这部重要作品对1900年至现在批量生产和消费的日常物品的诞生这一巨大主题进行了概述，展示了这些产品何以成为现代的标志和我们未来的先兆，它注定成为设计类图书的新经典。本书涵盖了现代主义和后现代主义设计代表人物的作品，从早期的先锋人物Dreyfuss, Bel Geddes和 Eames，到今天的设计领域的领导者，包括Starck, Newson和 Ive。本书特别指出来自Kravis设计中心收藏的200件物品是工业设计领域的典范，并展示了各种各样的表现方式，包括家具、金属制品、陶瓷、和塑料制品。具有奉献精神的学者们做的新研究揭露了每件物品富有启发性的细节，更完整地呈现了关于100年前的设计的故事。包括大量历史图片和短效物收藏品的400多张照片中，有些物品的图片是专为本书拍摄的，颜色鲜艳，展示了精确的细节。这部简明扼要的新历史以一种既有教育意义又易懂的方式为全新的观众介绍了这个话题。

Destined to become a new classic in the design genre, this major work summarizes an enormous topic the creation of everyday objects for mass production and consumption from 1900 to the present and shows how these products have become both symbols of the modern age and harbingers of our future. It covers the work of the heroes of modern and post-modern design, from the early pioneers Dreyfuss, Bel Geddes, and Eames to the leaders in the field today, including Starck, Newson, and Ive. More than 200 objects from the Kravis Design Center s collection are highlighted as important exemplars of industrial design. A wide range of media is represented, including furniture, metalwork, ceramics, and plastics. New research by contributing scholars has uncovered illuminating details about each object that help tell a more complete story of design in the past 100 years. Among the more than 400 photographs, which include a wealth of historical images and ephemera, are those of the objects taken especially for this book and seen as never before, in vibrant colour and precise detail. This concise new history introduces a whole new audience to the topic in a style that is at once educational and accessible.