{"product_id":"peter-shire-s-grand-tour-a-snapshot-of-design-history-1980-1989-by-peter-shire-0fr-tokyo","title":"PETER SHIRE’S GRAND TOUR: A SNAPSHOT OF DESIGN HISTORY, 1980–1989 by Peter Shire - 0fr.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize : 152 x 224 mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e420 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolor, black and white\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAPARTAMENTO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"176\" data-start=\"22\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis book is a collection of works by American artist Peter Shire, known as a key figure in the \"Memphis Group\" design collective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome of these photographs I took because I instinctively thought they were important; I took them out of a passionate desire to capture the impressions and memories I had. Who would have predicted that this would become something? A tourist by chance? A documentary filmmaker by chance?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" - Peter Shire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by graphic designer Christoph Radl, this book is an extremely personal photo diary documenting the activities of the \"Memphis Group\" – the \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003elast design revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" led by the master Ettore Sottsass – during the decade from 1980 to 1989. Unbeknownst to the author at the time, these snapshots taken in Italy in the 1980s (with an extra quest to Vienna) were the serendipitous beginning, middle, and end of something monumental. To trace this unsophisticated yet brilliant activity, still in its initial excitement, it combines raw photographs and personal interludes from a time when he still didn't know what it was all about. Through the unconscious gaze of a tourist turned historian, it captured everything from Caravaggio's works at the Uffizi Galleries to women's lingerie shop storefronts, beautiful sunsets, mischievous self-portraits, and the cast of Memphis Group legends like Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, and Matteo Thun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristoph Radl moved to Milan in the 1970s as an art director and graphic designer, and in 1980, he had the perfect opportunity to work at \"Sottsass Associati,\" a design studio founded by Ettore Sottsass. From there, Radl became Memphis's graphic designer and has been friends with Peter ever since. \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was there too, but I had no idea what was going on... It took me years to finally start understanding what I had witnessed. But I didn't take photos. Fortunately, Peter did.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a further development of APARTAMENTO's long-standing exploration of Memphis, Italian avant-garde design, and related topics. After introducing the early works of Nathalie du Pasquier, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, Santi Caleca, and Peter Shire himself, it also includes dialogues with figures such as architect Gianni Pettena, and the multidisciplinary designer, artist, and architect Ugo La Pietra, and Lapo Binazzi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work offers snapshots that capture a historical period at human scale, seen through the eyes of a young artist simply living within design history. In a sense, it's an outsider on the inside. Do you view this history from the outside looking in, or from the inside looking out? The featured section includes Alexander Calder, David Chipperfield, Berthold Lubetkin, and Wutopia Lab. It also features excerpts from the new, expanded edition of a whimsical and hilarious \"autobiography\" by Francesco Bonami, shedding light on the life and provocative works of Maurizio Cattelan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"735\" data-start=\"600\"\u003eAlso included: Joshua Chuang explains Paul McCartney's 1960s photographs during the height of the Beatles, with contextual background. Peju Oshin interviews multidisciplinary filmmaker Jenn Nkiru. Furthermore, Hélène Cixous answers Hans Ulrich Obrist's questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APARTAMENTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46509319815393,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/9638\/5761\/files\/PETER-SHIRE_S-GRAND-TOUR--A-SNAPSHOT-OF-DESIGN-HISTORY_-1980_1989-by-Peter-Shire---0fr.-Tokyo.jpg?v=1748620966","url":"https:\/\/boutique-romantique.jp\/en\/products\/peter-shire-s-grand-tour-a-snapshot-of-design-history-1980-1989-by-peter-shire-0fr-tokyo","provider":"BOUTIQUE ROMANTIQUE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}