Fifty shoes that changed the world / Design Museum ; [text written by Michael Czerwinski].

By:

Czerwinski, Michael

Contributor(s):

Design Museum (London, England)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Conran Octopus, 2009.Description: 106 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN:

9781840915396 (hbk.)
1840915390 (hbk.)

Other title:

50 shoes that changed the world

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

391.413 DES

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	391.413 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100477000

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Peek into history's shoe closet with this passionate look at the most important footwear in recent times.

In the modern world shoes don't just keep your feet warm and dry-they often communicate a message about the wearer. Join the Design Museum for a look at the fifty iconic shoes of the last 150 years, beginning with Frye Boot in 1863. Learn how a doctor's ankle injury launched a boot (Dr. Martens) that became the symbol of a generation's defiance and how an immigrant Italian plucked the name Tod's out of the New York telephone directory to define the driving shoe that perfectly encapsulates the American dream.

At head of title: Design Museum

Includes index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

London's Design Museum is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. Since its opening in 1989 it has worked to place design at the center of contemporary culture.