Download or read book Twentieth Century Design written by Jonathan M. Woodham and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1997-04-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the wider issues of design and industrial culture throughout Europe, Scandinavia, North America, and the Far East. The book explores the way in which 20th-century designs such as the Coca-Cola bottle have affected our culture more than those considered true classics

Download or read book Landmarks of Twentieth century Design written by Kathryn B. Hiesinger and published by Abbeville Kids. This book was released on 1993 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage includes architecture, graphics, furniture, lighting, textiles, and appliances from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Includes biographies of notable designers.

Download or read book Design of the 20th Century written by Charlotte Fiell and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Design Museum Book of 20th Century Design written by Catherine McDermott and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the most essential and inspirational pieces of design created in the modern age. This book is published in association with the Design Museum, London, and is a celebration of design. Imprint.

Download or read book A Century of Design written by Penny Sparke and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrated with over 500 photographs, A Century of Design is unique in providing a designer-by designer review within a historical context, revealing the connections between designers and major design movements from around the world from Art Nouveau to Postmodernism and beyond. Each chapter explains the background and orgins of the century's most important style movements, period by period. The most influential internationally known designers of the 20th century are discussed, their major works are featured and their sources of inspiration outlined. A Century of Design covers everything from telephones to textiles, cutlery to computers."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Design Chronicles written by Carroll Gantz and published by Schiffer Design Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the design stories of everyday material, "stuff," from cars to Dustbusters, phonographs to DVDs, that makes our lives easier, more exciting, and more comfortable through mass-production. Descriptive vignettes and over 400 illustrations of popular culture as it progressed through the 20th century. Each year is an illustrated double-page spread, showing how design evolved in a precise timeline. Learn fascinating stories behind familiar products, the men and women who invented or designed them, and how their designs came to life or, in some cases, failed. It is the story of how America rose to world leadership through its unique ability to bring household conveniences and technological benefits to all, at reasonable cost, thus raising the nation's standard of living. Major technological developments and new materials that made innovative designs possible are also identified. For the industrial designer or student of design, this is a fantastic history of the profession, illustrating connections to invention, architecture, engineering, manufacturing, and business. Written by a distinguished industrial designer, the book offers a unique year-by-year chronology, "what was happening when" in design, and names its movers and shakers.

Download or read book Important 20th Century Design written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Graphic Design and Architecture A 20th Century History written by Richard Poulin and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume is the first to provide the design student, practitioner, and educator with an invaluable comprehensive reference of visual and narrative material that illustrates and evaluates the unique and important history surrounding graphic design and architecture. Graphic Design and Architecture, A 20th Century History closely examines the relationship between typography, image, symbolism, and the built environment by exploring principal themes, major technological developments, important manufacturers, and pioneering designers over the last 100 years. It is a complete resource that belongs on every designer’s bookshelf.

Download or read book Twentieth Century Pattern Design written by Lesley Jackson and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twentieth-Century Pattern Design combines photographs - including many newly published images - with soundly researched text, creating an essential resource for enthusiasts and historians of modern design. The book also serves as a creative sourcebook for students and designers, inspiring new flights of fancy in pattern design."--Jacket.

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Download or read book Miller s 20th Century Design written by Judith Miller and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Miller takes on the 20th century with this new, expansive handbook for both beginning and established collectors. Modern design is beautiful, functional, idiosyncratic, increasing in value, and still relatively affordable. Now, Judith Miller introduces a extensive sourcebook, written specifically for the 20th century collector. From the birth of modern design, through modernism, art deco, mid-century modern, and the post-modern and contemporary years, 20th CENTURY takes a close look all the most important design and collectible categories, including ceramics, glass, furniture, lamps and lighting, clocks, silver and metalwares, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, domestic wares and posters. Including 5,000 photographs and in-depth analysis, collectors will get the inside track on which designs are the true classics and how to make the smartest purchases for the future.

Download or read book The Century of Modern Design written by David A. Hanks and published by Flammarion-Pere Castor. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's most important collections of 20th century design, The Stewart Collection incorporates iconic furniture, ceramics, textiles, posters, graphic art, jewelry and everyday objects from the 1930s to today. This book presents items chronologically, highlighting contrasts and parallels between the works.

Download or read book Modernism in American Silver written by Jewel Stern and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated catalogue that is the first to explore the role of modernism in 20th- century American silver design

Download or read book Graphic Design 20th Century written by Alston Purvis and published by . This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over five hundred color reproductions, Graphic Design 20th Century represents a pictorial history of the last hundred years in graphic design. Alston Purvis presents all the significant designers of the twentieth century as well as the many styles that characterized this rich and tumultuous period: Art Nouveau, Arts and Craft, the Viennese Secession, the Russian Avant-Garde, Punk, New Wave, and computer graphics are just a few of the subjects discussed in this essential reference book. The wealth of visual material presented, including iconic works by Aleksandr Rodchenko, H. Th. Wijdeveld, Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rand, Piet Zwart, Saul Bass, among many others, makes this a truly enjoyable and inspiring read and a handy guide for any designer, artist, or student.

Download or read book The Look of the Century written by Michael Tambini and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compact guide to 20th century design which includes clothes, furniture and consumer goods such as the world famous Coca Cola bottle. Each major movement from Art Deco to Postmodernism is examined as well as an A-Z biographical directory of top designers focusing on their influences and designs.

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