This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.
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"Handy, satiny-covered distillations of the publisher's bigger classic books." -- ONE Magazine, April/May 2001
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disign pocket book,
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fun pocket book with lots of pictures of 20th century disign items ranging from tea kettles to entire concept rooms. great to thumb through.
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I like the little Taschen Icon books, have a shelf full of them,
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This one, design of the 20th century, is a nice visual overview of some of the high points of industrial, commercial, and consumer design. I'm not an expert on design, and a thicker book would be less interesting to me on this topic. These Icon volumes tend to also get borrowed a lot by visitors, and my little ones have started getting interested in them as well.
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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 - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, Modern Movement, Art Deco, Museum of Modern Art, Herman Miller, Pier Giacomo, United States, Walter Gropius, Charles Eames, Marcel Breuer, Milan Triennale, Studio Alchimia, Achille Castiglioni, Deutscher Werkbund, Eero Saarinen, Exposition Internationale des Arts, Exposition Universelle, Georg Jensen, George Nelson, Pop Design, Radical Design, Crafts Movement, Ettore Sottsass, Second World War New!
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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 - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Nouveau, Modern Movement, Art Deco, Museum of Modern Art, Herman Miller, Pier Giacomo, United States, Walter Gropius, Charles Eames, Marcel Breuer, Milan Triennale, Studio Alchimia, Achille Castiglioni, Deutscher Werkbund, Eero Saarinen, Exposition Internationale des Arts, Exposition Universelle, Georg Jensen, George Nelson, Pop Design, Radical Design, Crafts Movement, Ettore Sottsass, Second World War New!
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- Art Now Artist at the Rise of the New Millennium (Taschen 25) by Uta Grosenick in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Arne Jacobsen by Lisbet Jorgensen on page 85, and page 176
- William Morris by Linda Parry in Back Matter
- Roland Barthes: The Figures of Writing by Andrew Brown on page 142
- Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss on page 61
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- Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers (Midi) by Charlotte Fiell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Flap
- Industrial Design (Icons) by Peter Fiell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scandinavian Design by Charlotte Fiell in Back Matter, and Back Flap
- Women Artists (Icons) by TASCHEN in Back Matter
- Computers: An Illustrated History by Christian Wurster in Back Matter
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