Design of the 20th Century

Product Information

Responding to the major society shifts, aftermaths of wars, and technological innovations, 20th century design movements were defined by upheavals. The economical, social, political, and cultural factors need to be understood as guides which help designers produce pieces which communicate with its public. In a similar manner as it influences artists, the past, and its characteristics helped to influence and inspire major designers and visual communicators. Featuring countless works from around the world, this is an essential compendium for design aficionados everywhere, with star turns including De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Charles and Ray Eames , and Philippe Starck.

Charlotte Fiell's publications on architecture, design, and fashion have been hailed as milestones in the illustrated book industry and are considered standard works of reference among teaching institutions, design professionals, dealers, collectors, and auction houses worldwide.

Featuring countless works from around the world, this is an essential compendium for design aficionados everywhere, with star turns including De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Charles and Ray Eames, and Philippe Starck. In their exhibition posters and layouts and illustrations for the Secession magazine, Ver Sacrum, members pushed graphic design in uncharted aesthetic directions. Charlotte and Peter Fiell run a design consultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study and promotion of design artifacts.

It contains more than 580 full-color photos covering a wide range of objects that include furniture, glass, ceramics, metalware, industrial products, and household appliances. From furniture to graphics, it's all here-the work of artists who have shaped and re-created the modern world with a dizzying variety of materials. To understand the production of the early 20th century design movements one needs to bear in mind that economic and political factors played a major role in its definitions. The Bauhaus school embraced the technology and innovations by attempting to re-define the notion of art schools. More people live in cities than ever before, cities are growing larger and denser than ever, and urbanity is reaching new levels of complexity.After the wars, the need for a more humanist approach to the world influenced the embrace of natural materials and handmade objects. The periods of major conflicts, which have built the history of the world, have also helped build visual languages across design and art disciplines. He emphasized two-dimensional pattern, and he integrated lettering with his imagery to make a unified overall composition. He employed the techniques of photomontage and collage in his posters, as well as dynamic scale changes, large close-up images, extreme high and low viewpoints, and very tight cropping of images. Unusually, Charlotte has throughout her career in publishing helped to art direct the layout design of the majority of the books published under her name, which explains their defining simple-yet-bold look.

From the organic to the geometric, from Art Deco, through to Pop and High-Tech, this book contains all the great names—Harry Bertoia, De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Philippe Starck, Charles and Ray Eames, to name only a very few. From furniture to graphics, it's all here - the work of artists who have shaped and recreated the modern world with a dizzying variety of materials. We have collected and displayed in our homes many of the artifacts that are categorized in this book. Building upon the formal design experiments from the beginning of the century, between the world wars, European graphic designers utilized the new forms, organization of visual space, and expressive approaches to colour of such avant-garde movements as Cubism, Constructivism, De Stijl, Futurism, Suprematism, and Surrealism.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. They also edited TASCHEN's Decorative Art series and the 12-volume domus 1928–1999 and have most recently authored the double-volume Ultimate Collector Cars. The Fiells have lectured widely, guest taught courses, curated exhibitions, and consulted manufacturing companies, museums, salerooms, and major private collectors around the world.

The use of provocative language, the shift in the presentation of women, along with the use of the anti-war slogans, were all consequences of the demonstrations and the changes in the world. From the organic to the geometric, from Art Deco, through to Pop and High-Tech, this book contains all the great names - Bernhard, Bertoia, De Stijl, Dieter Rams, Starck, Charles and Ray Eames, to name only a very few. The elements are masterfully balanced and aligned to create a cohesive composition, and the tilting at a diagonal angle energizes the space. Among their various areas of specialization are the realms of furniture and industrial design, interior design, product architecture, and visual communications.They also edited TASCHEN’s Decorative Art series and the 12-volume domus 1928–1999 and have most recently authored the double-volume Ultimate Collector Cars.