The first book of its kind, Raizman’s History of Modern Design offers a gorgeously illustrated survey of the applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to present day, covering furniture, metal, glass, ceramics, fashion, appliances, transportation, and advertising.
"The 2nd edition of History of Modern Design gives me the opportunity to share my excitement about this subject with students and with the general public. I'm delighted that Prentice-Hall and Laurence King Publishing (in the UK) allowed me to revisit the subject matter, change, and add to its content. If you'd like to comment on the book or just write about design and design history, I'd welcome your thoughts and observations."
David Raizman is Professor in the Art and Art History Department in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University in Philadelphia and currently Head in the College's Media Arts Department. In addition to being the author of History of Modern Design, he also has written numerous articles and reviews, and co-edited with Professor Carma Gorman (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) the book Objects, Audiences, and Literatures: Alternative Narratives in the History of Design, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007).
He was a research fellow at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University museum in Miami Beach, Florida in October, 2009, examining materials for his current research topic: 19th-century World's Fairs in relation to the design, production, and reception of furniture. He has been teaching at Drexel University since 1989, and earned his Ph.D in art history at the University of Pittsburgh (1980).
Professor Raizman has been an invited speaker on art and design history topics at numerous conferences and sponsored events. These include the Second International Conference on Historical Studies in Design, Universitá Iuav, Venice, Italy, The Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, the Rhode Island School of Design (Industrial Design students), Providence, Rhode Island, the Preservation Society of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, and the Morgan Library in New York.
