From the Book - First American edition.
What is design?. Origins ; Chronology ; Color ; Proportion ; Shape and form ; Pattern and texture
Arts & Crafts, 1850-1920. Introduction ; The age of revivals ; Glass and iron ; William Morris ; Handcrafted furniture ; Gustav Stickley ; The Aesthetic Movement ; Aesthetic Movement furniture ; Japonisme ; Thonet ; Evolution of chairs ; Art pottery ; Rookwood ; Evolution of bicycles ; Metal tableware ; Silver footed bowl ; Metal homeware ; Christopher Dresser ; Fabric and wallpaper ; Liberty
Art Nouveau, 1880-1910. Introduction ; Curved furniture ; Louis Majorelle ; Secessionist furniture ; Antoni Gaudí ; Baltic pearl ; Charles Rennie Mackintosh ; Colorful ceramics ; Sinuous metalware ; WMF ; Art Nouveau jewelry ; Josef Hoffmann ; Guardian angels ; Decorated vases ; Table lamp ; Electric lighting ; Evolution of lighting ; Louis Comfort Tiffany ; Furnishing fabrics ; Art Nouveau posters ; Evolution of cameras
Art Deco, 1919-1940. Introduction ; Functional furniture ; Luxurious contours ; Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann ; Bold ceramics ; Clarice Cliff ; Domestic metalware ; Georg Jensen ; Streamlining ; Evolution of trains ; Deco dome ; Product design ; Early plastic pieces ; Elegant timepieces ; Evolution of clocks ; Ekco Radio AD-65 ; Machine-age products ; Lincoln-Zephyr ; Opulent gems ; Statement glassware ; René Jules Lalique ; Art Deco lighting ; Words and images ; Shanghai ; Artists' fabrics ; All that glitters
Modernism, 1910-1939. Introduction ; The Bauhaus ; Tubular metal furniture ; New forms ; Marcel Breuer ; Barcelona chair ; Charlotte Perriand ; Modern living ; Frank Lloyd Wright ; Early Modernist ceramics ; Eileen Gray ; Geometric metalware ; Peter Behrens ; Pure and plain glass ; Alvar Aalto ; Modernist product design ; Evolution of audio ; Modernist graphics ; Penguin paperback covers ; Constructivist graphics ; Evolution of writing machines
Mid-century Modern, 1940-1959. Introduction ; Festival of Britain ; Soft Modernism ; Scandinavian style ; Scandinavia and Italy ; Holistic hotel ; Charles and Ray Eames ; Molded furniture ; Restrained ceramics ; Domestic metalware ; Lucienne Day ; Plastics ; Domestic appliances ; Evolution of vacuum cleaners ; Dieter Rams ; Post-war homewares ; Decorative glassware ; Model 5380 Oriente vase ; Scandinavian glass ; Desert heat ; Sculptural lighting ; Mid-century posters ; Helvetica ; Evolution of cars
Cultural revolution, 1960-1979. Introduction ; Concrete curves ; Evolution of televisions ; Experimental furniture ; Innovative furniture ; Verner Panton ; Herman Miller ; Platner coffee table ; Habitat ; Cathedral of light ; Vitra ; Inventive ceramics ; Sleek metalware ; Achille Castiglioni ; Artistic glass ; Radical lighting ; Flos ; Dalilips sofa ; Kartell ; Audio-visual technology ; Home and office ; Kenneth Grange ; Psychedelic posters ; Exhibition poster ; Evolution of guitars ; Advertising and signs ; Bright textiles
Postmodern & contemporary, 1980s onwards. Introduction ; Ettore Sottsass ; Postmodern furniture ; IKEA ; Experimental furniture ; Knoll ; The spread of postmodernism ; Marc Newson ; Office equipment and computers ; The art of ceramics ; Experimental metalware ; Ron Arad ; Tangled angles ; Studio glass ; Orrefors ; European glass ; Northern lighting ; Postmodern lighting ; Tide Chandelier ; Muji ; Plastic homewares ; Philippe Starck ; James Dyson ; Product design ; Jonathan Ive ; Postmodern posters ; Thomas Heatherwick ; New technology ; Evolution of telephones ; Fluidity of form.
