Christ, Ronald and Dennis Dollens — New York: Nomadic Design

New York, Rizzoli / Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. 1993. Softcover. Silver card wraps with bw map illus. and color images. B/w lettering. French flaps. 152 pp. with color/bw images throughout. 'New York is nomadic. It has no permanent resident vision of itself as modern like Los Angeles, it has no imperial patron like Paris's Mitterand, no Olympian vision like Barcelona's. It is a city where what happened in Paris or Tokyo or Los Angeles or Milan yesterday affects what happens in studios today, and what happens today affects Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles or Milan tomorrow. It is also a city of designers listening to and watching it and each other. Since it is too large and diffuse for a dominant style, no single New York exists. Connecting the diverse images, one theme persists: the moving but unmoved city as site and element of design' (from the introduction) With an 11-page introductory essay and wonderful photos of old, new, renovations, industrial, techno, and much more. New York. As new but with light rubbing to back cover.