The Life and Death of Objects: Autobiography of a Design Project

Lars Lerup

Published by Birkhäuser 2022

The Life and Death of Objects

Autobiography of a Design Project

Lars Lerup

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035625110

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About this book

Rethinking the fundamentals of planning

Lars Lerup's conceptual explorations as a designer and thinker have been inspired by philosophers and artists from Foucault to Beckett. Lerup's furniture designs elude consumer culture. They conform neither to what is commonly understood as useful nor to what is typically regarded as necessary. They question the assumed functions of furniture and, at the same time, their assigned place in space. His pieces interrogate their roles and positions and introduce a disturbing or at least disconcerting note to conventional floor plans.

This autobiography of a design project is about rendering visible the consumerism that is driving the current economically motivated expansion of our cities, and dealing with the consequences for the environment and society.

Autobiographical reflections
Foundations for critical reflections on design
Narrative derivation of design premises for individual objects

Author / Editor information

Lars Lerup, Professor and Dean Emeritus School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston Texas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
I. 1945–1965. Sweden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II. 1966–1970. California Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
III. 1970–1985. University of California, Berkeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
IV. 1979–1980. New York City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
V. 1980–1985. Berkeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
VI. 1985–1988. The Last Years in Berkeley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
VII. 1988–1989. Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
VIII. 1991–1993. Vico Morcote Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
IX. 1993–2009. Houston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
X. March 19–June 6, 1999. room Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
XI. Five of Nine. Two Decades Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
XII. 2000–2009. Houston (Cont’d) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
XIII. 2009–2010. Rome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
XIV. 2011–2017. Houston–Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
XV. 2010–2018. Houston–Madrid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
XVI. 2020. Last Things First Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
“The Pantheon of Things” (2021) A Postscript by Scott Colman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Endnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Imprint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekten, Designer, Künstler
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 11
- Coloured Illustrations: 33
- Line drawings: 23
- Coloured Line drawings: 1
Keywords: Architecture; Urbanism; Furniture; Architecture Science; Spatial Investigation; Sweden

eBook

Published: April 4, 2022
ISBN: 9783035625110

Hardcover

Published: April 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783035625103