Modern Living Accessories presents on 512 pages a retrospective of the most important developments and highlights in design of the past 100 years, beginning with the latest trends for 2011. The spotlight focuses on several individual gems of design, from the masterpiece of Italian design, Pietro Chiesa's vase Cartoccio (1932), back to one of Spain's most successful designer of our time Jaime Hayon and his Cristal Candy series (2009) for Baccarat, a venerable French establishment, but also on outstanding creations of Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkalas from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Concise texts accompanying the individually featured designs, as well as excurses on selected themes and styles written by experts, round off this benchmark illustrated book. AUTHOR: Martin Wellner and Andrea Mehlhose, alias Fremdkörper, established the design studio 1996 in Cologne. Fremdkörper is active internationally as a design consultancy and designer in the fields of interior design, exhibition design, and graphic design, as well as the corporate identity and corporate design sectors. Following the success of their book Modern Furniture, also published by h.f.ullmann in 2009, the authors now reveal their expertise and penchant for design with Modern Living Accessories. SELLING POINTS: ? Comprehensive overview over the past more than 100 years ? Clearly-structured index of contents ? In-depth essays on selected themes ? Concise information on every piece of accessories ? Discerning excurses on design history written by experts ? High-quality illustrations 650 illustrations
