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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What is Universal Everything? edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook
What is Universal Everything?
Edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook; designed by Spin
Publisher: Unit Editions
Published: June 2019
Matt Pyke, founder and creative director of Universal Everything, calls his studio a “digital art and design collective.” Now, after 15 years of revolutionary work in the digital realm, the studio has its first book. For anyone interested in the future of digital design, the book features a unique cover for each copy of the book (limited to 2,000)—every buyer owns a one-off.
The Future of Design: Global Product Innovation for a Complex World by Lorraine Justice
The Future of Design: Global Product Innovation for a Complex World
by Lorraine Justice
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Published: June 4, 2019
Internationally recognized product design expert, TED speaker, and consultant to companies like Microsoft and Levi’s, shares the ten global factors that directly impact product design success and failure.
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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