Bayley, Stephen.

Design : intelligence made visible / Stephen Bayley, Terence Conran. - Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2007. - 335 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

note on good design / note on disegno / industrious love of art : the beginnings of design -- Lawful prey : mass-consumption -- kilogram of stone or a kilogram of gold? : survival and revival of craft values -- Hygiene of the optical : the romance of the machine -- cash value of art : America -- Ricostruzione : Italy since the Fifties -- Ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos : symbolism and consumer psychology -- All that is solid melts into air : design since the Eighties -- A-Z entries -- National characteristics -- Museums & institutions -- Index -- Acknowledgements. Terence Conran -- Stephen Bayley -- A A 1. An 2. 3. A 4. 5. The 6. La 7. 8.

Includes the leading names, movements, materials and processes such as furniture, fashion, cars, graphics, products, signs and symbols that have influenced the world of design.

1554073103 (hbk.) 9781554073108 (hbk.)

2008295797


Industrial design.
Art and design.
Design--History.
Fashion design.

TS171 / .B378 2007

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