Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond by Kurt Helfrich (Editor), William Whitaker (Editor)

Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond by Mari Sakamoto Nakahara (Author), Ken Tadashi Oshima (Author), Christine Vendredi-Auzanneau (Author), Ann Luton (Compiler), William Whitaker (Editor), Kurt Helfrich (Editor), Kenneth Frampton (Foreword)

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton Architectural Press (November 21, 2006)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.85 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 1.25 x 11.25 inches

There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing love affair with mid-century modern design. Still, it's curious that we keep hearing the same names again and again while so much inspiring work waits for its "moment" to be discovered. Antonin and Noémi Raymond are now ready for their close-up. Crafting a Modern World is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966. Best known for a series of finely detailed structures built in Japan during the 1930s, the Raymonds had prolific careers that embraced designs from factories, office buildings, churches, and schools to furniture, fabrics, and graphic design.