Recommended Design History Books
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Founders of American Industrial Design, by Carroll Gantz | July 2014 |
About the Book: As the Great Depression started in 1929, several dozen creative individuals from a variety of artistic fields,... |
Must have | book | |
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Theory and Design in the First Machine Age | Banham, Reyner | 1992 |
Banham, Reyner, "Theory and Design in the First Machine Age," MIT Press, 1992, reprint of 1st edition, Architectural Press, London, 1960. |
Recommended for a specialty area | Architectural history |
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Design Chronicles | Gantz, Carroll FIDSA | 2005 |
This book is a must have for industrial designers, design historians, and those curious about the world of product design. Design Chronicles provides an... |
Must have | general, product design |
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America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares | Matranga, Victoria Kasuba | 1997 |
America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares is delightful to look at and informative to read. The book is filled with high-... |
Must have | design and culture, Housewares |
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Streamlined Irons | Raymond, Jay | 2008 |
This is a carefully researched book about early electric irons from the streamlined era. It contains information on and photographs of over 150 irons from... |
Must have | Consumer Products, form development, Streamline |
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Making of the Modern World | The Science Museum | 1992 |
Making of the Modern World contains a series of precise, informative pieces about "one hundred key developments in science, technology, and... |
Recommended for background history related to design Some useful information for design scholars |
annotations, bibliography, books, design history, footnotes, museum, photographs, research, resources, review, sources |