Design: The Definitive Visual History

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Design: The Definitive Visual History lays out the whole evolution of design, from its origins in early cultures to the latest design — physical and digital — of these days. This comprehensive volume covers each major design movement, in conjunction with the enduring designers and manufacturers who influenced on a regular basis life throughout the objects and buildings they created.

Arranged chronologically, Design moves decade-by-decade from the 1850s onward to explore the cultural, social, political, economic, and technological forces on this planet at large and shows how these factors influenced movements and styles in design. Gorgeous catalogues of objects demonstrate how design in turn has influenced the on a regular basis life, through architecture, fashion, furniture, ceramics, glassware, lighting, fabrics, electronic equipment, and more.

With profiles of famous designers such as Alvar Aalto, Frank Gehry, and Philippe Starck and stunning images of buildings and interiors, Design: The Definitive Visual History is a true celebration of classic design around the centuries.

Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution.

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