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With Vladimir Kagan’s death in 2016, the world of design lost one of its most celebrated practitioners. Pointed Leaf Press is honored to be reissuing, in its third edition: Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design<\/em><\/strong>. In addition to showcasing Kagan’s unique impact on post-war American design, this book recounts the amazing story of his life, and retains a moving preface by Tom Ford and poignant foreword by the late architect Zaha Hadid. It also features a new afterword by Chris Eitel, who began as an intern at Kagan’s design studio in 2013 and quickly became his protégé, offering an intimate look at the designer and the man. With this first-hand account, Kagan’s life and work is more fully contextualized and his legacy more clearly illuminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vladimir Kagan, considered to one of the foremost furniture designers of the last centtury, shares the story of his life and work.<\/p>\n

PREFACE Tom Ford reflects on the timelessness of Vladimir Kagan’s designs
\nFOREWORD Zaha Hadid appreciates Vladimir Kagan’s talent and sense of discovery
\nCHAPTER 1: 1927–1944 Parents, childhood, and a new start in America
\nCHAPTER 2: 1945–1950 Getting established and early influences
\nCHAPTER 3: 1950–1960 The Kagan-Dreyfuss showroom, success and a growing clientele
\nCHAPTER 4: 1961–1980 Corporate work and designs for the Future
\nCHAPTER 5: 1981–2003 Responding to the style of the 1980s, vintage Kagan, and reaching the mass market
\nCHAPTER 6: 2004-2015 New clients and extraordinary commissions from celebrated interior designers
\nAFTERWORD As the apprentice to Vladimir Kagan, Chris Eitel recounts the work of the design master’s last years
\nVLADIMIR’S BLOG Food and wine, exercising, kissing, and the value of friendship
\nINDEX
\nBIBLIOGRAPHY
\nCHRONOLOGY
\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS
\nCONTENTS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5554],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37493","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-design","7":"author-by-author-vladimir-kagan","8":"publisher-pointed-leaf-press","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVladimir Kagan - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/vladimir-kagan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vladimir Kagan - 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