It contains more than 580 full-color photos covering a wide range of objects that include furniture, glass, ceramics, metalware, industrial products, and household appliances. Featuring countless works from around the world, this is an essential compendium for design aficionados everywhere, with star turns including De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Charles and Ray Eames, and Philippe Starck. a must for anyone interested in product design,mid mod furniture and the general coolness of the most revolutionary design era (in my opinion) ever.

Charlotte and her husband have also acted as design and publishing consultants to various well-known designers and design studios, design-led manufacturers, corporate groups, and national design organisations and institutions. Featuring countless works from around the world, this is an essential compendium for design aficionados everywhere, with designs by De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Charles and Ray Eames, and Philippe Starck.

Charlotte and Peter Fiell are well-known design authors having written over sixty books on the subject.

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This migration, along with their professional and teaching activities, would play a major role in shaping postwar American art and design. From 1993 to 2007, Fiell was the Editor-in-Charge for design books at the German publishing house, Taschen GmbH, and during that period she, along with her husband, edited/authored 32 titles, including: "1000 Chairs", "Design of the 20th Century", "Industrial Design A-Z", "Scandinavian Design", "Decorative Art" series (six volumes), and "Domus 1928-1999" (twelve-volume set). After the wars, the need for a more humanist approach to the world influenced the embrace of natural materials and handmade objects. This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. Zwart believed the fast pace of 20th-century life meant viewers had little time for lengthy advertising copy.

When the Nazis rose to power in Europe during the 1930s, Modernist experiments were denounced, and many artists, architects, and designers immigrated to the United States. This title offers an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.The periods of major conflicts, which have built the history of the world, have also helped build visual languages across design and art disciplines.

One of the bestselling design books of all time , Design of the 20th Century is a bible of design breakthroughs and inspiration spanning one hundred years. From Art Nouveau to minimalism and everything in-betweenPoised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Explore the modern age of design in this Bibliotheca Universalis edition of the 20th century’s key movements and trends.This volume tells this fascinating story, combining the history of modern design movements with a chronological review of 80 top designers, from Otto Wagner at the end of the 19th century to Jasper Morrison, a young designer making an impact today. Bayer’s poster for Wassily Kandinsky’s 60th-birthday exhibition (1926) incorporates Constructivist and De Stijl influences.