The Picture Perfect Material
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Nickel Magazine, June 2007 -- Jindal Stainless Limited of India has published Magic of Stainless Steel, a high-quality picture book illustrating architectural and art works from around the world. “Stainless steel is a truly magical material and has never ceased to excite the thoughts of designers, sculptors and engineers,” says Ratan Jindal in the foreword to the 192-page coffee-table tome. Works by architects Frank Gehry, Adrian Smith, Raj Rewal, Ewing Cole are featured in the book, as are iconic images of structures ranging from William van Alen’s Chrysler Building in New York City, U.S.A. (1930) to Cesar Pelli’s Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1998) Says Pelli: “One of the most appealing qualities of stainless steel surfaces is their changeability. I often go back to Canary Wharf [in London] and Costa Mesa [in California] and I delight in seeing how the stainless steel surfaces appear to have sometimes a blue cast, sometimes a yellow cast, and how they respond to the slightest change in the atmosphere. Sometimes it feels as if the surface is alive.” The book is largely devoted to stainless steel art and lifestyle, and includes pictures of interior and exterior sculpture, furniture, vases, bowls, murals, lamps, cutlery, and other decorative accessories. By illustrating the spectacular diversity of stainless steel, Magic of Stainless Steel is bound
to inspire the designer in you.
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