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"Ellsworth Kelly" Art Book by Tricia Y. Paik
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in San Diego, CA
from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Featuring a newly designed cover
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
"Ellsworth Kelly" Art Book by Tricia Y. Paik
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in San Diego, CA
from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Featuring a newly designed cover
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
"Ellsworth Kelly" Art Book by Tricia Y. Paik
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in San Diego, CA
from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Featuring a newly designed cover
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Pierre Paulin Un Univers De Formes Book
By Pierre Paulin
Located in San Diego, CA
has tons of images and is in great condition. It includes a biography and covers his entire design
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Gaetano Pesce Centre Pompidou Exhibition Book, 1996
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare book by Gaetano Pesce designed for an exhibition in Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1996. This
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1990s French Post-Modern Books
Materials
Resin, Paper
Sergio Rodrigues Monograph Book
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in San Diego, CA
extensive furniture index referencing an array of designs over his sixty year career. Hardcover with a slip
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Early 2000s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Dupré-Lafon Decorateur Des Millionaires
Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
", by the look of an object.
Dupre-Lafon designed Furniture that is "timeless".
His exquisite use of
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Jean Prouvé: The Poetics of the Technical Object Book
By Jean Prouvé
Located in San Diego, CA
the major figures in twentieth-century architecture and design. This publication is devoted to his
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Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Aluminum
"Picasso Theatre" Book by Douglas Cooper
By Pablo Picasso
Located in San Diego, CA
, symbolic presences on the stage of life. Then, in collaborations with Diaghilev and Massine, he designed
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
The Jewel Album of Tsar Nicholas II, by Alexander von Solodkoff 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
jewelry designs.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of
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1990s English Books
Materials
Paper
Custom Lucite, Cast Acrylic Tripod Book Stand for Taschen Style Oversized Books
By Iconic Design Gallery
Located in Miami, FL
Custom Lucite, Cast Acrylic Tripod Book Stand for Taschen Style Oversized Books
Offered for sale
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
White Marble Metafora Table Designed by Massimo
Lella Vignelli
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Pasadena, TX
almost inextricably linked with the words and world of modern design. Their vision--in graphics, books
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vintage Design and Architecture Books
Located in New York, NY
Changing inventory of rare and out-of print books on modern architecture and
design. Priced
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Vintage 1950s Books
Moderno, Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940-1978
By Clara Porset
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of a traveling exhibition opening at the America’s Society in New York in 2015. Published by Santillana. 4to, hardcover, 280 pages, with both full color and b/w illustrations...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Sottsass Super-Studio: Mindscapes
Design Quarterly 89
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in New York, NY
Softcover catalog of an exhibition of Italian Radical architecture and design featuring work by
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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Collection of California Design Books and Bookends
By Bill Curry
Design Line, Eudorah Moore
Located in San Diego, CA
A collection of six California design exhibition catalogues and a pair of design line bookends with
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Important California Design Books
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare set of four California design books put out by the Pasadena Art Museum in the 1960-1970. These
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Post-Modern Design
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback coffee table book featuring works of post-modern design. By Michael Collins and Andreas
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Scandinavian Design
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book discussing Scandinavian design. By Eileene Harrison Beer
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Books
Materials
Paper
The Design of Herman Miller
Located in Richmond, VA
reputation for design innovation. It is really the story of the introduction of modern design at the contract
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Late 20th Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
David Hicks "Living with Design" Book
By David Hicks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A first edition copy of "Living with Design” by David Hicks, one of the 20th century’s most
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Interior Design Master Class Hard Cover Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Interior Design Master Class: 100 Lessons from America's Finest Designers on the Art of Decoration
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2010s North American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Interior Design and Decoration Hard Cover Book, Fourth Edition
Located in Oakland Park, FL
ancients to the moderns, this text describes the dominant influences of fashion design and focuses on the
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Vintage 1980s North American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Interior Designer David Hicks Style
Design First Edition Book 1987.
By David Hicks
Located in Oakland Park, FL
1st edition book by David Hicks.
"David Hicks Style & Design."
1987
Hardcover
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Knoll Design a Book by Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vignelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Knoll Design by Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vignelli is a handsome
portrait of some of the talented
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Donald Deskey Decorative Designs and Interiors Vintage Coffee Table Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
of modern American decorative arts and interior design by Donald Deskey
First Edition.
Lot #2
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Modern Americana Studio Furniture book by Todd Merrill and Julie Iovine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An excellent primer on American studio design from the 1940s through 1990s. Features work by highly
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
George Nelson Edited “Storage” Book,
1954
By George Nelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
excellent survey of Mid-Century Modern storage design with superb photography and analysis of the great
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
George Nelson edited “Storage” Book
1954
By George Nelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
excellent survey of Mid-Century Modern storage design with superb photography and analysis of the great
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
ESPRIT The Making of an Image book by Helie Robertson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Toscani's photographs, Ettore Sottsass's shop designs, and Tamotsu Yagi's book design. A very rare 1985
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Sumo Book Helmut Newton on Philippe Starck Chrome Stand Taschenen Montecarlo
By Helmut Newton
Located in Lucca, IT
Sumo is photographic Book by Helmut Newton, for the volume Philippe Starck has designed a unique
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Chrome
Morocco Modern World Design Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Morocco is a country of extremes: at once ultra-modern, yet still deeply traditional. These twin
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1990s Singaporean Books
Materials
Paper
Organic Design in Home Furnishings Museum of Modern Art Book by Eliot Noyes
By Eliot Noyes
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Organic design in home furnishings book by Eliot Noyes for the museum of Modern Art. 1969 Reprint.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Japan Design Softcover Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Japan Design softcover decorating book
The four seasons of design
Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1st
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Vintage 1980s Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Century of Design Design Pioneers of the 20th Century Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
history of modern design movements with a chronological review of 80 top designers, from Otto Wagner at
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1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Interior Design Hardcover Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Interior design hardcover book
11 conversations with the following decorative artists: W. Bennett
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Vintage 1980s North American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Eames Design Hardcover Book
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Eames design hardcover book
The work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames.
