Florian Idenburg
Florian Idenburg is an architect and educator. He is a founding partner of Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL). With a global reach, SO – IL brings together experience from the fields of architecture, academia, and the arts. The office works on projects ranging in scale from a master plan for a cultural campus in Shanghai to a series of prints for the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The work has received numerous awards, including the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, as well as the AIA Young Practices Award.
From 2000 to 2007, Idenburg worked at SANAA—the studio of Pritzker Prize winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa—where he became Senior Associate in charge of the design and realization of a performing arts center in Almere, the Netherlands, as well as two internationally acclaimed museums (the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York).
Idenburg has held teaching positions at Columbia and Princeton Universities and the University of Kentucky. Currently he is Adjunct Associate Professor at Harvard University.
He has published two books (The SANAA Studios, 2006–2008: Learning from Japan, Single Story Urbanism, 2009; and Relations in the Architecture of Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa, 2010). His writing appears regularly in publications such as Abitare, Domus, A+U, and Mark magazine.
In 2010 Idenburg received the Charlotte Kohler Prize, awarded by Prince Bernhard Fund in the Netherlands to an exceptional talent.
Florian Idenburg was born in the Netherlands and holds a Master of Science in Architecture from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
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Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who’s who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
In this creative workbook you’ll discover fresh ways to connect with color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, explore color theory while playing with paint through a balanced blend of color experiments and loose color meditations. This inspiring workbook will change the way you relate to color
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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