"We now have a serious
history of the field . . . in this thoughtful and well organized
book." —Industrial Design Magazine
The
products of industry are omnipresent; at home, in the street, they
form the man-made landscape of our lives. The author's highly original,
broadly based approach shows how many and how diverse are the forces
that have shaped the manufactured forms surrounding us during the
past two centuries: the creativity of individual designers and design
teams, technical innovations, economic and social pressures, and always
the simultaneous and conflicting demands for continuity and change.
The
products of industry are omnipresent; at home, in the street, they
form the man-made landscape of our lives. The author's highly original,
broadly based approach shows how many and how diverse are the forces
that have shaped the manufactured forms surrounding us during the
past two centuries: the creativity of individual designers and design
teams, technical innovations, economic and social pressures, and always
the simultaneous and conflicting demands for continuity and change.