300 Years of Industrial Design

Adrian Heath; Ditte Heath; Aage Lund Jensen

ISBN 10: 0823053687 / ISBN 13: 9780823053681

Published by New York: Watson-Guptill, 2000

About this Item

Quarto in stiff paper covers. B&W illustrations; fold-out chart at back of book. Condition: slight crease to lower corner of front cover; else near fine. 272 pages.

Seller Inventory # 401789

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 300 Years of Industrial Design
• Publisher: New York: Watson-Guptill
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823053687
• ISBN 13: 9780823053681
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

The past 300 years have produced a wealth of innovative industrial design. Items such as the garden trug and bicycles, the Wedgwood teapot and milk bottles were all developed during these centuries, and yet are still in use today. In this book, the authors look over this timespan and select examples of fine wood, glass, metal and ceramic designs on a decade by decade basis (broader periods in the 1700s). They put each design into the context of the time it was developed and illustrate each item with scale drawings, photographs and catalogue entries from the period. The result is a pictorial overview of the development of design in the past 300 years. The book also gives a clear picture of the relationship between design and materials and highlights the importance of integration between different design disciplines.

About the Author

Aage Lund Jensen teaches at the School of Architecture at Aarhus in Denmark.