Sam Chermayeff [et al.]: Creatures (Hardcover)

Introducing the second hardcover edition of Sam Chermayeff [et al.]: Creatures, edited by Moritz Küng! With the first edition out of print in less than a year, this book reviews nearly two decades of experimental projects by Berlin-based architect Sam Chermayeff and his collaborators, mostly furniture whose use, appearance, or application has been reimagined. and readapted. But these 'creatures' are not just conceptual; they are made to be lived daily and all start from the idea that personal whim is probably the best guide to producing any design that can be lived with day after day.

The photos of these objects go hand in hand with an essay by writer and curator Dieter Roelstraete, who discusses Chermayeff's work in the context of "theory of things," a school of thought that focuses on human-human interactions. object. Readers go back and forth between their own take on Chermayeff's creatures and Roelstraete's musings on the nature of "things," as he also draws on cultural figures such as Heidegger, Francis Ponge, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Karl Ove Knausgård, and our relationship with the indomitable. presence of objects in our lives.