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KEN ADAM
Showcasing the work of Ken Adam, the man who created some of the most iconic and memorable sets in the history of the movies
Ken Adam is the most distinguished living production designer in
the world. His work spans seven decades and more than seventy-five
movies, from his revolutionary designs for the first seven James Bond
movies to work on Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and Alan Bennett’s
The Madness of King George, for both of which he won an Oscar.
Born in Germany, Adam trained in London as an architect, and
his first Art Director credit was on Around theWorld in Eighty Days in
1956. He has subsequently worked in Hollywood, Italy, and Germany
as well as Britain.
Ken Adam’s extensive personal archive of concept sketches, drawings,
set stills, and photographs from every stage of his career forms the basis
of this book. Using case studies from the 1950s to the present day, it
shows the whole cycle of his production designs, from initial concept to
what appears on the screen itself. The result encapsulates the evolving
role of the Art Director and Production Designer from the golden age
of the big studios to the digital fantasies of the early twenty-first century.
The commentary is by Christopher Frayling, Rector of the Royal
College of Art, London, Chairman of the Arts Council, England,
Chairman of the UK’s Design Council, and a Trustee of the Victoria
& Albert Museum.
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