a large multi-disciplinary firm renowned for deft and effective design of large architectural and urban projects, both domestic and international. Throughout the years, however, Jacobson has also continually engaged in the design of furniture and lighting fixtures for commercial production, and from the outset of his professional career he has designed jewelry and home accessories for friends and family. This "other" realm of design evidences Jacobson's use of timeless structural and formal concepts. For the architect, this realm has been an exciting exploration; it is the subject of this book."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Architect-designed decorative arts > United States
• Jacobson, Phillip L

Contents

I. Background -- II. Furniture -- A modular-seating system -- A dining table, sideboard, and two coffee tables -- The laminated wood series -- III. Lighting -- Institutional fixtures -- The triad-wall illumination fixture -- The welded-acrylic series -- IV. Jewelry -- Fabricated designs -- Hybrid designs -- Cast designs -- A design odyssey : Effie's belt buckle -- V. Serving pieces -- A cocktail and buffet tray -- The tea and coffee set.

ISBN

• 9780295987194 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0295987197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780295987248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0295987243 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007009529

OCLC

• ocm86038127
• 86038127
• SCSB-5369510

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries