Author: MILLER, R. CRAIG
Title: European design since 1985 : shaping the new century
Description: London ; New York : Merrell ; Denver : In association with the Denver Art Museum ; Indianapolis. IN : In association with the Indianapolis Museum of Art 2009. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 271 pages; Description: 271 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. March 8-June 21. 2009; High Museum of Art. Atlanta. January 23-April 25. 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Design --Europe --History --20th century --21st century --Industrial design --Exhibitions. Written by three internationally renowned design historians. this is a major critical assessment of European design from the previous decades. It begins with an insightful examination of the complex social. political. economic. and cultural forces that have helped to shape European design since World War II. and examines in detail the most important conceptual and aesthetic movements to have emerged since the mid-1980s. Among the hundreds of color images here are Marc Newman's aircraft-like Lockheed Chaise Longue in riveted aluminum; the Dyson DC-11 vacuum cleaner; the Nokia 5210 mobile telephone. and a collection of Swatch watches. by R. Craig Miller. Penny Sparke. Catherine McDermott.Weight in Kg appr.:

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