Richard Meier: Der Architekt als Designer und Kunstler / The Architect as Designer and Artist FROM THE PUBLISHER
The distinguished architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier has attracted public attention mainly with his museum and cultural buildings including the Athenaeum in New Harmony, Indiana, the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt am Main, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Stadthaus in Ulm and the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
But he has also worked for decades as a designer and artist, creating a number of products for companies in the USA and Europe, including furniture for Knoll International and Stow Davis, lamps for Baldinger, door and window handles for Valli & Valli, a grand piano for Ibach, tableware for Swid Powell, Alessi, Arabia and Reed & Barton, watches for Markuse and jewelry for Clento Munari.
The book accompanies the exhibition of the same subject at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt.
SYNOPSIS
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt, this catalogue presents a full analysis of the American architect Richard Meier's works in art and design, and of the architecture of the Museum itself, which he designed. Fischer, curator of the design department at the MAA, has written essays on Meier's furniture, tableware, ceramics, collage, and sculpture, examples of which are featured in high-quality b&w and color plates. A final, lengthy section describes the MAA, its history, construction, and goals as a museum and educational institution. There are 33 pages of plans, drawings, and color plates of all parts of the museum. Text is in side-by-side German and English. There is no index. The volume, which is oversize (9.75x12"), is distributed in the US by the National Book Network. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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