Jasper Morrison: The Hard Life - (Hardcover)

Name: Jasper Morrison: The Hard Life - (Hardcover)
Brand: Lars Muller Publishers
SKU: 1006744352
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Design at its purest: the beauty, ingenuity and craftsmanship of everyday objects in rural PortugalBy what means did so much beauty and ingenuity appear in articles of everyday rural life in Portugal?
Author(s): Jasper Morrison
208 Pages
Art, History & Criticism

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This book explores the effect that generations of trial and error, individual craftsmanship, and an instinct to carve out the essential with the slenderest of means brought to objects that made life both livable and meaningful to a pre-industrial society.

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Design at its purest: the beauty, ingenuity and craftsmanship of everyday objects in rural Portugal

By what means did so much beauty and ingenuity appear in articles of everyday rural life in Portugal? How did the shape of these objects balance necessity and formal perfection so skillfully? This book explores the effect that generations of trial and error, individual craftsmanship, and an instinct to carve out the essential with the slenderest of means brought to objects that made life both livable and meaningful to a pre-industrial society. The objects photographed and described by designer Jasper Morrison may be appreciated both for their beauty and for the example they set of design at its purest

Dimensions (Overall): 12.0 Inches (H) x 8.9 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)

Weight: 2.8 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 208

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: History & Criticism

Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers

Format: Hardcover

Author: Jasper Morrison

Language: English

Street Date: May 22, 2017

TCIN: 1006744352

UPC: 9783037785140

Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-5158

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.3 inches length x 8.9 inches width x 12 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 2.8 pounds

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