Kurt Naef - Der Spielzeugmacher / The Toymaker

Published by Birkhäuser 2006

Kurt Naef - Der Spielzeugmacher / The Toymaker

Edited by: Charles von Büren
With contributions by: Peer Clahsen , Roger Kaysel , Kurt Naef , Toshiko Nishikawa , Katsuhito Oyobe and Hans Saner

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7843-1

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About this book

Game design in wood

Kurt Naef’s games are the "Rolls Royce” of wooden games. In a fast-moving and electronically oriented time, they maintain their permanent position in the marketplace with timeless design; loving, high-quality workmanship; and sound pedagogical design. The broad range of products primarily consists of puzzles and games of skill, which enable the player to experience and train in spatial imagination, geometric principles, and coordination.

The Swiss cabinetmaker and furniture builder Kurt Naef began to produce his timeless, highquality wooden games in the late 1950s, developing them on his own and with designers. He reproduced a number of classic games by celebrated designers of the Bauhaus. Naef’s games are represented in the collections of important museums, for example in the Museum of Modern Art and in Japan.

The first comprehensive work on the product design of Kurt Naef’s cult games
Replicas of Bauhaus games
In time for the game designer’s eightieth birthday

Author / Editor information

Charles von Büren war PR-Beauftragter für Lignum (Holzwirtschaft Schweiz) und ist seit 2000 für den SIA (Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein) tätig.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Spielzeug zum Anfassen / Toys You Can Touch Kurt Naef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Zur Transzendenz des Spiels / On the Transcendence of Play Hans Saner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
N-A-E-F / N-A-E-F Roger Kaysel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Spielerisch zum Erfolg / The Playful Road to Success Charles von Büren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Der Naef des Spiels / The Naef of Toys Peer Clahsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Das Spielzeug Kurt Naefs in Bildern / Kurt Naef’s Toys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Formen des Spiels / Forms of Play Katsuhito Oyobe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Was gut ist, bleibt bestehen / What’s Good Will Survive Toshiko Nishikawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Ware oder Fantasie? / Commodity or Imagination? Kurt Naef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150

(Deutsch)

Languages: German, English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Popular/general
Pages
- Main content: 159
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 78
- Coloured Illustrations: 257
Keywords: Design; Holz; Holzspielzeug; Kinder; Spiele; Spielzeug

eBook

Published: April 21, 2006
ISBN: 9783764378431