Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this two-volume edition contains an awesome selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history?s most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light bulb to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles will be represented: Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Post-Modern and Contemporary.

Artists, graphic designers, and craftspeople are always looking for new sources of inspiration and new ideas to incorporate into their work. This book is an extensive print and electronic library of symmetrical patterns in changing arrangements and colorways, inspired by traditional iconic motifs found in various cultures throughout history.

A mind-boggling series of black and white op-art patterns of the sort made famous by Victor Vasarely. Re-live the psychedilica of the Summer of Love with these frankly trippy designs that draw you in, spin you out, and flash you back to the 1960s. With a touch of M.C. Escher and a soupcon of Salvador Dali, this collection shows how fresh these classic designs can look with a few years of distance. 100 royalty free images and jpeg files.

This book offers decoration ideas based on the most contemporary form of minimalism, as well as inspiring maxims of the leading exponents of this movement. The term 'minimalist' was coined in the 1960s to give a name to the predominant movement in the visual arts. It reached its maturity a decade later, imposing itself as a reaction against pop art, which was saturating the media. Since then the influence of this movement has transcended the field of design and architecture and entered the realm of painting, fashion, and music. In interior design, it can be defined by simple forms, pure lines, unobstructed spaces and neutral colors - as presented in this book. In English, German, French. Illus.

This book offers more than 140 illustrated biographical profiles of the most significant mid-century California designers,including such famous names as Saul Bass and Charles and Ray Eames as well as many lesser known but influential practitioners.