A Century of Design: Design Pioneers of the 20th Century

by Penny Sparke

Book Overview

The 20th century has been unique in the history of art and design, uniting creative imaginations with hi-tech and mass-production methods. The result has been well designed products available to an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764151223
• ISBN13: 9780764151224
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

Helpful Overview

Written by a well-known British design historian at the Royal College of Art, this 270-page clothbound overview of design and designers, arranged by style and movement as well as time period, features 500 full-color illustrations, a helpful glossary, and worldwide directories of manufacturers, museums, and other design sources. (Copyright © by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.)

A Century of Design: Pioneers of the 20th Century

Excellent brief over view with short bio and photos of the major designers of our century. The only drawback is that the author has a clear bias towards furniture, so that most of the photos show furniture even when the designers have created products.