The New Design Source Book : A Visual Reference to Design from 1850 to the Present Day

Hodges, Felice; Coad, Emma Dent; Stone, Anne; Sparke, Penny; Aldersey-Williams, Hugh

ISBN 10: 1577150163 / ISBN 13: 9781577150169

Published by Quarto Publishing, London, 1997

About this Item

224 pages. Square format hardcover book with binding in tight, sharp and crisp condition and dustjacket equally bright and sharp. Interior is clean and clear of markings. Updated and revised edition of the 1986 classic. Profusely illustrated, with an adrenaline packed design flair and informed texts in English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Design Source Book : A Visual Reference to Design from 1850 to the Present Day
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577150163
• ISBN 13: 9781577150169
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Fine Condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Decorative Arts

About this title

Synopsis

"The Design Source Book" has been widely used in university design courses for many years. This new, updated volume begins with the 1850's Arts and Crafts movement and includes today's use of computer design techniques. The best of architecture, automobiles, furniture, and fashion are pictured in a movement-by-movement, country-by-country, full-color survey. A marvel of design itself, the book pictures and explains the movements which have influenced our ideas and shaped our way of living.

Reviews

The product of five British and American design writers led by Royal College of Art design historian Sparke, this eye-catching book is a checklist of some of the best objects created in the last 150 years in Europe and America. Some are functional and some purely decorative; look here for everything from William Morris wallpaper to Michele de Lucchi's 1984 vacuum cleaners. Each chapter covers a particular era or art movement, starting with the Arts and Crafts Movement (1850-1900) and finishing with the computer age. Each is a time capsule of events and a visual inventory of architecture, costume, everyday household objects, and technological equipment. This is not a comprehensive study, but it offers a decent overview of typical design motifs for each time period. Libraries owning an earlier edition of this book (Design Source Book, 1986. o.p.) may skip the present volume because, except for parts of the final chapter, it is identical to its predecessor.?Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
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