FuturLiberty - Liberty Fabrics and the Avant-Garde (Hardcover)

A unique exploration of the close relationship between art and design, explored through the historic and contemporary fabric designs of Liberty, where avant-garde art has influenced the colourful, geometric collections for more than half a century. Liberty is renowned internationally for its fabrics, especially its floral patterns, but it also has a long history of developing bold, geometric designs. Many of these have been inspired by early 20th-century avant-garde art, notably by the Italian Futurists – by artists such as Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni – and their English contemporaries the Vorticists, including Christopher Nevinson and Edward Wadsworth.  In anticipation of Liberty’s 150th anniversary, esteemed couturier and interior designer Federico Forquet has curated a striking new range of fabrics – the FuturLiberty Collection – that carries Liberty’s creative heritage into our own age.  The Futurist and Vorticist art that lies behind the new designs is explored by specialists Ester Coen and Richard Cork, while archivist Anna Buruma examines Liberty’s rich history of avant-garde designs. By illuminating the process by which the FuturLiberty Collection came into being, this highly visual study also reveals how art can inform design, making it contemporary, relevant and engaging.

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Ester Coen • Richard Cork
Foreword by:	Federico Forquet
Preface by:	Gianfranco Maraniello • Tommaso Sacchi
Text writers:	Anna Buruma • Mary-Ann Dunkley
Interviewers:	Andrea Petochi
Interviewees:	Federico Forquet
Dimensions:	250 x 285mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-02671-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-500-02671-8
Barcode:	9780500026717

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