Complete Kagan: Vladimir Kagan--A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design
by Vladmir Kagan
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Author: Vladmir KaganEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-06
ISBN: 097276612X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Pointed Leaf Press
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Book Review: Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout
Summary: 5 Stars
Vladimir Kagan is one of the most respected and influential furniture designers of the past half-century. Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout with more than four hundred illustrations, "Complete Kagan: Vladimir Kagan--A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design" is Kagan's personal memoir offering a complete and remarkably detailed and superbly written overview of his personal and professional history as an award-winning and international famous designer whose innovative contributions are fully matched by his distinctive craftsmanship. Of special note are his notable list of clients ranging from Marilyn Monroe, to Jennifer Lopez, to Giorgio Armani. Organized chronologically beginning with his parents and birth in 1927, to his professional debut in America in 1945, to his expanding successes throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, "The Complete Kagan" fully lives up to its title. Enhanced with a 'Summer of Products' 1967; and Index, as well as sources, bibliography, credits and chronology, "The Complete Kagan" is a seminal addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library 20th Century Art History reference collections in general, and Furniture Design Studies supplemental reading lists in particular.
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1st complete compendium of Kagan's life and work and includes dozens of never before published photographs and sketches from his personal archives.Furniture Books
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