Design of the 20th century

Design from Art Nouveau to Minimalism ... and everything in between

The book *Design of the 20. st Century* was edited by Charlotte & & Peter Fiell TASCHEN Verlag 20. . A cross-section of 20th-century creativity—from furniture to graphic design, from organic to geometric, from Art Deco through Pop Art to high-tech. It features all the designers who put the finishing touches on civilization and helped shape our modern world.

Geniuses and the Total Work of Art

Having arrived more or less safely in the 2 1., we can finally see clearly: The 20. was firmly in the hands of designers. Aesthetics took hold of everyday life and transformed our homes and offices into galleries of ever-changing styles, where progress revealed its frivolous side. TASCHEN brings together the entire spectrum of design—from furniture to graphic design, from the organic to the geometric, from Art Deco through Pop to high-tech. Represented are all the designers who put the finishing touches on civilization and helped shape our modern world—from Marcel Breuer to Dieter Rams, from Gerrit Rietveld through Arne Jacobsen and Harry Bertoia to Philippe Starck, to name just a few. This A–Z of designers and styles offers—as competently as it is opulently—a comprehensive cross-section of the creativity of the 20. century.