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191 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
The bentwood chair, Bauhaus furniture, Dieter Ram's designs for Braun, Apple computers, and Ikea furniture have made their way into homes and offices around the world, but all these objects signify major departures from those that came before - a new way of designing things that, in many cases, we now take for granted. In 20 diverse chapters, this book explores such 'groundbreaking moments' in product design.
Introduction -- Pioneers of design : from crafts to industralization -- Bentwood furniture : flexible designs -- The Bauhaus : the first school of modern design -- Tubular steel : the gleaming machine aesthetic -- Design and marketing : how design classics are created -- Streamline design : the aesthetics of speed -- Corporate design : corporate identity -- The Cantilever chair : sitting in mid-air -- Organic design : taking inspiration from nature -- Design for all : the democratization of design -- Plastic : from substitute to essential material -- Pop culture : new forms of living -- Postmodernism : design with emotion -- Minimalism : beauty through simplicity -- Paper : a deliate material with hidden strengths -- High-tech design : technology becomes visible -- Ecological design : green trends in design -- Scandalous design : at the limits of good taste -- Banal design : no-design designs -- Art in design : design in art -- Designers and artists -- Literature -- Index -- Photo credits.
Nina Kozel ; with contributions by Claudia Hellmann.
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.