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Dewey Decimal Number: 709 EAN: 9783822858738 ISBN: 3822858730 Label: Taschen Manufacturer: Taschen Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 768 Publication Date: February 15, 2001 Publisher: Taschen Studio: Taschen Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This text is a comprehensive journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Well Designed Design Book!As always, this is a beautifully put together book from Taschen. It has a lot of important information, but tends to be more on the short and concise side as opposed to numerous details. Also, the layout of the book can be frustrating at times, as it's in alphabetical order and not chronological. Which is interesting... Rating: - A very good dictionary for designersWhether you're an interior, industrial or other sort of designer, an architect, or simply a design conoisseur, this book will help answer almost all your questions about designers, design houses, movements, etc. In addition to this (definitions, biographies, etc.) you'll find an abundance of very good pictures that go with most of the entries, that illustrate them very well. The only reason I give it four stars is because some topics it seems to cover with lots of detail (a good example ... Read More Rating:  - Richly IllustratedA richly illustrated encyclopedia of the most important names, objects and ideas in the history of 20th century design (graphic design, furniture, textile, glass, ceramics and metalware). Featured in its 780 pages are more than 400 one- or two-page articles on design-related styles, individuals, schools, companies and institutions, illustrated by over 700 full-color photographs. (Copyright © by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.) Rating: - A century of design in your handsThis is an excellent reference book on 20th century design. It has over 700 color photographs and illustrations and is very well organized. The pocketbook size (5.5 x 7.5 in.) makes it very user friendly.The price point makes it a real bargain. 
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