History of Industrial Design
Details:
- Author(s) Lucie-Smith, Edward
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1983
- Pages 240pp; illus
- Publisher Phaidon
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Design issues
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Structured in two parts: 1] 'The emergence of a profession' - 'Industrial design in pre-industrial societies' / 'The Industrial Revolution' / 'The suspicion of industrial simplicity' / 'An industrial vernacular' / 'An age of invention' / 'The first industrial designer' [Christopher Dresser]/ 'Design idealized' / 'The revolution in the fine arts' / 'The German werkbund' / 'The triumph of modern design' / 'Designers today'. 2] 'Case studies' - 'Designing the automobile' / 'An automobile case study' / 'Other kinds of transportation' / 'Places which move' / 'The fashionable interior' / 'Machines in the house' / 'Technological toys' / 'Designing to communicate' / 'Design for business' / 'Designing the package' / 'Virtuous design'