The style got its name from the book High Tech: The Industrial Style and Source Book for The Home, written by design journalists Joan Kron and Suzanne Slesin and published in November 1978 by Clarkson N. Potter, New York.
Štýl dostal svoje meno podľa knihy High Tech: The Industrial Style and Source Book for The Home, napísanej dvojicou autorov Joan Kron a Suzanne Slesin, bola vydaná v novembri 1978 vydavateľstvom Clarkson N. Potter, New York.