Title: History of modern design
Description: This perceptive, wide-ranging book surveys the applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social, and commercial contexts in which the relationship developed. This substantially revised and expanded second edition offers several new features, including: an updated and expanded timeline and bibliography; inclusion of more recent trends and perspectives in design; a larger section on contemporary design; and more discussion of designed artifacts in relation to interior's rather than as stand alone 'objects, ' to promote discussion of lifestyles and the experience of design by users. -- Book Jacket.
Subjects: Design, History, Design, history, Decorative arts, Wedgwood, josiah , 1730-1795, Cole, henry , 1808-1882, Aestheticsruskin, john , 1819-1900, Aestheticsmorris, william , 1834-1896, Mackintosh, charles rennie , 1868-1928, Wright, frank lloyd , 1867-1959, Tschichold, jan , 1902-1974, Bauhaus., Great exhibition (1851 : london, england), New york world's fair (1939-1940 : new york, n.y.), Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 : paris, france), Design--history, Design--history--19th century, Design--history--20th century, Decorative arts--history, Decorative arts--history--19th century, Decorative arts--history--20th century, Nk1175 .r35 2010, 745.409, Aesthetics, Bauhaus, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50043081 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n50043081, New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82144169 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n82144169, Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 : Paris, France) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80107490 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n80107490