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Summary
Ron Arad's design work has the energy of modern art -- that's why, since opening his workshop in the late 1970s, he has become one of the leading designers of his generation. By recycling ancient car seats to make the Rover chair, and using scaffolding to create a series of remarkable beds, Ron Arad caught the imagination of a generation that had previously taken no interest whatever in furniture design. Also an accomplished industrial designer, his innovative creations in extruded plastic and aluminum are always in high demand. This book features some of his most outstanding work including the Adidas sport cafes, the evolution of the Bookworm installed at the Cartier Foundation and the Tel Aviv Opera House. This is the first comprehensive monograph to be published on Ron Arad.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| What I really like about it is that it reminds me a bit of a car seat | p. 8 |
| I think I'll keep my Bang and Olufsen | p. 16 |
| Shadow of Time | p. 22 |
| A new descending staircase | p. 28 |
| A Well Tempered chair | p. 36 |
| A conversation with Rolf Fehlbaum | p. 42 |
| Sticks and stones and Louis Vuitton | p. 48 |
| Things people don't really need (but can't afford) | p. 52 |
| From Udine to Bologna and back again | p. 68 |
| Stefano's bar | p. 76 |
| Fitzcarraldo | p. 86 |
| The helicopter disappeared into the sky towing the pipe out of the factory whilst the machine was still extruding it | p. 102 |
| For young people setting up homes, low production costs in the Far East, selling high design to the market-place etc., etc. | p. 108 |
| We can but wait (optimistically) and see | p. 114 |
| Freeze-dried mice next to Puffing Billy | p. 126 |
| Sport | p. 132 |
| Fantastic Plastic Elastic | p. 140 |
| The Ready-to-Wear RTW | p. 146 |
| Maybe a hyper-realistic sculpture of one hundred stacking chairs | p. 152 |
| It doesn't even have a proper roof | p. 170 |
| Call it red tape | p. 180 |
| Three-minute eggs | p. 184 |
| When will Kartell do it in plastic and what will you do next year? | p. 190 |
| B.O.O.P.S | p. 200 |
| The Piper project | p. 214 |
| Index | p. 220 |
| Biography | p. 222 |
| Chronology of major works | p. 223 |
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