| SKU | 9780714875194 |
|---|---|
| Title | Design for Children |
| Author Description | Kimberlie Birks with an introduction by Lora Appleton |
| Uri | store/design/design-for-children-9780714875194/ |
| Web Author Description | Kimberlie Birks is a New York-based design writer and editor. Born in Montreal, she studied art history at Brown University and design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, where she wrote a graduate thesis on playground design. Her writing has featured in Dwell, Domus, Metropolis, and Azure. |
| webLongDescription | A comprehensive, genre-defining survey of children's product and furniture design from Bauhaus to today Design for Children, a must-have book for all style-conscious and design-savvy readers, documents the evolution of design for babies, toddlers, and beyond. The book spotlights more than 450 beautiful, creative, stylish, and clever examples of designs created exclusively for kids - from toys, furniture, and tableware, to textiles, lights, and vehicles. Contemporary superstars and twentieth-century masters, including Philippe Starck, Nendo, Marc Newson, Piero Lissoni, Kengo Kuma, and Marcel Wanders, are showcased. |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Size | Size: 245 x 210 mm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in) |
| Pages | Pages: 536 |
| Illustrations | 650 |
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