Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Meltzer, Burkhard
2. Oppeln, Tido von
3. Bähler, Dimitri

Description

1. 297 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

1. The modular did not have to be invented: it can be found everywhere. We divide surfaces into grids, spaces into parts, and time into rhythmic units. Modular structures are also increasingly being recognized as a way of communicating, where the aim is not to construct a universal principle but to facilitate interplay between different systems. Building on the visionary design system that architect Fritz Haller and engineer Paul Schärer developed in 1965 for Swiss furniture company USM, 'Rethinking the modular' brings together specially commissioned essays and interviews with leading designers, architects and thinkers to present the wide-ranging importance and influence of modular design over the past fifty years. In revealing the broad possibilities created by balancing structure with flexibility, the timely publication redefines the place of modularity in modern design history, and offers a rich resource for designers today.

Subject

1. Modular coordination (Architecture)
2. Modularity (Engineering)
3. Unit furniture > History
4. Design > History > 20th century

Call number

1. JQE 17-230

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Rethinking the modular : adaptable systems in architecture and design / edited by Burkhard Meltzer and Tido von Oppeln ; contributions by: Dimitri Bähler [and nineteen others] ; with 275 illustrations.

Publisher

1. New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2016.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Meltzer, Burkhard, editor.
2. Oppeln, Tido von, editor.
3. Bähler, Dimitri, author.

ISBN

1. 9780500292358 (paperback)
2. 0500292353 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JQE 17-230