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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carroll Gantz |
ISBN: | 9780786442546 0786442549 |
OCLC Number: | 681534308 |
Description: | vii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Pre-1800: Twin revolutions -- 1800-1850: The American system -- 1850-1875: International competition -- 1875-1900: The "new" decorative art -- 1900-1918: Architects take the lead -- 1918-1927: Modern design takes root -- 1927-1936: American modern design -- 1936-1945: Dreams of the future and war -- 1945-1950: Postwar recovery and consolidation -- 1950-1965: Imports and contradictions -- 1965-1985: Challenges and computers -- 1985-2010: Global design -- Appendix I. Biographies -- Appendix II. Past presidents of industrial design organizations. |
Responsibility: | Carroll Gantz. |
Abstract:
"Industrial design is a fundamental component of the traditional consumer experience. This book traces the history of industrial design over three centuries, beginning with the eighteenth-century industrial revolution. It identifies the major figures, organizations, styles and evolutionary events of the profession"--
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