design, industrial

Offers an inside look at the creation, design, and production of fifty popular products, with photographs, interim sketches, and designer insights for each product.

Examines the function, design, and technology of such everyday things as eating utensils, chairs, and telephones.

Showcases work from twenty-nine leading logo and identity designers who represent companies such as NBC, Tropicana, and other regional and local businesses; and discusses development strategies, influences, client interactions, and more.

Spine title: The machine age. Published in conjuction with a major exhibition that will tour the country after opening at the Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 17, 1986--Feb. 16, 1987.

Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on international product design, covering twentieth- and twenty-first-century designers and studios, design-led manufacturers, and products; and includes nearly three thousand color photographs, and cross-references.