Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook

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Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook. Kathryn B. Hiesinger and George H. Marcus. Abbeville Press, copyright 1993. Measures 7.25 x 10.25", softcover book with 432 pages featuring 400 objects.

"A landmark in its own right, this encyclopedic and richly illustrated handbook presents the first thorough analysis of our century's design milestones. Many of the 400 choices presented here are the familiar icons of design, while the influence of other works has been more subtle. While other books have discussed individual designers, styles, and media, only this indispensable volume synthesizes these issues in an all-encompassing discussion of international design, graphics, furniture, lighting, textiles, appliances, and more, from the Americas, Europe, and Asia."

Designers, architects, and artists include: ALVAR AALTO, EERO AARNIO, SAUL BASS, HERBERT BAYER, PETER BEHRENS, VANESSA BELL, HARRY BERTOIA, MARCEL BREUER, CARLO BUGATTI, ANNA CASTELLI FERRIERI, ACHILLE CASTIGLIONE, LIVIO CASTIGLIONI, PIER GIACOMO CASTIGLIONI, JOE COLOMBO, CORNING GLASS WORKS, LUCIENNE DAY, DE PAS, D'URBINO, DONALD DESKEY, HENRY DREYFUSS, CHARLES EAMES, L M ERICSSON, KAJ FRANCK, PAUL T. FRANKL, ANTONI GAUDI, NORMAN BEL GEDDES, FRANK O. GEHRY, MICHAEL GRAVES, EILEEN GRAY, GREENE & GREENE, GREGOTTI, WALTER GROPIUS, POUL HENNINGSEN, JOSEF HOFFMANN, MAIJA ISOLA, ARNE JACOBSEN, PIERRE JEANNERET, GEORG JENSEN, JACOB JENSEN, FINN JUHL, DORA JUNG, MITSUO KATSUI, FREDERICK KIESLER, POUL KJAERHOLM, KAARE KLINT, RENE LALIQUE, LE CORBUSIER, LIGHTOLIER, VICKE LINDSTRAND, RAYMOND LOEWY, CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH, VICO MAGISTRETTI, ERIK MAGNUSSEN, MAN RAY, BRUNO MATHSSON, PAUL McCOBB, ALESSANDRO MENDINI, LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE, Lí?SZLO MOHOLY-NAGY, CARLO MOLLINO, GEORGE NAKASHIMA, GEORGE NELSON, ISAMU NOGUCHI, ELIOT NOYES, CAMILLO OLIVETTI, VERNER PANTON, PIERRE PAULIN, PHILCO CORPORATION, GIO PONTI, JEAN PROUVE, PAUL RAND, GERRIT RIETVELD, JENS RISOM, GILBERT ROHDE, JOHAN ROHDE, EERO SAARINEN, ELIEL SAARINEN, LOJA SAARINEN, TIMO SARPANEVA, ETTORE SOTTSASS, JR., PHILIPPE STARCK, GUSTAV STICKLEY, TIFFANY AND COMPANY, PAOLO VENINI, ROBERT VENTURI, MASSIMO VIGNELLI, OTTO WAGNER, HANS J. WEGNER, TAPIO WIRKKALA, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, RUSSEL WRIGHT, MARCO ZANUSO , EVA ZEISEL AND MANY OTHERS.

Contents: Foreword, Acknowledgments/ USA, Toward Industrialization 1895-1910, Movements for Change 1910-1920, Styles of Modernism 1920-1930, The Machine Age 1930-1940, Austerity 1940-1950, Good Design 1950-1960, Alternatives 1960-1970, Responsible Design 1970-1980, Postmodernism and Pluralism Since 1980, Designer Biographies and Bibliographies, General Bibliography, Notes, Index.