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Overview"""Modern Design"" presents a collection of the most important and influential pieces of design produced in the modern age. Featuring the defining work of such pioneers as Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas, Gio Ponti, Eileen Gray, Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Saul Bass, Philippe Starck, Neville Brody and many others, the result is a celebration of the artistic diversity in recent decades. With over 370 examples of the best and most enduring examples of modern design, ""Modern Design"" is an informative and colourful survey of the entire genre, from advertising and architecture, to fashion and furniture, and transport and type, via communications, interiors, lighting, household items and products. ""Modern Design"" is an essential reference for students, designers in all fields and anyone interested in innovative and intelligent design work." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine McDermottPublisher: Welbeck Publishing Group Imprint: Carlton Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 18.00cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781847328090ISBN 10: 1847328091 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 12 May 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsForeword; Fashion; Architecture; Interiors; Furniture; Lighting; Homeware; Products; Transport; Type; Packaging; Advertising; Communications; Futures; Index.ReviewsA definitive new book on design (The Times) A must for design junkies and collectors of modern antiques alike (Mail on Sunday) Comprehensive and accessible (Elle Decoration) Particularly good on graphics and packaging (Design Week) An entertaining story of our times (The Independent) """A definitive new book on design"" (The Times) ""A must for design junkies and collectors of modern antiques alike"" (Mail on Sunday) ""Comprehensive and accessible"" (Elle Decoration) ""Particularly good on graphics and packaging"" (Design Week) ""An entertaining story of our times"" (The Independent)""" Author InformationProfessor Catherine McDermott is a lecturer in Design History at Kingston University, Surrey, and has lectured worldwide at the Pratt School of Art, New York, the University of California, the Paul Getty Center, Santa Monica, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal College of Art in London. She is also a respected curator of design exhibitions. As an author, she has been published widely in the field of contemporary design and her previous book publications include Street Style: British Design in the 80s (Bloomsbury) and monographs on Ben Kelly and English Eccentrics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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