Industrial Design in the Modern Age

Description

A follow-up to 100 Designs for a Modern World (Rizzoli, 2016), this is one of the most comprehensive books on the subject of industrial design since Kathryn Heisinger's classic Landmarks of 20th Century Design (Abbeville, 1993). Destined to become a new classic in the design genre, Industrial Design in the Modern Age features approximately 250 objects, many never before seen, from the George R. Kravis Collection, and includes images specially commissioned for this book alongside essays by curators and experts in the field. This will appeal to fans of design history, and of the iconic styles and great designers of the 20th century, from art deco, mid-century modern, and high-tech, to Gropius, Eames, Saarinen, Starck, Newson, and Ive.

Collector and philanthropist George R. Kravis II has cultivated one of the preeminent collections of industrial design. He established the Kravis Design Centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to make his collection available to a wide public. He was a communications entrepreneur, who forged a career in radio broadcasting, and went on to own several radio stations. George Kravis is brother to Henry Kravis, the billionaire co-founder of Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Penny Sparke is Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design & Music and a Design History professor at Kingston University in London. She has written extensively on historic and contemporary design and has curated exhibitions, including The Plastics Age at the V&A Museum in London.