New Technologies (Products From Phaidon Design Classics, Vol. 3)

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The 333 design classics featured in this volume show the impact of new technology on design. With the world at our fingertips, thanks to commercial air travel, the colour television and the computer, global access and communication play an increasingly important role in design. From the first compact disc to the lap top computer, digital design opens up a conscious investigation of even newer and more unusual materials, technologies and inspirations. The design products in this volume have changed the way we communicate, the way we travel and the way we make ourselves at home in the 21st century. They include all the key designs by the people who re-invented established products and set new standards in style and quality, including Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Konstantin Grcic, Marc Newson and Jonathan Ive. