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Ron Arad Matthew Collings

Ron Arad By Matthew Collings

Ron Arad by Matthew Collings


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Summary

The work of one of the most successful and creative contemporary designers.

Ron Arad Summary

Ron Arad by Matthew Collings

The most complete survey available on the work of London-based Ron Arad (b.1951), one of the most successful and creative contemporary designers of his generation, is presented in the form of an extended conversation with the art critic Matthew Collings. Arad talks about his work, explains his projects and tells us the story of his amazing career.

The interview is extensively illustrated by more than 400 images detailing all the different aspects of Arad's work and world. The illustrations include not only his own projects but also reference images to help delineate his creative and versatile personality. Each project is showcased through new photographs by Tom Vack (one of the most famous photographers in the design field), drawings, sketches and models - all accompanied by the words of Arad's closest associates about the scope of his work and life.

Ron Arad Reviews

Arad's work is loosely described as 'design'... but encompasses everything from turntables built into paving stones to the Tel Aviv Opera House in Israel. Packed with a great mixture of new photography and archive shots of his older work...an illuminating read.-Arena

Collings... uses simple, guileless questions to bring out the most important issues in design and its relationship with art. This produces a likeable, unstuffy tone... that raises issues many of us would like to see addressed, but are too afraid of appearing ignorant to ask.-Blueprint

Very nicely put together.-Grafik

Beautifully designed... Sharp, clear and clean.-Sam Jacob, Modern Painters

INNOVATIVE OPTIMIST... However unexpected the choice of Collings might seem, it works. He enters the conversation as an outsider to Arad's world, and thus places him in a wider context than that of design... Refreshingly unpretentious... What might have been an experiment on the part of the publisher has paid off... A great resource for anyone interested in design or architecture... The sheer range of Arad's subject matter is what is most impressive... This publication echoes [Arad's] ways of encountering the world: unpretentious, and whimsical in places, but always compelling.-Kathy Battista, Architect's Journal

This beautifully designed work takes the form of a long interview between Arad and Collings, an art critic, and showcases new photography by Tom Vack.-Metropolitan Home

About Matthew Collings

Matthew Collings is a painter, writer and television presenter best known for his British television series This is Modern Art. He was Editor of Artscribe International and is the author of Blimey and Art Crazy Nation.

Additional information

GOR007076347
9780714843100
0714843105
Ron Arad by Matthew Collings
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Phaidon Press Ltd
20040701
248
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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