Albers, Anni.

Anni Albers : selected writings on design / edited and with an introduction by Brenda Danilowitz ; foreword by Nicholas Fox Weber. - Hanover : University Press of New England, c2000. - xiii, 79 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-79).

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Nicholas Fox Weber vii -- Introduction Brenda Danilowitz ix -- A Start -- Weaving at the Bauhaus 3 -- Work with Material 6 -- Art-A Constant l0 -- Designing 17 -- On Jewelry 22 -- One Aspect of Art Work 25 -- Constructing Textiles 29 -- Design: Anonymous and Timeless 34 -- Review of Ben Nicholson's Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings 42 -- The Pliable Plane: Textiles in Architecture 44 -- Conversations with Artists 52 -- Weaving, Hand 55 -- Designing as Visual Organization 58 -- Tactile Sensibility 69 -- Material as Metaphor 73 -- Bibliography 77 -- Illustrations follow pages 16, 32, and 64. -- Captions for the portraits of Anni Albers appear on page 80..

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Design--Philosophy.
Decoration and ornament--Philosophy.