As the Great Depression started in 1929, several dozen creative individuals from a variety of artistic fields, including theatre, advertising, graphics, fashion and furniture ...

Classic, indispensable introduction to industrial design in the last century.

Critical essays, with illustrations, of many of the artist's designs.

George Nelson (1908-1986), a pioneering modernist, ranks with Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, and Eliot Noyes as one of America's outstanding designers. Nelson's office produced ...

The true story of Raymond Loewy, whose designs are still celebrated for their unerring ability to advance American consumer taste. Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an ...

Profiles 100 products designed between 1742 and 1965, including the Franklin stove, Singer sewing machine, Steinway grand piano, Yale lock, Winchester '39 carbine, Hamilton ...