Overview
At its presentation in 1955, the Citroen DS was a sensation and a magnet for 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 twentieth century. In collaboration with Lars Muller Publishers, the Swiss architect Christian Sumi published the new edition of AS in DS by Alison and Peter Smithson in 2001. In this new book, he now analytically examines the characteristics of this classic vehicle, which he documents in carefully arranged picture series and with drawings by Flaminio Bertoni and the Citroen design team, such as of the body, the chassis, or the legendary hydraulics. Using image essays from advertising campaigns for the Citroen DS, Sumi critically examines its iconisation and reception, along with theories that discuss the phenomenon in both a contemporary and philosophical context. 198 illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: Christian Sumi ,
Karin Schiesser ,
Flaminio Bertoni ,
Citroen design team
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
Imprint: Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN: 9783037786260
ISBN 10: 3037786264
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 25 February 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Christian Sumi graduated from the Zurich Polytechnic, where he worked for the Institute of History and Theory of Architecture (gta). He has taught at Harvard University GSD, the Lausanne Polytechnic EPFL and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. From 2008 to 2016 he had a full professorship at the Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio AAM, together with Marianne Burkhalter. Since 1984, Sumi and Burkhalter have been running an architectural practice in Zurich. The firm acquired an international reputation by, among other things, transformations of existing structures, new housing typologies, hotels and innovative wooden constructions and distinctive use of polychrome colors. Sumi also made a number of exhibition installations: ""Gottfried Semper"" and ""Robots"" for the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (2004 and 2009); ""The unexpected view"" and ""Konrad Wachsmann – the Grapevine Structure"" for La Biennale di Venice (2014 and 2018). He is the editor of the reprint of Alison and Peter Smithson's publication “AS in DS,” published by Lars Müller Publishers (2001).
