Masterpieces of Modern Design
Author(s): Catherine McDermott
"Modern Design" presents a collection of the most important and influential pieces of design produced in the modern age. Featuring the defining work of such pioneers as Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas, Gio Ponti, Eileen Gray, Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Saul Bass, Philippe Starck, Neville Brody and many others, the result is a celebration of artistic diversity in recent decades. With over 370 examples of its best and most enduring examples, "Modern Design" is an informative and colourful survey of the entire genre, from advertising and architecture, to fashion and furniture, and transport and type, via communications, interiors, lighting, household items and products. "Modern Design" is an essential reference for students, designers in all fields and anyone interested in innovative and intelligent design work.
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Professor Catherine McDermott is a lecturer in Design History at Kingston University, Surrey, and has lectured worldwide at the Pratt School of Art, New York, the University of California, the Paul Getty Center, Santa Monica, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal College of Art in London. She is also a respected curator of design exhibitions. As an author, she has been published widely in the field of contemporary design and her previous book publications include Street Style: British Design in the 80s (Bloomsbury) and monographs on Ben Kelly and English Eccentrics.
General Fields
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- : Carlton Books Ltd
- : Goodman Books
- : 0.703
- : 08 May 2013
- : 180mm X 125mm X 33mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Catherine McDermott
- : Paperback
- : 745.40904
- : 448
- : 370 colour & b&w illustrations