World Design The Best in Classic and Contemporary Furniture, Fashion, Graphics, and More

The vivid kaleidoscope of contemporary design comes alive in this whopper of a book.World Designoffers an A-to-Z encyclopedia of the greatest designers of the last century, featuring 1000 color photographs of their most distinctive pieces in a tour-de-force visual gallery. Nearly a hundred subchapters discussing styles, movements, and innovations help put a remarkable century of design in context. An invaluable source for the design professional or student and a pure visual delight,World Designis an informative, economical, and entertaining design compendium like no other.

Christian Pixis is a publisher and writer whose most recent work is a book on Henri Cartier-Bresson. He lives in Munich, Germany.

Uta Abendroth is an art and design historian who has written numerous articles for European publications and edits the German magazine Architecture & Living. She lives in Hamburg, Germany.