- 289 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
While Harry Seidler is one of Australia's most famous architects, little is known of his European-born contemporaries.
The Other Moderns uncovers the work of Sydney's forgotten émigré architects, interior designers, and furniture makers working from the 1930s to 1960s, and reveals their groundbreaking impact on modernist design. Highlighting the direct connections between Sydney and the European design centers of Vienna, Berlin, and Budapest, the book provides a new understanding of modernism. Profiling the work of architects like Henry Epstein and Hugo Stossel, along with Gerstl Furniture,
The Other Moderns tells the story of the network of architects, designers, property developers, retailers, and photographers working together to bring a distinctly European style to mid-century Australia. Richly illustrated with rare photography, including stunning images from Austrian-born photographer Margaret Michaelis, and furniture from the collection of Hotel Hotel Canberra, the book explores the work of this unacknowledged group of style makers for the first time.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Nectar Efkarpidis
- Introduction: Remembering Sydneyâs European design legacy by Rebecca Hawcroft
- 1. Lessons from things: European design training by Michael Bogle
- 2. The lucky escapees: European architects in postwar Sydney by Rebecca Hawcroft
- 3. Ferdinand Silberstein-Silvan: Loss and legacy by Rebecca Hawcroft
- 4. Custom-made for European tastes: The Gerstl Furniture story by Catriona Quinn
- 5. Design for happiness: George KĂłrĂłdy and Artes Studios by Jeromie Maver
- 6. The Bonyhady desks by Tim Bonyhady
- 7. From the margins to the mainstream by Rebecca Hawcroft
- 8. A hidden legacy: Margaret Michaelisâs photography by Helen Ennis
- 9. Zsuzsa Kozma and the drinks trolley by Rebecca Hawcroft
- 10. The migrants who built modern Sydney by Tone Wheeler
- Q and A: Ken Neale and his furniture
- Notes
- Image credits
- Index
- Editorâs acknowledgments
- Contributors