Design Since 1945
Peter Dormer, 1993, Thames & Hudson World of Art, 216 pages with index, trade paper back.
Very good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows minimal shelf wear.
The essential shape, form and structure of some objects in our daily lives may have been fixed one, ten, or even a hundred generations ago; but the role of designers has become increasingly prominent in a society that in less than half a century has gone from a restless search for the new, to the recycling of old materials. Peter Dormer defines with great clarity the contexts within which designers work, and surveys the wide range of postwar activity, including industrial and product design, graphics, furniture, textiles, kitchen utensils and tableware. 170 illus., 25 in color.
Peter Dormer, 1993, Thames & Hudson World of Art, 216 pages with index, trade paper back.
Very good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows minimal shelf wear.
The essential shape, form and structure of some objects in our daily lives may have been fixed one, ten, or even a hundred generations ago; but the role of designers has become increasingly prominent in a society that in less than half a century has gone from a restless search for the new, to the recycling of old materials. Peter Dormer defines with great clarity the contexts within which designers work, and surveys the wide range of postwar activity, including industrial and product design, graphics, furniture, textiles, kitchen utensils and tableware. 170 illus., 25 in color.
Peter Dormer, 1993, Thames & Hudson World of Art, 216 pages with index, trade paper back.
Very good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows minimal shelf wear.
The essential shape, form and structure of some objects in our daily lives may have been fixed one, ten, or even a hundred generations ago; but the role of designers has become increasingly prominent in a society that in less than half a century has gone from a restless search for the new, to the recycling of old materials. Peter Dormer defines with great clarity the contexts within which designers work, and surveys the wide range of postwar activity, including industrial and product design, graphics, furniture, textiles, kitchen utensils and tableware. 170 illus., 25 in color.