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"--

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Group Author: Forest, Dominique
Published: Abbeville Press Publishers,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
French
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "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"--
Item Description: "First published in France in 2013 by Citadelle & Mazenod, 8, rue Gaston de Saint-Paul, 75116 Paris."
Carrier Form: 592 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780789212085
0789212080
Index Number: NK1390
CLC: TB47-09
Call Number: TB47-09/A784
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.