The designs of the 20th century are now 'in'. Sales internationally are growing massively and record prices are commonplace. The market needs a visual guide with plenty of information - to put the design maestros in context and show the broad range available to collectors.This guide is the perfect introduction to this new collecting field, the book explains the difference between the movements, what influenced them and who the major designers were. If you look in interiors and homes magazines, less is more. This will be the main focus of design for the foreseeable future and is not just a short term trend. Is Le Corbusier the new Chippendale? Is Charles Eames the new Duncan Phyffe? Get the inside track on which designs are the true Classics.

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Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques and design through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. Her expertise includes historic interiors. In 1979 Judith co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including Financial Times, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden, and appears regularly on radio and TV. She is an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and co-hosts the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV's Antiques Trail, and Discovery's It's Your Bid, and has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and CNN. She has lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and The Smithsonian in Washington

Introduction: The Birth of Modernism William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement; Christopher Dresser; Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Weiner Werkstatte; Darmstadt Artist's Colony; Deutscher Werkbund; Prairie and Mission Schools, Frank Lloyd Wright. The Bauhaus The history of the Bauhaus and the work of its tutors and students. Art Deco What influenced the style and how it developed. Furniture. Ceramics. Glass. Metalware. Sculpture. Textiles. New materials. Mid Century Modern What influenced the style and how it developed. Furniture. Ceramics. Glass. Metalware. Sculpture. Textiles. New materials. Pop What influenced the style and how it developed. Furniture. Ceramics. Glass. Metalware. Sculpture. Textiles. New materials. Postmodernism What influenced the style and how it developed. Furniture. Ceramics. Glass. Metalware. Sculpture. Textiles. New materials. Contemporary What influenced the style and how it developed. Furniture. Ceramics. Glass. Metalware. Sculpture. Textiles. New materials.