Great Designs The Worlds Best Design Explored and Explained Paperback

A lavishly illustrated guide to the history of design, this book showcases more than 100 of the most groundbreaking and important design classics ever created - from the 1860s to the present.Discover the story of design and its evolution from the industrial revolution to the modern day - from William Morris wallpaper and the Swiss Army Knife to 21st-century icons of design such as the Apple iPad and Philippe Starcks Masters Chair. With stunning photography and useful explanatory pull-outs of characteristi