(Eames Design is the
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
"Cohler on Design" Hard Cover Coffee Table Book
By Eric Cohler
Located in Oakland Park, FL
, modern approach to interior design. He presents each project not as a merely aspirational fait accompli
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2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Vladimir Kagan, a Lifetime of Avant Garde Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
celebrate Vladimir Kagan's influential new work. His new custom designs are transformative and the new
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2010s Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Curtains and Drapes: History, Design, Inspiration Softcover Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Curtains and Drapes: History, design, inspiration by Jenny Gibbs
Softcover: 224 pages
Publisher
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1990s North American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection
Located in Oakland Park, FL
The collection of the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, comprises numerous objects and
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Antique Early 1900s North American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Paris Flea Market World Design Coffee Table Book
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Coffee table Book:
Paris Flea Market (World Design) Paperback – October 1, 1996
by Herbert Ypma
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Target 20 Years of Design for All by Rizzoli
By Rizzoli
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Target sparked the democratization of design two decades ago, as the first retailer to forge
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Knoll au Louvre Catalog 1972 Paris Exhibition Book
By Knoll
Located in Seguin, TX
Max Pearson, textile, graphic, and showroom design. Catalog design by Massimo Vignelli, exhibition
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Gilbert Rohde Art Deco Table Clock for Herman Miller
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in North Hollywood, CA
museums and books on Modern designs of the period. Ours has been mechanically restored, and runs quietly
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Clocks
Materials
Chrome
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Modern Design Books For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of modern design books available for sale. Frequently made of paper, metal and other, all modern design books available were constructed with great care. There are 36 antique and vintage modern design books for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Modern design books have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Modern design books are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many modern design books are appealing in their simplicity, but David Hicks, Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen produced popular modern design books that are worth a look.
Finding the Right Books for You
Antique and vintage books add a sense of culture and style to any room. Displaying these types of books in your living room or reading nook can warm a space with a distinguished feel.
Several factors make antique books highly desirable. Original jackets, ornate binding, illustrations and quality of the print all contribute to making a vintage book special. Rare books are of great interest to collectors in the know and can command high prices at auction. In 2021, an important early artist book by Andy Warhol sold at auction for more than $106,000. Somewhere between all the commercial work he did as an ambitious young graphic designer in the early 1950s and his first real debut as a Pop artist a decade later, Warhol produced a trove of incredibly charming drawings. His illustrated self-published artist books from the 1950s are very rare.
Many collectors seek the first edition of certain books. Fewer copies of a book and higher demand make it a rare find. A book that contains the author’s signature also makes it much more prized than other examples of the same title.
Collectors and designers decorate rooms with vintage books for a cozy feeling in a home. Coffee-table books, such as those featuring photography and design, serve as conversation pieces or offer a relaxing moment when leafed through.
Interior designers look for vintage books when they want to add color or detail. For instance, leather-bound books can create a scholarly air while mid-century titles offer a modern edge. Vintage international books or first editions can provide a sense of history.
No matter the genre, there is a book for you. You can find rare, one-of-a-kind antique books on 1stDibs. Browse by authors, like celebrated architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright and Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as by period, including mid-century modern, Art Deco and Victorian.
Questions About Modern Design Books
- What is modern furniture design?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024Modern furniture design is an overarching term for the new approach that designers began taking in the early 20th century. Many experts cite the Bauhaus movement as the start of the modern era. Its style was defined by the instructors and students at a progressive German art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius that operated from 1919 to 1933. In Bauhaus-style furniture, the school’s followers married industrial and natural materials in simple, geometric forms. The goal of the Bauhaus was to erase the distinction between art and craft while embracing the use of new technologies and materials. As the Bauhaus movement was emerging, so too was Art Deco. This iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship. Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked; they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture. After World War II, modern design continued with the mid-century modern movement. The style is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living. Historians typically say that the modern approach to furniture design ended in the mid-1960s or early 1970s. Pieces made after that time may be called postmodern or contemporary. Shop a large collection of modern furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Some of the most famous mid-century modern furniture designers were Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Paul Evans, Poul Kjærholm, Florence Knoll, George Nakashima, Giò Ponti, Hans Wegner, Charlotte Perriand, Sergio Rodrigues and Eero Saarinen.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019The defining characteristics of mid-century modern furniture design include simplicity, an emphasis on organic forms, clean lines and a mix of both natural and man-made materials. The mid-century modern style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is used to describe the work of furniture designers who believed that good design was an essential part of good living. Both neutral tones and bold Pop art colors can typically be found in mid-century modern interiors, which usually include light-filled spaces. An integration of floor-to-ceiling windows and abundant access to the outdoors renders prominent a connection with nature, which owes in part to the ideas of celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright, an inspiration for mid-century furniture designers. Popular mid-century modern designers include Ray and Charles Eames, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia and others. Find vintage mid-century modern furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Marcel Breuer introduced the material of tubular steel to modern furniture design. He employed it in many of his chairs, tables and sofas, prizing the material because it minimized the weight of pieces without sacrificing their strength. Shop a range of Marcel Breuer furniture on 1stDibs.
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