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The story of design : from the Palaeolithic to the present / Charlotte & Peter Fiell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Goodman Fiell, an imprint of the Carlton Publishing Group, 2018Copyright date: ©2013Description: 512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783130177
  • 1783130172
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.409 23
LOC classification:
  • NK1175 .F54 2018
Contents:
The early origins of design -- Design and craftsmanship from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century -- The Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution -- Armory practice and a new system of rationalized production -- The new industrial age and the Great Exhibition -- The winds of reform -- The new art -- Art nouveau -- Putting theory into practice: from art manufactures to industrial products -- The American system and Fordism -- Reductivism, Expressionism and Rationalism -- Art Deco and interpretations of Modernism -- The Great Depression and the Moderne style -- Design for war -- The American Dream and good design -- Reconstruction and a spirit of optimism -- Pop design and the counter-culture -- Rationalism versus craft -- Postmodernism and Internationalism -- Universal solutions versus creative individuality.
List(s) this item appears in: Physical Books: Architecture+Interiors+Design
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Books Books CamTech Library FaB's Corner, Faculty of Build Environment 745.409 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available CamTech 000832

Sub-title from cover.

Previous editions: 2013, 2016.

"This is a Goodman Fiell Book"--Page facing title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 510-511) and index.

The early origins of design -- Design and craftsmanship from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century -- The Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution -- Armory practice and a new system of rationalized production -- The new industrial age and the Great Exhibition -- The winds of reform -- The new art -- Art nouveau -- Putting theory into practice: from art manufactures to industrial products -- The American system and Fordism -- Reductivism, Expressionism and Rationalism -- Art Deco and interpretations of Modernism -- The Great Depression and the Moderne style -- Design for war -- The American Dream and good design -- Reconstruction and a spirit of optimism -- Pop design and the counter-culture -- Rationalism versus craft -- Postmodernism and Internationalism -- Universal solutions versus creative individuality.

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