Arne Jacobsen: Compact Design Portfolio

by Christopher Mount, Raul Cabra, Christopher Mount

The newest addition to the successful Compact Design Portfolio series focuses ona designer whose work is as visionary as it is recognizable; Arne Jacobsen, a midcentury modern master whose Ant Chair now outnumbers the population of his native Denmark. As with the other titles in the series, this book is written by a renowned design critic and provides a substantial gallery of the designer's works in a handy package. Authoritative, attractive, and supremely affordable, the Compact Design Portfolio is easily the best‑value design book series on the market.

Genres: Interior Design

96 pages, Hardcover

First published May 13, 2004

Reviews

[KaSaBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

The "Egg" and the "Swan", both by Arne Jacobsen, are two of my favorite chair designs. This short book is a fantastic introduction into the architect's large body of work. It starts out with a few pages of well-written prose summarizing Jacobsen's life and work. Important passages are highlighted in bold. Then in the second part follow lots of pictures of his most important works in the fields of architecture and design. Interestingly, here the authors use entire paragraphs from the introductory text as captions to those pictures. While this may sound somewhat unusual, it is not a bad idea at all since it serves as a quick review of what one has just read, now illustrated by high quality photographs. In short, a well done, short book ... which makes you want to read more from the same series.