Michelle Millar Fisher

Kathryn B. Hiesinger

Emmet Byrne

Zo Ryan

"Designs for Different Futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists engaged in exploring how design might reframe our futures--socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Centered on ninety-nine innovative contemporary design objects, projects, and speculations, this handbook asks readers to contemplate our cultural attitudes toward technology, consumption, beauty, and the social and environmental challenges we face on both a local and global scale in futures near and far. Thought-provoking projects are explored through interpretive texts and interviews by the designers themselves and the core curatorial team. Interspersed with the project pages are newly commissioned texts by academics, scientists, designers, artists, curators, and futurists that explore wide-ranging issues, from historical visions of the future to the use of biological/living materials in products and production processes"--

Designs for Different Futures

George Marcus

Coverage includes architecture, graphics, furniture, lighting, textiles, and appliances from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Includes biographies of notable designers.

An Illustrated Handbook

Landmarks of Twentieth-century Design

George H. Marcus

rative arts. The volume covers the Renaissance to Art Deco and includes a one-page style chart, a section of color plates, and an album of ornaments and classical orders. 66 illustrations, 16 in full color.

A Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts, from the Renaissance to Art Deco

Antiquespeak

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Max Bill

Shows examples of superior industrial design in appliances, ceramics, glassware, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles, and wood since World War II

Kathryn B. Hiesinger

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