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21st century design : [Book] new design icons from mass market to avant-garde / Marcus Fairs

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: Third editionDescription: 463 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781783130023 (hardback)
  • 1783130024
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.4090511
Other classification:
  • 745.4090511
Summary: A fully comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the contemporary design landscape, 21st Century Design guides the reader through the often bewildering array of contemporary movements, styles and trends and identifying the most important designers working in the world today as well as the projects that are pivot-points for the future of design. Intelligently and provocatively written, it places the contemporary scene in a historic framework and explores the cultural and technological forces shaping design now and in the future. The text explains the vigorous debates under way in—and between—areas including architecture, fashion, interiors and product design in a way that is accessible and engaging. The book includes both the avant-garde and mass-market ends of the design spectrum.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 745.4090511 FAI-T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 58465
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Previous edition: 2006

A fully comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the contemporary design landscape, 21st Century Design guides the reader through the often bewildering array of contemporary movements, styles and trends and identifying the most important designers working in the world today as well as the projects that are pivot-points for the future of design. Intelligently and provocatively written, it places the contemporary scene in a historic framework and explores the cultural and technological forces shaping design now and in the future. The text explains the vigorous debates under way in—and between—areas including architecture, fashion, interiors and product design in a way that is accessible and engaging. The book includes both the avant-garde and mass-market ends of the design spectrum.

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