R Bookstore

Ilmari Tapiovaara, Interior Architect - R
The third book by the R gallery, this book volume explores the work of Ilmari Tapiovaara, revered Finnish designer of the modern era. Featuring rare designs and never-before-seen prototypes from the Tapiovaara estate. 47 pages. Essay by Pekka Korvenmaa.
Price: $40.00  
The Furniture and Lighting of Greta Magnusson Grossman - R
The second book produced by the R Gallery, this volume looks at her designs for Glenn of California and Ralph O. Smith, and features photographs by archival photographer Julius Shulman. 45 pages. Essay by Lily Kane.
Price: $40.00  
Made to Measure - UMS-Pastoe and Cees Braakman: 1948-1968
Produced for the first show at the R Gallery, this book examines the work Dutch designer Cees Braakman produced for UMS-Pastoe from 1948-1968. 37 pages. Essay by Daan Dekuyper.
Price: $40.00  
The R Collection
The R box set. Braakman, Grossman and Tapiovaara exhibition catalogs (see above) in a custom-made lucite box.
Price: $130.00  
Modern Furniture Designs, 1950s-1980s
By Klaus-Jurgen Sembach for Schiffer books, 1997. 312 pages.
Price: $80.00  
Light
A survey of radical and important Italian lighting design from 1968-1973. By Fulvio & Napoleone Ferrari, Italy, 2002. 135 pages.
Price: $130.00  
Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000
Edited by Pat Kirkham. This broad overview of contributions by women in decorative arts, graphic design, textile design, film and fine arts accompanied a groundbreaking exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center in New York. Published by Yale University Press. 462 pages.
Price: $50.00  
Finnish Modern Design
Edited by Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine. 411 pages.
Price: $45.00  
George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment
This exhibition catalogue is a strikingly designed and scholarly look at Nakashima's work in relation to other giants in the field of what this book terms "mass produced craftsmanship," such as Gio Ponti, Carlo Mollino, Charlotte Perriand and Finn Juhl. Catalog from the James Michener Art Museum exhibition curated by Steven Beyer, 2001. Softcover, 80 pages, with 30 pages of full color plates.
Price: $25.00  
John Lautner
Monograph by Barbara-Ann Campbell-Lange. Published by Taschen, 1999.
Price: $35.00  
"Scandinavian Modern Houses: The Spirit of Nordic Light"
edited by Vibe Udsen. Beautifully photographed book featuring the Kjaerholm and Juhl residences.
Price: $100.00  
"AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle, 1968-1973"
Exhibition catalogue from R 20th Century. Essay by Donald Albrecht.
Price: $10.00  
"Sergio Rodrigues"
monograph edited by Soraia Cals. Published by Icatu, 2000. The only available overview of this influential Brazilian designer's work. Great biographical texts and many full color illustrations and photographs.
Price: $200.00