LE CORBUSIER

A Study of the Decorative Art Movement in Germany

In its first-ever English translation, this 1912 essay was the first publication for a young Swiss-born architect named Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris – better known today by the pseudonym he adopted in 1920, Le Corbusier. Always a prolific writer, and always interested in the decorative arts, the young Le Corbusier lucidly analyzed the German applied arts movement and its main figures, including Peter Behrens, for whom he had worked in 1910-1911. This historic, extensively illustrated edition puts Le Corbusier’s text into the context of politics and architecture on the eve of World War I, and reveals fascinating connections between European history and the biography of this towering architect.

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DESIGNER PORTRAITS

Melchior Imboden

Designer Portraits is a remarkable document, a Who’s Who of the graphic design world photographed by Swiss graphic designer, Melchior Imboden. The artists’ origins span Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Korea and Australia; their ages range from Swiss poster design master Sigi Odermatt, born 1926, to the Mexican Alejandro Magallanes, born 1971. Included in this beautifully designed large-format, black-and-white volume are the designer’s biography and resume.

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