Designing the 21st Century

by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell (Editor)

A SNEAK PREVIEW OF 21ST CENTURY AESTHETICS VIA THE VISION OF TODAY'S MOST INNOVATIVE DESIGNERS. HOW DO TODAY'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST DESIGNERS SEE THE FUTURE OF DESIGN? INCLUDING A CROSS SECTION OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS, FROM SUPERSTARS TO NEWCOMERS, THIS GUIDE EXPLORES CUTTING EDGE PRODUCT DESIGN, FURNITURE, CERAMICS, APPLIANCES, ELECTRONICS, GLASSWARE, AND TEXTILES.

Genres: Art, Design, Nonfiction, Reference

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Charlotte Fiell is a leading authority on the history, theory and criticism of design and, to date, has written 60 books on the subject.

Charlotte initially studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London and then later at the British Institute in Florence. She subsequently took a BA(Hons) degree in the History of Drawing and Printmaking with Material Science at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), London. Following on from this, she trained at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.

Reviews

[João Moura · Rating 4 out of 5]

O que pensam os designers do futuro do design? Este livro é um portfolio de obras de centenas de designers pelo mundo fora (com cv's e lista de principais clientes incluídos), acompanhadas por pequenos textos de cada um deles sobre o que será o futuro do design. Algumas opiniões interessantes, outras bastante vagas e desnecessárias.

Destaque maior para as imagens, com obras bem diferentes, desde os belos carros da Audi aos claramente distintivos produtos da Apple, desde os produtos mais comuns da Oral-B, IKEA, consolas Playstation e câmaras Cybershot da Sony, aos protótipos e ao mobiliário mais arrojado, não acessível a muitas carteiras (encontradas mais facilmente em hoteis, museus contemporâneos, superfícies comerciais, ou grandes empresas).

Uma boa obra para desafiar conceitos e entreter as vistas.

[Nazareth Vega · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un recorrido rápido y eficaz sobre los mejores inventos creativos de este siglo.

[Ralph Zoontjens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still a great coffee table book for product design studios.

[Aaron Benarroch · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures are cool. The only thing that spoils these beautiful books from Taschen are the designers' comments: each one of them believes to be God. It's unbearable.