Sam Chermayeff [et al.]: Creatures archives and the extraordinary beauty found

and the extraordinary beauty found in the unfamiliar

Sara Elkamel

to acts of high fashion détournement

at this pivotal moment in its history

In the late 1960s he instilled creativity and a desire for experimentation into the ossified Swiss typographical industry and reflected this renewal in his own work

Sam Chermayeff [et al.]: Creatures archives and the extraordinary beauty foundIntroducing the second edition, hardcover version of Sam Chermayeff [et al.]: Creatures, edited by Moritz Kng! With the first edition sold out in less than a year, this book takes a look back through nearly two decades of experimental projects undertaken by the Berlin based architect Sam Chermayeff and his collaboratorsfor the most part pieces of furniture whose use, appearance, or application has been reimagined and readapted. But these creatures are