21st century design : new design icons from mass market to avant-garde / Marcus Fairs ; foreword by Marcel Wanders.

By:

Fairs, Marcus

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Carlton Books, 2009.Description: 463 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

1847322808 (hbk.)
9781847322807 (hbk.)

Other title:

Twenty-first century design

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

745.4 FAI

Contents:

Architecture -- Interiors -- Furniture -- Lighting -- Homeware -- Products -- Clothing and accessories -- Visual communication -- Urban and Landscape.

Summary: A fully up-to-date comprehensive survey of the cutting-edge design landscape, guiding the reader through the often bewildering array of contemporary movements, styles and trends and identifying the most important designers working in the world today.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	745.4 FAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100411942

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A fully up-to-date comprehensive survey of the contemporary design landscape, this pioneering publication places the contemporary scene in a historic framework and explores cultural and economic forces shaping design now and in the years to come. Accessible and engaging, it charts the incredible explosion of design worldwide and discusses cross-fertilization between design movements in what is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting industries in the world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 458-459) and index.

Architecture -- Interiors -- Furniture -- Lighting -- Homeware -- Products -- Clothing and accessories -- Visual communication -- Urban and Landscape.

A fully up-to-date comprehensive survey of the cutting-edge design landscape, guiding the reader through the often bewildering array of contemporary movements, styles and trends and identifying the most important designers working in the world today.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Journalist, lecturer, and entrepreneur Marcus Fairs, founding editor of the architecture and design magazine icon , is now editor of online design magazine Dezeen www.dezeen.com Marcus wrote about architecture and design for a number of British publications, including Blueprint , The Guardian , The Independent on Sunday and Condé Nast Traveller , and won numerous awards, including Journalist of the Year (2002) and Architectural Journalist of the Year (2004). He also regularly appears on radio and TV in the UK and wrote and presented a documentary about French designer Philippe Starck (BBC, 2003). In September 2007 Marcus devised and curated the Trash Luxe exhibition of recycled design at Liberty's in London.