With over 400 detailed entries in alphabetical order, this volume offers one of the largest and most up-to-date illustrated works on international design in the 20th century. Accompanies the exhibit, "A Century of Design, Part I: 1900-1925, " December 1999-April 2000 at the Met in New York. 780 illustrations.
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Charlotte and Peter Fiell run a design consultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured widely, curated a number of exhibitions, and written numerous articles and books on design and designers, including TASCHEN'S Decorative Arts series, 1000 Chairs, Industrial Design A-Z, Designing the 21st Century, Scandinavian Design, and Graphic Design for the 21st Century.
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A richly illustrated encyclopedia of the most important names, objects and ideas in the history of 20th century design (graphic design, furniture, textile, glass, ceramics and metalware). Featured in its 780 pages are more than 400 one- or two-page articles on design-related styles, individuals, schools, companies and institutions, illustrated by over 700 full-color photographs. (Copyright © by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.)
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A century of design in your hands,
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This is an excellent reference book on 20th century design. It has over 700 color photographs and illustrations and is very well organized. The pocketbook size (5.5 x 7.5 in.) makes it very user friendly.The price point makes it a real bargain.
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A very good dictionary for designers,
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Whether you're an interior, industrial or other sort of designer, an architect, or simply a design conoisseur, this book will help answer almost all your questions about designers, design houses, movements, etc. In addition to this (definitions, biographies, etc.) you'll find an abundance of very good pictures that go with most of the entries, that illustrate them very well.The only reason I give it four stars is because some topics it seems to cover with lots of detail (a good example is "Herman Miller") while others are left with a few lines. Yes: Herman Miller is a huge name in furniture design, but that doesn't make Gaudi, for example, any smaller.
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Throughout the 20th century, design has existed as a major feature of culture and everyday life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
radical design movement, own design office, tubular metal furniture, designed glassware, cantilevered chair, silver studio, geometric formalism, designed textiles, design reformers, freelance architect, notable designs, own design studio, bentwood furniture, seat furniture, architectural partnership, landmark exhibition, designing furniture, studio pottery, furniture workshop, architectural office, interior schemes, design consultancy, metal workshop, design theorist, reforming ideas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, Modern Movement, Herman Miller, Crafts Movement, United States, Deutscher Werkbund, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Exposition Universelle, Exposition Internationale des Arts, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann, Second World War, Los Angeles, William Morris, Eero Saarinen, Milan Triennale, Royal College of Art, Knoll International, Studio Alchimia, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Charlotte Perriand, Frank Lloyd Wright New!
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radical design movement, own design office, tubular metal furniture, designed glassware, cantilevered chair, silver studio, geometric formalism, designed textiles, design reformers, freelance architect, notable designs, own design studio, bentwood furniture, seat furniture, architectural partnership, landmark exhibition, designing furniture, studio pottery, furniture workshop, architectural office, interior schemes, design consultancy, metal workshop, design theorist, reforming ideas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, Modern Movement, Herman Miller, Crafts Movement, United States, Deutscher Werkbund, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Exposition Universelle, Exposition Internationale des Arts, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann, Second World War, Los Angeles, William Morris, Eero Saarinen, Milan Triennale, Royal College of Art, Knoll International, Studio Alchimia, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Charlotte Perriand, Frank Lloyd Wright New!
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- Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form by Robert Venturi on page 572, page 697, and page 711
- The Isle of Man by Douglas on page 78, and page 391
- Twentieth Century Furniture by Carlton Books in Back Matter
- Towards a New Architecture (Dover Architecture) by Le Corbusier in Back Matter
- A history of the Gothic revival (The Victorian library) by Charles L Eastlake on page 235
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