The Goddess--La Déesse

Author: Christian Sumi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783037786260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
A celebration of the beloved Citroën DS, icon of screen, street and style, through drawings, photos and ephemera From the moment of its debut in 1955, the Citroën DS was a sensation and a magnet for movie stars, designers, philosophers and politicians alike. No other automobile was able to combine form and technology so coherently and seemingly effortlessly. Radical in its implementation and revolutionary in terms of comfort and safety, the DS is one of the most innovative design icons of the 20th century. In collaboration with Lars Müller Publishers, the Swiss architect Christian Sumi published the new edition of AS in DS(Alison Smithson in DS) in 2001. In this new book, he examines the characteristics of this classic vehicle, such as the body, the chassis or the legendary hydraulics, which he documents in carefully arranged picture series and with drawings by Flaminio Bertoni and the Citroën design team. Using image essays from advertising campaigns for the Citroën DS, Sumi critically examines its reception and iconization, along with theories that discuss the phenomenon in both a contemporary and philosophical context.

Citroen DS

Author: Malcolm Bobbit
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
ISBN: 9781861260550
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Citroen stunned the automotive world when the DS series was introduced in 1955. Daringly futuristic and amazingly sophisticated mechanically, it made most cars on the road at the time obsolete. John Pressnell recounts the full story of the design, development, and production of these unique cars, and offers specifications plus a wide selection of archive and contemporary photos.

Citroen DS

Author: Malcolm Bobbitt
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781787111387
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Available again after a long absence, this book tells the story of the most radical of Citroën’s idiosyncratic offerings: the DS. The car was sensational when it was introduced in 1955; twenty years and 1.45 million cars later it was still technically advanced in relation to most other cars. Revolutionary in driving characteristics and comfort, it remains one of the most innovative cars of all time. In this book, Malcolm Bobbitt, a well-known motoring author and DS owner, gives an in-depth guide to the Citroën DS - its history, design, and specifications, as well as valuable advice for buyers and owners. This long overdue revised edition contains much new and updated information.

Citroën DS

Author: Malcolm Bobbitt
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750922821
Category : Citroën automobile
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When the Citroen DS was unveiled at the 1955 Paris Motor show, it took the motoring world by storm. Its futuristic shape was likened to a space ship and, even 20 years later when it went out of production, it was still one the most visibly and technically advanced cars of its day. In this illustrated history of the car, Malcolm Bobbitt recalls the long career of this extraordinary car and suggests why it became an icon of automobile design. He uses 240 historical photographs to show its long development, starting with the first design studies made before World War II and the first prototype of 1952. The book chronicles the production history of the DS and its less sophisticated sister car, the ID, and it seeks to explain the many facets of this complex, idiosyncratic vehicle. The author also describes how this reliable family saloon proved to be a formidable rally contender and, for a generation, provided formal transport for the French president and government.

Alison and Peter Smithson

Author: Alison Margaret Smithson
Publisher: 010 Publishers
ISBN: 9064505284
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the twentieth century. As younger members of CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) and as founding members of Team 10 they were at the heart of the debate on the future course of Modern Architecture. Their polemics and designs - addressing issues such as the rising consumer society and the orientation of urban planning - laid the foundations for New Brutalism and the Pop Art Movement of the 1960s. An important adaptation made by the Smithsons and their generation was the rejection of modernism's machine aesthetics. The new notions of place and territory were juxtaposed to Le Corbusier's machine à habiter. To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location and able to meet the ordinary requirements of everyday life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use. This exhibition examines the evolution of the Smithsons' approach to this everyday "art of inhabitation." It does this by extensively documenting most of their designs for individual dwellings, especially their optimistic House of the Future of 1956 and the series of renovations of and additions to the fairy-tale-like Hexenhaus in Germany from the late 1980s onward

As in Ds

Author: Alison Smithson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783907078426
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Architects Alison and Peter Smithson kept a visual diary of a drive from their London office to their Wiltshire cottage. The contrast of their sleek Citroen DS 19 with the verdant landscape links the urban and the rural in a sensible continuum. It was originally published as A Sensibility Primer in 1983.

Citrodn DS

Author: Daniel Denis
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9780857332387
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is a sumptuous photographic record of the Citroën DS in all its myriad forms. Launched as a futuristic vision in 1955, the DS family of cars continued in production for just over 20 years, evolving through two distinct styling phases, three key bodyshell types (saloon, estate and cabriolet), numerous specification changes and various powertrain developments, as well as some fascinating spin-off versions – and every detail is recorded in over 500 colour photographs in this lavish and elegantly presented book.

Citroen

Author: Lance Cole
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847976603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description
In this new view of the Citroen story, automotive/aviation writer and design specialist Lance Cole investigates not just the details of the cars of Citroen, but the aeronautical and cultural origins that lay behind Citroen's form and function. The book digs deep into the ethos of Automobiles Citroen to create a narrative on one of the greatest car manufacturers in history. Using interviews, translations, archive documents and specially-commissioned photographs, the Citroen journey is cast in a fresh perspective. It explains in detail the influences upon Citroen design: Voisin, Lefebrve, Bertoni, Boulanger, Mages, Opron and recent Citroen designers such as Coco, Blakeslee and Soubirou. As well as all the men of the great period of 1920s-1970s expansion, it also cites less well-known names of Citroen's French engineering, design, and influence such as Cayla, Gerin, Giret, Harmand, Dargent and others, to give a full picture of Citroen heritage.The book provides in-depth analysis of all major Citroen models with an engineering and design focus and profiles key individuals and cars up to the present day and Citroen's 'DS'-branded resurgence. It features many newly commissioned photographs, rare archive drawings and interviews with Citroen owners.Researched amongst leading Citroen experts and restorers, Lance Cole provides a fresh perspective on the Citroen car manufacturer, its design language and the legacy of its extraordinary engineering which will be of great interest to all Citroen and motoring enthusiasts. Superbly illustrated with 329 colour photographs, many newly commissioned along with rare archive drawings.

Original Citroen DS

Author: John Reynolds
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 9780760329016
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
The Citroen DS launched in 1955 and continued for 20 years. It remains highly collectible and desirable for enthusiasts of European auto. As with all of our Original titles, this book aims to guide collectors, restorers, and enthusiasts through the various production changes between model years to make sure their restoration or prospective purchase is correct, original, and legitimate. With thorough text and detailed photography, every part of the car is cataloged.

Encyclopaedia of Classic Cars

Author: Rob de la Rive Box
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579581183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
The complete encyclopedia of classic sports cars with informative text and over 750 color photographs.