Description
The Design Book brings together the best in contemporary design for the home, presenting a huge range of striking new products: tables and chairs, sofas and beds, storage, kitchens and bathrooms, tableware, textiles and surfaces, lighting, electronics and more. Works by the finest international talents, including Shin and Tomoko Azumi, Sebastian Bergne, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Piet Hein Eek, Jaime Hayon, Thomas Heatherwick, Javier Mariscal and Patricia Urquiola, are featured. In-depth interviews with twelve key designers explore pivotal projects and approaches to design. Web addresses of designers and manufacturers are given for every object, along with full captions and colour illustrations, making every design easy to source.
About the Author
Jennifer Hudson is an author, editor and researcher in the fields of contemporary design and architecture, and was the general editor of The International Design Yearbook for fifteen years. She is the author of 1000 Designs and Where to Find Them, volumes 1 and 2; Interior Architecture Now; Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture; and Interior Architecture: From Brief to Build.
Reviews
""The Design Book, 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them" thoughtfully embraces the daunting task of selecting new products that furnish the ever-changing domestic sphere...Ideal for those looking for compelling objects, Hudson's volume is a refreshingly intelligent compilation that will influence future cataloguing and curation." Joanne Molina, "identity magazine" "The Design Book, 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them thoughtfully embraces the daunting task of selecting new products that furnish the ever-changing domestic sphere...Ideal for those looking for compelling objects, Hudson's volume is a refreshingly intelligent compilation that will influence future cataloguing and curation." Joanne Molina, identity magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9781780670997
Author Jennifer Hudson
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Laurence King Publishing
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 1310g
About the Author
Jennifer Hudson is an author, editor and researcher in the fields of contemporary design and architecture, and was the general editor of The International Design Yearbook for fifteen years. She is the author of 1000 Designs and Where to Find Them, volumes 1 and 2; Interior Architecture Now; Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture; and Interior Architecture: From Brief to Build.
Reviews
""The Design Book, 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them" thoughtfully embraces the daunting task of selecting new products that furnish the ever-changing domestic sphere...Ideal for those looking for compelling objects, Hudson's volume is a refreshingly intelligent compilation that will influence future cataloguing and curation." Joanne Molina, "identity magazine" "The Design Book, 1000 New Designs and Where to Find Them thoughtfully embraces the daunting task of selecting new products that furnish the ever-changing domestic sphere...Ideal for those looking for compelling objects, Hudson's volume is a refreshingly intelligent compilation that will influence future cataloguing and curation." Joanne Molina, identity magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9781780670997
Author Jennifer Hudson
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Laurence King Publishing
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 1310g
