JOHN PAWSON

Globally acclaimed architectural designer John Pawson takes you on a multi-colored journey across the world through a carefully curated sequence of 320 images. It's a celebration of color from one of the most unexpected sources. His architecture might be known for its limited color palette - primarily white - but his photographs tell another story. Pawson is always taking photographs of patterns, details, textures, and spatial arrangements that often inform his work, which includes the new Design Museum in London and Calvin Klein retail stores.

From its translucent dust jacket and warm gray ink to its embossed linen cover and 145 superbly printed photographs, this elegantly designed and handsomely produced volume is presented as the bibliographic embodiment of the author's architectural philosophy. Pawson uses a photographic essay to develop a comprehensive definition of the minimalist sensibility. For the examples, he draws not only from the history of art, architecture, and design but also from the natural landscape. Each of the 11 chapters explores an aspect of design, such as mass, light, or structure. While the introductory essay serves as an argument for Pawson's own work, the captions provide thoughtful and insightful interpretations of the objects and images reproduced. His analysis of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, illustrated with a three-leaf gatefold, for example, provides a concise but substantive perspective on the relation of this modern monument to its site. Aspects of Minimal Architecture (Academy Editions, 1994) has a similar purpose and even includes one of Pawson's designs but does not equal this volume in breadth, graphic quality, or singularity of vision. Highly recommended for all architecture and design libraries.

Un extraordinario ensayo visual que explora la noción de lo mínimo aplicado a la arquitectura, el arte y el diseñoEditado por el arquitecto minimialista John Pawson, minimun capta las cualidades esenciales de los edificios y objetos que han sido reducidos a su mera esenciaIncluye obras tan diversas como construcciones mexicanas precolombinas, edificios de Le Corbusier y Mies van der Rohe o el arte de Donald Judd, asi como ejemplosde fotografia, mobiliario y alfareria.John Pawson es un arquitecto y diseñador de renombre, especializado en la estetica minimalista. Ha diseñado interiores para Calvin Klein, B&B Italia y la sala de Catha Pacific en el aeropuerto internacional de Hong Kong. Phaidon ha publicado tambien dos libros sobre su obra: John Pawson Works y John Pawson Themes and Projets

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