This groundbreaking anthology is the first to focus exclusively on the history of industrial design. With essays written by some of the greatest designers, visi

To make designs that work and endure (and are also legal), designers need to know—or be able to find—an endless number of details. Whether it's what kind of

An exploration of the parallel development of product and graphic design from the 18th century to the 21st. The effects of mass production and consumption, man-

Describes the development of the design of manufactured goods and examines the interaction between the American culture and industrial design

From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S.