This comprehensive A-Z guide embraces all of modern design's numerous manifestations: graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial and architectural design. Guy Julier examines not only the work of important designers world-wide, but also the many dramatic changes that have influenced design and its uses in the 20th century.

This text provides a definition and examination of the so-called contemporary style that dominated architecture and design throughout the 1950s. In those years of increasing promise and prosperity, a fresh and liberating style was hallmarked by open-plan interiors and vibrant fabric design.

A look at 1950s innovative furniture design. This book includes the 10 best chairs of the 50s, glimpses at modern collections, photographs from the Herman Miller archives, and the personal collections of designers such as Charles Eames. A list of sources and manufacturers is provided.

The ubiquitous chair in all its shapes and forms (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era. From Gerrit Rietveld and ..

This pocket version of the bestselling 'Twentieth Century Design', the first book to be published in association with London's Design Museum, has been revised and updated for 1999. An accessible book on design, it will appeal to the popular market, in addition to students and those in the design industry.