- Hardcover: 444 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714842516
- ISBN-13: 978-0714842516
- Product Dimensions: 30.2 x 20.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 730,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'If you care about what's great in contemporary product design and you want a reason to buy Spoon, you've got exactly 100.' Blueprint magazine 'Definitely the book to have for anyone practicing, curious about, interested in or just plain infatuated with industrial design.' i-D magazine 'Where once "product design" incorporated little more than furniture and lighting, we now live in a designed world - a point clearly reflected in the diverse range of products included in Spoon.' Graphics International (now grafik)"
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This is a comprehensive view of product design, presenting the work of 100 exceptional international designers - who have emerged on an international platform since the late 1990s - selected by 10 critics, designers and entrepreneurs, highly respected for their informed opinion on the international contemporary design scene. It provides an opportunity to see a diverse collection of design projects that includes a whole range of objects: furniture, lightning, tools, utensils, high-tech products, machinery and so on. The designers' pages are listed in alphabetical order featuring two double-page spreads for each designer, of exemplary products accompanied with sketches, drawings, computer renderings, model and prototypes that help to explain, together with the extensive captions, the process behind each project. A short explanatory text by the curator explains the designers' work and the characteristics that make his/her projects forward-looking and ground breaking. The text also features, at the end of the book, 10 "classic", industrially manufactured product designs, chosen by the curators as best examples of the concept of "good design". These "classics" are accompanied by text written by the curators that explain their choice of designers and generally what they see to be the concept of "good design". "Spoon" takes its place in a series of surveys identifying 100 of the most interesting, cutting-edge practitioners of key art forms. Earlier surveys include "Cream" and "Fresh Cream", for contemporary art, "10x10" for architecture and "Blink" for photography.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The enjoy of the book starts with the cover: made from steel, it is already an example of design.
Within the book, a wide variety of designer attributes is being discussed and presented. Exellent quality pictures, and overwhelming attributes. Some of them case study's, but some case study's show that almost everything can be made nowadays.
It really changes the view regarding applied materials, and shapes. Refreshing overview. A must have if you're interested in design.
Within the book, a wide variety of designer attributes is being discussed and presented. Exellent quality pictures, and overwhelming attributes. Some of them case study's, but some case study's show that almost everything can be made nowadays.
It really changes the view regarding applied materials, and shapes. Refreshing overview. A must have if you're interested in design.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you are looking for a book that will look good on your coffee table and impress everyone who sees it then this is the book for you. Unfortunately the design of the book is purely aesthetic and it is uncomfortable to read (because of weight and shape) and often the print is too small and badly highlighted. Some of the products and case studies are interesting but by offering such a wide range of designers and products it would be impossible for every page to be interesting to everyone. I study product design and expected this to be a book I couldn't put down but to be honest I've hardly read it and although when I do pick it up I often find parts interesting it certainly doesn't force me to spend much time looking at it. That said externally the most impressive looking book I've ever seen.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5 star content no star for the packaging
28 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
The designers work showcased in Spoon is great, and is the best collection of up to date design that I have seen. The work in Spoon is mostly product and furniture design. This book is a great addition to any industrial designers library for content alone.
The cover and binding design is the stupidest I have ever seen. Spoon is the least functional book I have ever used. It has a heavyweight, sharp edged, curved metal cover. Spoon doesn't fit in a bookcase, and is not sturdy enough to leave out on a table. Upon a few passes through, this book that cost $75, began to fall apart. If a guest picks it up I have to tell them to be careful, so as not to rip it. Spoon catches on some knit surfaces and is sure to scratch your bookcase if it is made of wood.
The form of the book is nice, and could have worked nicely if one of the designers featured inside worked on the outside packaging. Spoon nests on your lap when opened thanks to the wave shape of the cover, then it slips off thanks to the nature of the material and its protective coating.
It should have had a soft but durable cover with more welcoming lighter materials. Phaidon must have gone with the packaging they did so SPOON would stand out at book stores, attract more attention, and sell more copies. It is to bad for the consumer that they didn't choose a different way to do so.
The cover and binding design is the stupidest I have ever seen. Spoon is the least functional book I have ever used. It has a heavyweight, sharp edged, curved metal cover. Spoon doesn't fit in a bookcase, and is not sturdy enough to leave out on a table. Upon a few passes through, this book that cost $75, began to fall apart. If a guest picks it up I have to tell them to be careful, so as not to rip it. Spoon catches on some knit surfaces and is sure to scratch your bookcase if it is made of wood.
The form of the book is nice, and could have worked nicely if one of the designers featured inside worked on the outside packaging. Spoon nests on your lap when opened thanks to the wave shape of the cover, then it slips off thanks to the nature of the material and its protective coating.
It should have had a soft but durable cover with more welcoming lighter materials. Phaidon must have gone with the packaging they did so SPOON would stand out at book stores, attract more attention, and sell more copies. It is to bad for the consumer that they didn't choose a different way to do so.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Not worth the space on your book shelf
4 Sep 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book is large, heavy and hard to handle while reading. The designs are unfinished, unpolished, and unsophisticated. The images are dark and poor. Being a designer I have numerous books on the subject and was terribly disappointed in this book!!!
A must have
18 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I loaned the original metal cover one years ago, and I just had to get it again. It is definitely something you want to have if you are interested in modern design.
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