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The Design Encyclopedia
by Mel Byars
ISBN: 0471024554
ISBN-13: 9780471024552
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Covers the period from the last third of the nineteenth century to the late twentieth-the period during which hand-crafting of consumer products gave way to technology, and designing became a separate profession.
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"...sets a new, high standard. It has nearly 4,000 entries, which provide succinct information-each entry being well structured and clearly presented." -- PD
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published date: 1994
Size: 7.75 x 10.5 inches
Weight: 3.95 pounds
Publisher's Notes
This definitive encyclopedia covers all elements associated with decoration and design in eastern and western Europe, Australia, North and South America and Japan. Over 3000 entries form a compendium of designers, firms, movements, styles and materials in the design world from the 19th century to the present. Features lists of major design exhibitions and fairs worldwide, ranging from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London through the 1992 Seville Expo to a Pan-Russian Exhibition in Moscow in 1882. Every entry includes dates, biography, details of design education and influences, exhibitions and awards, an in-depth discussion of important designs plus a complete bibliography covering publications in all languages.
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994 612 pages. A to Z with more than 100 b&w photographs illustrating completed objects. International and Specialized Exhibiitons dating from the mid-nineteenth century are listed at the back.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Thick 4to. ( more information) Offered by Ultramarine Books (United States)
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