Design in Context: The History, Application and Development of Design (A Quarto book)
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Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1991
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- Title
- Design in Context: The History, Application and Development of Design (A Quarto book)
- Author
- Sparke, Penny
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0747510946
- ISBN 13
- 9780747510949
- Item weight
- 976 grams
This critical account of the history and function of design sets design styles, from the eighteenth century to present day, in the context of the times that produced them and assesses what good design was at any given time and why it worked.
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