An intimate and inventively presented biography of Eileen Gray, an industrial designer who made revolutionary work with lacquer and whose architectural opus, E1027, has long been incorrectly attributed to Le Corbusier.
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An intimate and inventively presented biography of Eileen Gray, an industrial designer who made revolutionary work with lacquer and whose architectural opus, E1027, has long been incorrectly attributed to Le Corbusier.
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Meet Eileen Gray, the architect behind the monumental E-1027 and pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure has become a monument for modern design. However, like so many gifted female artists, Eileen Gray's story has been eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated - this story puts the focus back on Gray and her mastery of design. Dzierzawska's exquisite visuals bring to life the tale of a young Irish designer whose dedication and desire to create came to flourish during the 'Annees Folles' of early 20th century Paris.
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“"Polish comics author Dzierzawska alters her muted palette to denote settings and eras and reserves precision for the painstaking re-creations of E-1027. She overlays action frames onto the building and its blueprints, emphasizing its foundational importance to modern design and Gray's journey as an artist. . . this appropriately inventive retelling gives due credit to Gray and her significant contributions." -- Booklist "Many of Dzierzawska's clever layouts echo architectural forms, and the book as a whole expresses a tension between hardness -- exemplified by square comic panels and white space -- and the softness of her characteristic line." -- NPR "Illustrated with soft crayon lines and a neutral palette--except where Corbusier's paintings break the color scheme with bright intrusion--the layouts are lovely and evocative of Gray's creative process." -- Publishers Weekly”
Eileen Gray's A House Under the Sun is not only a memoir of the artist herself but an exploration of her work and the development of her practise. Waterstones Aberdeen on Instagram
Aided by Zosia Dzierzawska's muted illustrative palette, there's a time-capsule pleasure in this retelling, thanks to the heartening effect of seeing Gray's passions unfurl and the quiet-but-pointed meditation on past erasures of women. It's a timely do-over: for Gray, but also for architectural history. Urbis Magazine
Almost 100 years on, Eileen Gray's structure has become a monument for modern design. However, her story was eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated. Here, the focus is back on Gray & her design. @pbooksblogger on Twitter
About the Author
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is a French architect and urban designer who graduated from ENSA-Marseille and TU Vienna. She is currently Director of Studies of the MAS in Urban Design at the ETH Zurich, where she now lives.Zosia Dzierzawska is a Polish illustrator and comic author. Architecture and living/urban space have always been important in her work, as in her short story Waiting Rooms. She also authored the full-length autobiographical novel, A Testa in Giù. She lives in Zurich.
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