MoMA Store - Design Encyclopedia
By Mel Byars The Design Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive design reference guide to date. It is about design, of...
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(12/21/09) By Mel Byars The Design Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive design reference guide to date. It is about design, of course, but these days "design" seems to encompass almost everything, from magazine layouts and sweatshirts to animatronic flower gardens and heart pumps, not to mention the more abstract "information design." Here, however, design is considered only in its concrete application to functional objects, thus crossing with craft, decorative arts, and industrial design, but distinguishing itself from fine art and theory. The result covers the last 130 years in the history of the design of furniture, lighting, fabrics, ceramics, glassware, metalware, objects in a range of other materials, and mechanical, electrical, and electronic appliances, as well as automobiles and some inventions. With over 700 full-color illustrations, most of which are drawn from the MoMA collection, this publication is an invaluable, definitive compendium of the world of design over the last century...See less
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