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The art of things : product design since 1945 /

"This volume surveys the history, post-1945, of product design (or industrial design) in each of the major industrialized nations in turn. It contains many color illustrations of noteworthy furniture, appliances, tableware, electronics, automobiles, etc"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Art du design.
Other Authors: Forest, Dominique (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Design > History > 20th century.
Design > History > 21st century.
Industrial design > History > 20th century.
Industrial design > History > 21st century.
DESIGN / Product.
Design.
Industrial design.
1900 - 2099
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Old Continent and New World: The Emergence of Design / Dominique Forest
  • The United States / Penny Sparke
  • Scandinavia / Ásdís Ólafsdóttir
  • Germany and Switzerland / Jeremy Aynsley
  • Italy / Anty Pansera
  • Great Britain / Penny Sparke
  • France / Dominique Forest
  • Japan / Penny Sparke
  • Belgium and the Netherlands / Mienke Simon Thomas
  • The Landscape of Design Today / Constance Rubini.