A Century of Design

by Sparke, Penny

• ISBN13: 9780764151224
• ISBN10: 0764151223
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: B E S Pub Co

Summary

The 20th century has been unique in the history of art and design, uniting creative imaginations with hi-tech and mass-production methods. The result has been well designed products available to an unprecedented number of people. Many of these objecs have found their way into the world's finest museums, but even more beneficial has been their presence and common use in households around the world. This volume tells this fascinating story, combining the history of modern design movements with a chronological review of 80 top designers, from Otto Wagner at the end of the 19th century to Jasper Morrison, a young designer making an impact today. In between you'll find profiles of some of the most influential creative minds of the 20th century, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Eero Saarinen, and many others. The book is as beautiful to look at as it is exciting to read. It contains more than 580 full-color photos covering a wide range of objects that include furniture, glass, ceramics, metalware, industrial products, and household appliances.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(12)
The New Century
Otto Wagner	12	(2)
Carlo Bugatti	14	(2)
Henry van de Velde	16	(2)
Elsie de Wolfe	18	(2)
Hector Guimard	20	(2)
Paris 1900	22	(2)
Frank Lloyd Wright	24	(2)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh	26	(4)
Peter Behrens	30	(4)
Josef Hoffmann	34	(4)
Wiener Werkstatte	38	(6)
Conservative Modernism
Jean Dunand	44	(2)
Eileen Gray	46	(4)
Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann	50	(2)
Paris 1925	52	(2)
Syrie Maugham	54	(2)
Josef Frank	56	(4)
Keith Murray	60	(2)
Donald Deskey	62	(2)
Kaare Klint	64	(2)
Wilhelm Kage	66	(4)
Svenska Slojdforeningen	70	(2)
Gordon Russell	72	(2)
Alvar Aalto	74	(4)
Bent Wood	78	(2)
Bruno Mathsson	80	(2)
Enid Marx	82	(6)
Progressive Modernism
Walter Gropius	88	(2)
Bauhaus	90	(2)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	92	(2)
Le Corbusier & Charlotte Perriand	94	(4)
Gerrit Rietveld	98	(4)
El Lissitzky	102	(2)
Alexander Rodchenko	104	(2)
Marianne Brandt	106	(2)
Marcel Breuer	108	(4)
Tubular steel	112	(2)
Giuseppe Terragni	114	(2)
Walter Dorwin Teague	116	(2)
New York World's Fair 1939	118	(2)
Raymond Loewy	120	(4)
Wells Coates	124	(4)
Russel Wright	128	(2)
Henry Dreyfuss	130	(2)
Sixten Sason	132	(6)
The New Modernism
Gio Ponti	138	(4)
Arne Jacobsen	142	(4)
Carlo Mollino	146	(2)
Charles & Ray Eames	148	(4)
Moulded plywood	152	(2)
George Nelson	154	(2)
Eero Saarinen	156	(2)
Kaj Franck	158	(2)
Hans Wegner	160	(2)
Ernest Race	162	(2)
Tapio Wirkkala	164	(2)
Milan Triennales	166	(2)
Robin & Lucienne Day	168	(4)
Marcello Nizzoli	172	(2)
Eliot Noyes	174	(2)
Hans Gugelot	176	(2)
Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Ulm	178	(2)
Sony	180	(2)
Douglas Scott	182	(2)
Dieter Rams	184	(4)
Kenneth Grange	188	(6)
Action and Reaction
Pier Giacomo & Achille Castiglioni	194	(2)
Marco Zanuso	196	(2)
Vico Magistretti	198	(4)
Plastics	202	(2)
Verner Panton	204	(2)
Antti & Vuokko Nurmesniemi	206	(2)
Joe Colombo	208	(2)
Mario Bellini	210	(2)
Cassina	212	(2)
Harley Earl	214	(2)
Ettore Sottsass	216	(4)
Modernism in crisis	220	(4)
Gaetano Pesce	224	(6)
Towards the Millennium
Richard Sapper	230	(4)
Borek Sipek	234	(2)
Michael Graves	236	(2)
Postmodernism	238	(2)
Shiro Kuramata	240	(2)
Eva Jiricna	242	(2)
frogdesign	244	(2)
Philippe Starck	246	(4)
Javier Mariscal	250	(2)
Michele De Lucchi	252	(2)
Antonio Citterio	254	(2)
Ron Arad	256	(2)
Jasper Morrison	258	(2)
Information
Bibliography	260	(2)
Directory of manufacturers	262	(1)
Museums and design collections	263	(1)
Glossary	264	(3)
Index	267	(4)
Acknowledgments	271