- Contains over 2,000 design terms, including mass manufacture as well as aesthetic movements
- Covers the past 150 years of international design
- Contains concise biographical entries of influential designers and manufacturers
- International focus: takes in major movements, key concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions, museums and heritage sites
- Illustrations bring the designs vividly to life
- Includes timelines of key design events and movements
From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Both wide-ranging and comprehensive, it covers commercial design mass manufacture, as well as high art terms and aesthetic movements. Over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design include ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, major museums and heritage sites, as well as biographical entries on designers and manufacturers. The dictionary, international in focus, also covers key design concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions. Other features include timelines of key design events and movements, and an index of author names for easy reference. It also features funky illustrations at every letter's opening page, with zeitgeist design concepts from Action Man and Barbie to Ferrari and Electrolux. Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, the Dictionary of Modern Design is an essential reference tool for students, and a useful addition to every designer's and artist's studio shelf.
Reviews
- 'This marvelously compiled dictionary will answer just about any reference question on modern design.' -Library Journal
Contents
- Introduction
- A-Z Dictionary of Modern Design
- Bibliography
- Timelines
- Author index
- Covers the past 150 years of international design
- Contains concise biographical entries of influential designers and manufacturers
- International focus: takes in major movements, key concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions, museums and heritage sites
- Illustrations bring the designs vividly to life
- Includes timelines of key design events and movements
From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Both wide-ranging and comprehensive, it covers commercial design mass manufacture, as well as high art terms and aesthetic movements. Over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design include ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, major museums and heritage sites, as well as biographical entries on designers and manufacturers. The dictionary, international in focus, also covers key design concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions. Other features include timelines of key design events and movements, and an index of author names for easy reference. It also features funky illustrations at every letter's opening page, with zeitgeist design concepts from Action Man and Barbie to Ferrari and Electrolux. Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, the Dictionary of Modern Design is an essential reference tool for students, and a useful addition to every designer's and artist's studio shelf.
Reviews
- 'This marvelously compiled dictionary will answer just about any reference question on modern design.' -Library Journal
Contents
- Introduction
- A-Z Dictionary of Modern Design
- Bibliography
- Timelines
- Author index