Design of the 20th Century

Taschen's Design of the 20th Century is a pocket-sized encyclopedia of the objects, movements, and studios that shaped modern industrial design — from the Bauhaus to the iMac, in over 800 pages of photography and short essays by Charlotte and Peter Fiell. The A–Z structure runs by designer, so an entry on Achille Castiglioni sits next to Aldo Rossi and Anni Albers. It reads as a reference and browses like a magazine. It's the thirty-dollar book every design student is handed, and the one every senior designer still keeps close.

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