
A Dictionary of Modern Design
Jonathan M. Woodham(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 23. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-19-280639-0 (ISBN)
Description
From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of "Modern Design" covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Both wide-ranging and comprehensive, it covers commercial design mass manufacture, as well as high art terms and aesthetic movements. Over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design include ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, major museums and heritage sites, as well as biographical entries on designers and manufacturers. The dictionary, international in focus, also covers key design concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions. Other features include timelines of key design events and movements, and an index of author names for easy reference. It also features funky illustrations at every letter's opening page, with zeitgeist design concepts from Action Man and Barbie to Ferrari and Electrolux.
Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, "The Dictionary of Modern Design" is an essential reference tool for students, and a useful addition to every designer's and artist's studio shelf.
Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, "The Dictionary of Modern Design" is an essential reference tool for students, and a useful addition to every designer's and artist's studio shelf.
More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Students, design professionals, lecturers, writers, critics and historians of design and visual culture, as well as other readers with a general interest in this field.
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
26 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-280639-0 (9780192806390)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
INTRODUCTION; A-Z DICTIONARY OF MODERN DESIGN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; TIMELINES; AUTHOR INDEX