A Dictionary of Modern Design - Couverture souple

Woodham, Jonathan M.

 
9780192806390: A Dictionary of Modern Design
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ISBN 10 : 0192806394 ISBN 13 : 9780192806390
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jonathan Woodham is Professor of the History of Design and Director of the Design History Research Centre at the University of Brighton. He also serves on the editorial boards of Design Issues, MIT, and the Journal of Design History (OUP). He is the author of The Industrial Designer and the Public (1983), Twentieth Century Ornament (1990), and the hugely successful Twentieth Century Design (OUP, 1997).

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0192806394
ISBN 13 
9780192806390
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
544
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