9780714843995: Phaidon Design Classics
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It serves as a standard of its kind and, despite the year in which it was designed, is still up to date. The collection presented in these three volumes has been put together by a group of experts following the above criteria.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe objects are presented chronologically, beginning with an elegant pair of Chinese bonsai scissors from the early 1800s, still in production today, and ending with Jasper Morrison's recent 'brunch set', which is destined to become a 'classic'. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlancing through the volumes, the reader will gain an understanding not only of the history of design, but a history of taste and culture. The book is an extraordinary journey through the objects that have shaped our society, from the first attempts to combine function and beauty in the nineteenth century, through the machine aesthetics of the thirties, the advent of plastic and other new materials in the fifties and sixties, up to the 'classics'-to-be of the last ten years.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes not only classic objects created by great and internationally renowned designers, such as Breuer, Le Corbusier, Dreyfuss, Eames, Yanagi and Castiglioni, to name but a few, but also anonymously designed pieces, such as the clothes peg, the deck chair, the corkscrew and the chopstick, which, in spite of lacking a specific designer, have achieved such perfection in design and functionality that they have eliminated the possibility of improvement. From the paperclip, to the Alvar Aalto Savoy vase, to the Jaguar E Type, all of the objects featured in the book fill our desks, cupboards, kitchens, purses, dreams and pockets.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach product is presented on two, four or six pages and accompanied by a text, written by one of over fifty experts in the field of design. The texts provide a historical context, with key information about the development of the design, and an explanation as to why that particular design is important and groundbreaking. The texts also uncover curious anecdotes about the design, and the process involved in creating it. In many cases the products are described with details that have not been published before, informing the reader about materials and process, in addition to providing rich insights into each designer's oeuvre. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors have each been invited to write in accordance with their area of speciality and passion. Not only writers, but designers, retailers, critics, curators, architects, historians, and professors, each of international renown, combine to bring a unique perspective on design that is highly detailed and refreshing. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the informative texts and dazzling quantity of images including sketches, patent drawings, posters, comics and so on, we learn that the safety pin was patented in 1849 and that the famous Thonet chair N. 14, designed in 1859, never went out of production. We realize how clever the zip fastener is and how beautiful the Concorde.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile this collection will be groundbreaking in terms of its range of products and periods, it is also the first of its kind with regards to presenting accurate information. With Alan Fletcher's beautiful design, this is a unique collection that unites factual information with rarely seen images. 999 Design Classics is a honed and laboriously-selected list of products, most of which are still in production. The objects contained within truly encapsulate what design is and what design will be for decades to come. \u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"'A mine of information about those little everyday things we never think about - impressive in its scale and ambition - as a reference book Phaidon Design Classics is invaluable and will not need replacing as nearly as soon as that 'timeless' iPod.' \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e Icon \u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'An intriguing journey not only through the history of design, but also through a history of taste and culture.'\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e Design Week \u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'999 of the best-designed things ever ... What the Oxford dictionary is to words, this is to man-made objects. ... You won't want to put it down' \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e The Guardian\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'The ultimate reference tool\u0026#8230;'\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e Home Accents Today\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Smartly written and lavishly illustrated, Design Classics is an extraordinarily ambitious attempt to catalogue items of \u0026#8220;aesthetic value and timeless quality.\u0026#8221;' \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e Art + Auction\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n'Creative cross-fertilization is a recurring theme in these volumes, which are so engagingly written they would be great bedside reading.' \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e The Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c/em\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Public reaction has not been kind to the Toblerone redesign, which altered a product so recognisable it features among the 999 objects in Phaidon's book of Design Classics.'\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003e\nDeZeen.com\u003c/em\u003e","webShortDescription":"A three-volume set containing the ultimate selection of design classics."}