With Vladimir Kagan’s death in 2016, the world of design lost one of its most celebrated practitioners. Pointed Leaf Press is honored to be reissuing, in its third edition: Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design. In addition to showcasing Kagan’s unique impact on post-war American design, this book recounts the amazing story of his life, and retains a moving preface by Tom Ford and poignant foreword by the late architect Zaha Hadid. It also features a new afterword by Chris Eitel, who began as an intern at Kagan’s design studio in 2013 and quickly became his protégé, offering an…mehr
With Vladimir Kagan’s death in 2016, the world of design lost one of its most celebrated practitioners. Pointed Leaf Press is honored to be reissuing, in its third edition: Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design. In addition to showcasing Kagan’s unique impact on post-war American design, this book recounts the amazing story of his life, and retains a moving preface by Tom Ford and poignant foreword by the late architect Zaha Hadid. It also features a new afterword by Chris Eitel, who began as an intern at Kagan’s design studio in 2013 and quickly became his protégé, offering an intimate look at the designer and the man. With this first-hand account, Kagan’s life and work is more fully contextualized and his legacy more clearly illuminated.
Vladimir Kagan is one of the most widely acclaimed designers of our times. Born in Germany, he and his family fled Nazism and settled in New York. His brilliant success as a furniture craftsman and designer, is premised on combining the functional sensibility of modernism with comfort, and a softer, more inviting aesthetic.
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PREFACE Tom Ford reflects on the timelessness of Vladimir Kagan’s designs FOREWORD Zaha Hadid appreciates Vladimir Kagan’s talent and sense of discovery CHAPTER 1: 1927–1944 Parents, childhood, and a new start in America CHAPTER 2: 1945–1950 Getting established and early influences CHAPTER 3: 1950–1960 The Kagan-Dreyfuss showroom, success and a growing clientele CHAPTER 4: 1961–1980 Corporate work and designs for the Future CHAPTER 5: 1981–2003 Responding to the style of the 1980s, vintage Kagan, and reaching the mass market CHAPTER 6: 2004-2015 New clients and extraordinary commissions from celebrated interior designers AFTERWORD As the apprentice to Vladimir Kagan, Chris Eitel recounts the work of the design master’s last years VLADIMIR’S BLOG Food and wine, exercising, kissing, and the value of friendship INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHY CHRONOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS
PREFACE Tom Ford reflects on the timelessness of Vladimir Kagan’s designs FOREWORD Zaha Hadid appreciates Vladimir Kagan’s talent and sense of discovery CHAPTER 1: 1927–1944 Parents, childhood, and a new start in America CHAPTER 2: 1945–1950 Getting established and early influences CHAPTER 3: 1950–1960 The Kagan-Dreyfuss showroom, success and a growing clientele CHAPTER 4: 1961–1980 Corporate work and designs for the Future CHAPTER 5: 1981–2003 Responding to the style of the 1980s, vintage Kagan, and reaching the mass market CHAPTER 6: 2004-2015 New clients and extraordinary commissions from celebrated interior designers AFTERWORD As the apprentice to Vladimir Kagan, Chris Eitel recounts the work of the design master’s last years VLADIMIR’S BLOG Food and wine, exercising, kissing, and the value of friendship INDEX BIBLIOGRAPHY CHRONOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS
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