Name: Liberty. Design. Pattern. Color.
SKU: 64218531
Price: 1856.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Kassia St. Clair
ISBN: 9780500028858

portada Liberty. Design. Pattern. Color.

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kassia St. Clair

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780500028858

Synopsis "Liberty. Design. Pattern. Color."

Liberty--an icon of design innovation and luxury--is renowned internationally for fabric designs on silk, wool, cashmere and, most famously, Tana Lawn(TM) Cotton. Gathered here are 150 of the most striking and significant Liberty patterns, ranging from much-loved florals to bold and abstract designs and contemporary collaborations.Published to mark Liberty's 150th anniversary, this beautifully produced book places fabrics in the context of the store's wider design history--from the retailer's remarkable Tudor Revival building to posters, advertising, and branding. It presents the very latest examples of Liberty design alongside prints, drawings, and samples from the company's outstanding archive, telling an inspiring, century-long story of manufacturing quality and design excellence.

Kassia St. Clair

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Kassia St. Clair lives in London and is the best-selling British historian under 40. She has published articles, interviews, essays, and reviews in The Economist, Telegraph, Architectural Digest, TLS, and Wired; she had a color column in Elle Decoration for seven years. She has also given talks at places like the Dallas Museum of Art, Hay Festival, Victoria & Albert Museum, and Soho House. She is a frequent contributor to NPR's Marketplace. In 2018, she collaborated with Color Factory to create an exhibition at their New York headquarters

Her first book, The Secret Lives of Colour (2016), was a bestseller in the UK and explores the history and meaning of 75 colors, pigments, and dyes. This work was selected as Book of the Week by BBC Radio 4 and translated into twenty languages. In 2018, she published The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History, which examines the impact of fabrics and textiles on human history; the book was Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, Book of the Year in The Sunday Times, and a finalist for the Somerset Maugham Award. Her third book, The Race to the Future (2023), addresses an Edwardian car race and the cultural and technological history of the era

Her writing is characterized by historical rigor, accessibility, and wit, bringing complex and technical subjects to the general public through surprising and detailed stories. She is known for her meticulous organization system and her preference for working analogically

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