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A Dictionary of Modern Design

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Jonathan M. Woodham

Over 2,000 entries

From Art Nouveau to Postmodernism, Benetton to Frank Lloyd Wright, this fascinating dictionary covers the past 150 years of international design, with accessible and succinct entries on ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion. Designers and manufacturers feature in a range of biographical entries, and the dictionary's international focus takes in major movements, key concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions, museums, and heritage sites.

Jonathan M. Woodham is Director of the Design History Research Centre at the University of Brighton.

ISBN: 0192800973
Print edition publication date: 2004




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