Paperback: 576 pages

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd; 01 edition (15 Sept. 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0500292280

ISBN-13: 978-0500292280

Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 4.6 x 24.5 cm

《设计：一个完整的故事》，带领读者了解世界各地的设计的关键发展、运动和从业人员，从工业制造业的开端到现在。按时间顺序，不同时代的设计技术、文化、经济、审美和理论背景。从十九世纪的高尚道德家，到有着激进思想的现代主义者，如上世纪30年代的雷蒙德·罗维，到今天的明星如菲利普·斯达克，书中展现具有超高深度的主题，触动我们生活的标志性作品。

从我们开的汽车和我们所购买的产品 ，到包围着我们的图形，我们都是设计的消费者。《设计：一个完整的故事》提供你解码物质世界需要的所有信息。

Design: The Whole Story takes a close look at the key developments, movements and practitioners of design around the world, from the beginnings of industrial manufacturing to the present day. Organized chronologically, it locates design within its technological, cultural, economic, aesthetic and theoretical contexts. From the high-minded moralists of the 19th century to the radical thinkers of modernism – and from the emergence of showmen such as Raymond Loewy in the 1930s to today’s superstars such as Philippe Starck – the book provides in-depth coverage of a subject that touches all our lives. Iconic works that mark significant steps forward or that characterize a particular era or approach – such as Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair of 1925, Eliot Noyes’ corporate identity work for IBM in the 1950s and Matthew Carter’s Verdana typeface, designed to be read on screen – are analysed in detail, while the text sets out the framework of ideas, intent and technology within which differing approaches to design have evolved.

From the cars we drive and the products we buy to the graphics that surround us, we are all consumers of design. Design: The Whole Story provides all the information you need to decode the material world.