I VETRI di ERMANNO NASON/ The Glass Sculptures of Ermanno Nason
By Sergio Gnesin

A tribute to the great Master glass blower Ermanno Nason with introduction by Antonio Da Ros.
192 pages with more than 100 full colored large size pictures (including many of the art glasses that Nason has realized for Cenedese and for Fucina degli Angeli), a biographical part with historical photos of Chagall, Cocteau, etc. and a final part on the techniques used by the Master.
Glass works from the Cenedese, Pauly, C.V.M., Schiavon, Marco Polo collections and more from private collectors and Museums.

Both in English and Italian.

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Viva Vetro! Glass Alive!

Carnegie Museum of Art
Text by Matthew Kangas, Susanne K. Frantz.

Venice has been a preeminent glass center since the sixteenth century, and for more than 500 years European factories and designers have tried to emulate the city’s success by adapting or copying designs and techniques associated with the Venetian masters. Since the 1950s, American artists and designers have also looked to Venice for inspiration, traveling there to immerse themselves in traditional glass factory environments and working directly with Venetian masters. As the 1960s Studio Glass movement burgeoned and flourished, Venetian masters also began to travel to the United States, not only to teach but also to learn. A stimulating and exciting dialogue was born, which continues to this day. This volume examines the critical links between Venetian and American artists. Among other things, it covers early American designers, Robert Willson/Fucina degli Angeli, Americans in Venice (Dale Chihuly), Chandeliers, Venetians in America (Lino Tagliapietra), New Italians, Venini Revitalized, Josiah McElheny and Venetian Techniques.

Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People
By Emily Pilloton. Foreword by Allan Chochinov.

Featuring more than 100 contemporary design products and systems (safer baby bottles, a high-tech waterless washing machine, low-cost prosthetics for landmine victims, Braille-based Lego-style building blocks for blind children, wheelchairs for rugged conditions, sugarcane charcoal, universal composting systems, DIY soccer balls) that are as fascinating as they are revolutionary, this exceptionally smart, friendly and well-designed volume makes the case for design as a tool to solve some of the world’s biggest social problems in beautiful, sustainable and engaging ways.

Metropolis Books

Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 304 pgs / 250 color.
Pub Date: 10/31/2009