Loos, Adolf
Ornament and Crime : Thoughts on Design and Materials Adolf Loos - UK Penguin Books 2019 - 343 Pages 18x11 cm PB
Adolf Loos, the great Viennese pioneer of modern architecture, was a hater of the fake, the fussy and the lavishly decorated, and a lover of stripped down, clean simplicity. He was also a writer of effervescent, caustic wit, as shown in this selection of essays on all aspects of design and aesthetics, from cities to glassware, furniture to footwear, architectural training to why 'the lack of ornament is a sign of intellectual power'
9780141392974
Europe
Decorative arts
Austria
Decoration and ornament
Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933
745.09409
Ornament and Crime : Thoughts on Design and Materials Adolf Loos - UK Penguin Books 2019 - 343 Pages 18x11 cm PB
Adolf Loos, the great Viennese pioneer of modern architecture, was a hater of the fake, the fussy and the lavishly decorated, and a lover of stripped down, clean simplicity. He was also a writer of effervescent, caustic wit, as shown in this selection of essays on all aspects of design and aesthetics, from cities to glassware, furniture to footwear, architectural training to why 'the lack of ornament is a sign of intellectual power'
9780141392974
Europe
Decorative arts
Austria
Decoration and ornament
Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933
745.09409