History of Modern Design

by Discontinued 3PD

Looks at the history of design from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Genres: Design, History, Art, Nonfiction, Art History, School, Read For School

400 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2003

Reviews

[Wrenaria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid survey of modern design history. I wouldn't have minded a few more images included. Not all designs mentioned in the text had visuals associated with them in the book. Otherwise, it is about what you would expect of a history book. Nicely organized and well written.

[jack · Rating 1 out of 5]

david raizman idk what u look like but if i see u in person it’s ON SIGHT (joking. obviously. but i still do not like history or textbooks.)

[3thn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way to see the present is to read the past!

[Jarek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good high level overview, though with 200 years in under 400 image-rich pages, any particular era of style gets at most a short mention. While initially attempting to be somewhat international (though still ending up fairly Anglo-heavy), by the last section (on years 1960-2000) the book is almost entirely about the USA.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I set this as the text book for the Design History class I'm teaching this coming semester. I'm really enjoying it. It's incredible how little things have changed.

[Ally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eww -- just ew --- but it wasn't too difficult to get through --- i may have even sincerely enjoyed some portions of it =) good effort.