polytekton designed a book of travels to Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium during the summer of 2018. The collection of photographs is now available via Amazon.com.
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Ein Buch (auf Deutsch+Englisch) über die Renovierung und Erneuerung eines Hauses das ursprünglich 1920 in Ames, Iowa, gebaut wurde.
A book (in German+English) about the renovation and transformation of a 1920s house in Ames, Iowa.
A facsimile of Mikesch Muecke’s undergraduate portfolio is now available as a compact volume of 72 black & white pages.
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polytektonDesign 1990-1997
The second volume of polytektonDesign, originally published in 2010, is now available online. It’s an A4 format black-and-white paperback chronicling polytekton’s designs between 1990 and 1997, covering the years of graduate studies at the University of Florida toward an MArch (1991) and the Princeton years (1992-1994), followed by three years of teaching design studios and history/theory seminars at Iowa State University. Numerous illustrations and photographs. More info about the book can be found below.
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polytektonDesign 1978-1989
The first volume of polytektonDesign, originally published in 2010, was republished in 2017 and is available online now. It’s an A4 black-and-white paperback (386 pages) chronicling polytekton’s designs between 1978 and 1989, covering the formative years in Europe and the work done as part of the Bachelor of Design degree (with a focus on architecture) at the University of Florida. Numerous illustrations and photographs. More info about the book can be found below.
Book Information
Paperback: 386 pages
Publisher: Obvious Press; 2nd edition (December 12, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1941892191
ISBN-13: 978-1941892190
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.9 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
We just published the third edition of Opus 28 Emily: A House Organ by A. David Moore, edited by Miriam Zach and Mikesch Muecke. The book is a full-color chronicle of the installation of the pipe organ in the International Women Composers’ Library in Gainesville, Florida.
Museyrooms: Intersections of People and Art in Museums is a collection of color photographs taken by polytekton, aka Mikesch Muecke, that document the surprising resonance between animate and inanimate art in museums around the world.
A picture book about a 2013 summer vacation in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Great Britain. In Germany the authors/photographers visited the Hanseatic town of Lemgo (near Hannover). In Switzerland they explored Stein (Aargau) and La Chaux-de-Fonds. In France they visited several small towns that are part of the Plus-Beaux-Village circuit, and in the United Kingdom the authors traveled through the south of England, tracing a large circle around London, through small towns and the picturesque landscape, with overnight stays in B&Bs, and visits to National Trust properties (manor houses, gardens) but also cathedrals and country churches, for good reason: the travelers were two couples; a designer and a musician, a musician and an architect.
When taken literally, a translation of the word ‘photograph’ means ‘written light’. In this book Mikesch Muecke offers the reader/viewer a collection of ‘textual illumination’ divided into categories. The accompanying short short-stories—in some cases no more than a few words—are literary counter weights to the visual text.