The first systematic and comprehensive reader on Design History, this book examines the role of design and designed objects within social and cultural history.

From the lost art of show-card writing and the tumultuous days of guerrilla magazine publishing to the latest in electronic leaflet design and hot magazine cove

How do we learn about the objects that surround us? As well as gathering sensory information by viewing and using objects, we also learn about objects through t

Design and Heritage provides the first extended study of heritage from the point of view of design history. Exploring the material objects and spaces that contr

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