THE STORY OF DESIGN – From the Paleolithic to the Present

av Charlotte and Peter Fiell

Häftad bok. –– FÖRLAGSNY! –– The Monacelli Press. 2016. 512 sidor.

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Encompassing the fields of architecture, graphics, industrial design, and interior design, this definitive account surveys design from the prehistoric era and the ancient world, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and Modern Movement, to our own digital era. Design is the story of how all man-made things came into being; its history is as long as the history of humanity. A multidisciplinary approach to problem solving that has always uniquely reflected humankind’s aspirations, needs, and desires, design has both shaped and mirrored the spirit of our times. • The Story of Design is a multifaceted account that is truly comprehensive in its scope, introducing the styles, movements, theories, materials, processes, technologies, pioneers, and companies that have shaped every significant era of design. Contextualizing developments in design with regard to wider social, cultural, and political concerns, this is an indispensable overview of creative enterprise in the pursuit of more useful, more beautiful, more effective objects, tools, and products. • Through authoritative text, careful analysis, and hundreds of exquisite illustrations leading authorities Charlotte and Peter Fiell uncover the real importance of this unique yet all-encompassing creative activity, and assess its crucial role in the future of society.

"An impressive and thoughtful history of design that covers it all in five hundred pages. … Though they start with simple tools created by earliest man I think the story really begins with Middle Age craftsman and then takes off with the development of mass production, in the eighteenth century, allowing the same item to be made thousands of times. A good example of this is the simple but elegant model fourteen cafe chair designed by Michael Thonet in 1859. It cost less than a bottle of wine and by 1891 had sold 7.3 million units. … The book reveals plenty of examples of good design versus commercial mass-market products and the reasons for the existence of both. I thought the coverage impressively broad with a chapters on, for example, Springfield Armory and the American Civil War, Vienna Secessionists, WW2 military design, Memphis and the last chapter on 3D printing. One of the strengths of the book is the way the editorial is divided into sections.
• The twenty chapters are each split into three, four or five additional clearly defined sections revealing the various design themes and styles which makes them very accessible to the reader. There are also several hundred photos and graphics to illustrate the text. I thought the book was a fascinating and revealing explanation of why things look like they do and how they got that way. …"

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