Design in Britain
Subtitle: big ideas (small island)
By: general editor, Deyan Sudjic
Contributors: Design Museum (London, England)
Publisher: Conran Octopus; Distributed in the U.S. by Octopus Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781840915426
Subjects: Design; History
Description: "Looking at British design, this book discusses the major figures that have led the way and those who have turned it on its head. Divided by subject matter, chapters include: Architecture - how the shape of commercial rebuilding has evolved in Britain; Identity - how the logos and marks measure out the history of Britain; After the Object - the web-based expansion of the definition of what constitutes design; Fashion - a measured account of the ideas and the reality behind British fashion; Graphic Design - an account of the successive creative waves of graphic design in Britain; Furniture Design - a view of what it is that has made British design special from the outside; Industrial Design - a critical response to the interaction between design in the commercial sense, and in the cultural sphere, and, Car Design - how Britain is building more cars than ever, but in foreign owned factories."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes index.

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