The Design Encyclopaedia - Couverture rigide

Byars, Mel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1856690474 ISBN 13 : 9781856690478

Editeur : Laurence King Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

With nearly 4000 entries, this book features designers from Europe, the United States and Japan. Each designer entry incorporates dates, a biography, details of design education, major works, exhibitions and awards and a bibliography. Other entries discuss firms, materials, groups and movements - from Acerbis to Zuber, Bakelite to wicker, the Aesthetic movement to the Vienna Secession. The book is complete with four illustrated sections and lists of international exhibitions. The author is a specialist on 20th-century decorative arts and is the author of the forthcoming book "The Chairs of Frank Lloyd Wright" and co-editor of "50 American Designers".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This definitive encyclopedia covers all elements associated with decoration and design in eastern and western Europe, Australia, North and South America and Japan. Over 3000 entries form a compendium of designers, firms, movements, styles and materials in the design world from the 19th century to the present. Features lists of major design exhibitions and fairs worldwide, ranging from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London through the 1992 Seville Expo to a Pan–Russian Exhibition in Moscow in 1882. Every entry includes dates, biography, details of design education and influences, exhibitions and awards, an in–depth discussion of important designs plus a complete bibliography covering publications in all languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Laurence King Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856690474
• ISBN 13: 9781856690478
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible