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100 Ideas That Changed Design by Peter Fiell; Charlotte Fiell
Category: Home and Garden | Series: 100 Ideas Ser.
This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped industrial and product design. Written by two experts on modern design, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. From the origins of modern design in the ...Show more
1000 Chairs by Charlotte J. Fiell & Peter Fiell
Category: Design
More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era. From Gerrit Rietveld and ...Show more
1000 Lights 1870-1959 v. 1 by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Category: Interior Design
What light through yonder lampshade breaks? Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this two-volume edition contains an awesome selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history's most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light bulb to Tiffan ...Show more
50 Ultimate Sports Cars. 40th Ed. by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
Category: Planes Trains Automobiles
For the seasoned car collector or the awestruck newcomer, this volume is the consummate sports car anthology. Bringing together 50 of the most exquisite, desirable, and adrenaline-charging sports cars of all time, it recounts the enthralling endeavors in automotive design and engineering in pursuit of o ...Show more
Chairs: 1,000 Masterpieces of Modern Design, 1800 to the Present Day by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Category: Design
This updated edition features chair designs from 1800 up to present day, and features the biggest names in furniture design, art, architecture and craft. Each entry is illustrated with full colour photography and accompanied by text detailing the materials and background of the chair.
Contemporary Chinese Furniture Design: A New Wave of Creativity by Peter Fiell, Zheng Qu, Charlotte
Category: General Design
This is the first definitive book on contemporary Chinese furniture, introducing the work of leading designers and design studios, including Chen Darui, Jerry Chen, Frank Chou, Hou Zheng-Guang, Hong Wei, Ma Yansong, Neri & Hu, Shao Fan, Shang Xia, Song Tao, Studio MVW, Xiao Tianyu, and Zhang Zhoujie ...Show more
Decorative Art 1930s-1940s - A Source Book by Charlotte Fiell (editor); Peter Fiell (editor)
Category: Art
Decorative art in the 1930s and '40s experienced a great shift from romanticism to rationalism, from the opulent Art Deco style to pared-down, pragmatic Modernism. Having made its debut in the late 1920s, the Modern Movement continued with force through the 1930s, championed most notably by Le Corbusier ...Show more
Decorative Art 60s by Charlotte and Peter Fiell
Category: Poetry | Series: Decorative Arts S.
Taschen's "Decorative Arts" series, whose six installments span the 20th century up through the 1970s, carefully reproduces the best of "Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook". Published annually from 1906 until 1980, the yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, ...Show more
Design of the 20th Century by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
Category: Design
This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.
Design of the 20th Century by Charlotte Fiell; Peter Fiell
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
The bible of 20th-century design: From Art Nouveau to minimalism and everything in between Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Ou ...Show more
Domus: 1928 - 1939 by Charlotte Peter Fiell
Category: Art and Design
Modernist quintessence: The birth of the International StyleOffering an unrivaled record of architecture and design, the living diary of domus was founded by Gio Ponti in 1928. Through the years and decades that followed, the journal charted the major themes and movements of industrial, interior, produc ...Show more
Domus 1940s by Charlotte Peter Fiell
Category: Home and Garden
Forms on the front line: Architecture and design in the context of WWIIFounded in 1928 as a living diary by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world s most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor, it has reported on the major theme ...Show more