 This beautifully illustrated book is a wonderfully comprehensive guide to international product design of the 20th and 21st centuries, from Sony’s revolutionary Walkman, to Ingo Mauer’s lamps and Ikea’s Moment sofa.
Modern design touches every aspect of daily life. Whether you’re texting a friend on a Nokia phone, listening to an iPod on the way to work or relaxing in an Eames chair, good design is something everyone can enjoy.
This 540-page encyclopaedia is an indispensable guide to the most influential design studios, design-led manufacturers and individual designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
There are more than 300 fully illustrated entries ranging from Ron Arad, Fiat and Tom Dixon, to Leica, Bang & Olufsen and Dieter Rams, the man responsible for developing many products during a long career with Braun.
 The products featured range from the genuinely life-enhancing, to the purely aesthetic and the undeniably quirky, such as Inflate’s Mr and Mrs Prickly salt and pepper pots. Most items have stood the test of time, and many have even become internationally ubiquitous design classics.
Some have long since disappeared from use and are now only to be found in archive collections, but nevertheless played an important role in the evolution of products we use and admire to this day.
Each entry in The A-Z of Modern Design contains an informative profile as well as a company history or individual biography, and a chronological listing of key designs. Entries are colour-coded and fully cross-referenced for quick and easy access to information, making this an essential reference book for anyone interested in modern design.
The A-Z of Modern Design – by Bernd Polster, Claudia Neuman, Markus Schuler and Frederick Leven – is published by Merrell, price £19.95
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