Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings about Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and ...: Complete Works

'Arad's work is loosely described as 'design'...but encompasses everything from turntables built into paving stones to the Tel Aviv Opera House in Israel. Packed with a great mixture of new photography and archive shots of his older work...an illuminating read.' (Arena) 'Collings...uses simple, guileless questions to bring out the most important issues in design and its relationship with art. This produces a likeable, unstuffy tone...that raises issues many of us would like to see addressed, but are too afraid of appearing ignorant to ask.' (Blueprint) 'Very nicely put together.' (Grafik (formerly Graphics International)) 'Beautifully designed...sharp, clear and clean.' (Sam Jacob, Modern Painters) 'INNOVATIVE OPTIMIST...however unexpected the choice of Collings might seem, it works. He enters the conversation as an outsider to Arad's world, and thus places him in a wider context than that of design...refreshingly unpretentious...what might have been an experiment on the part of the publisher has paid off...a great resource for anyone interested in design or architecture...the sheer range of Arad's subject matter is what is most impressive...This publication echoes [Arad's] ways of encountering the world: unpretentious, and whimsical in places, but always compelling.' (Kathy Battista, Architect's Journal) 'This beautifully designed work takes the form of a long interview between Arad and Collings, an art critic, and showcases new photography by Tom Vack.' (Metropolitan Home)