A History of Industrial DesignThe first part of this book traces the pre-history of industrial design through the Industrial Revolution and the pioneer days of the Bauhaus to the emergence of a fully-fledged industrial design profession with many roles in modern consumer society. Part two retraces some of the same ground in a series of case studies examining the evolution of design in such fields as transport, furniture, kitchenware, communications, office equipment and packaging. |
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