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LINOLEUM: HISTORY, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE 1882-2000

by Gerhard Kaldewei; Ingrid Nina Bell

Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers. 1st. 2000

Slightly better than very good condition. This text presents linoleum in its various guises. It looks at the historical and ecological importance of this material. The essays are contributed by experts and cover the history of linoleum, its "discovery" by modernist designers and architects and its renaissance in contemporary design. Edited by Gerhard Kaldewei, translated by Ingrid Nina Bell. Black spine with white title, brown paper boards with black title to front. B/w and colour illustrations/photos. 251 pages including index.

A very nice copy.

ISBN: 3775709908
Stock no. 1831151

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Contents

  • Prefaces
  • Bernd Pelz Armstrong DLW and the world market product linoleum
  • Eduard Schmutz The Weissenhof Institute at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart
  • Introduction
  • Gerhard Kaldewei Linoleum - Art and Industry 1882-2000
  • Linoleum - On the history and the technology 1882-2000
  • Torsten Ziegler Oilcloth, floor cloth, kamptulicon, cork carpet: linoleum. The early days of the ideal floor covering
  • Roland A Hellmann Rise, fall and renaissance of a floor covering classic: The history of linoleum in Germany
  • Our Jute fabric in the production of linoleum
  • Heiko Ellermann The restoration and conservation of linoleum
  • Andrew Tietze The linocut in history and the art of the modern age
  • Linoleum - On the interior design of the modern age
  • Matthew Jefferies The Werkbund in Delmenhorst: A Forgotton episode in German Design History
  • Gerhard Kaldewei "German Applied Arts" - A touring exhibition of the Deutsches Museum fur Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe Hagen and of the Deutscher Werkbund in the USA 1912-13
  • Gustav Gericke German linoleum on the world market
  • Karl Schaefer Linoleum and the interior decorating of today
  • Paul Klopfer On the aesthetics of linoleum
  • Agatha Christie - "There was a trace of blood on the linoleum"
  • Julia Franke Linoleum - on the historical design of the floor covering around 1900
  • Linoleum - in the architecture of the modern age
  • Nils Aschenbeck In the era of hygiene
  • Heinz Stoffregen The new factory buildings of the Delmenhorster Linoleumfabrik Anker-Marke, Delmenhorst
  • Ernest May Flatlets
  • The Dammerstock housing estate in Karlsruhe
  • The floor as a room element
  • Bettina Zoller-Stock On interior designs of the architect Bruno Taut
  • Karin Schulte Linoleum and the DLW exhibition room at the Werkbund exhibition "Die Wohnung" 1927 in Stuttgart
  • (Stanger) Linoleum and wallpaper at the Werkbund exhibition "Die Wohnung" 1927
  • Wolfgang Kermer Willy Baumeistger as a typographer and an advertising designer for DLW
  • Arthuer Kaempff Press advertising by DLW
  • Linoleum - The Present
  • Adalberto Dal Lago On the discipline of colour in architecture and design
  • Selected references
  • Index
  • Photo credits

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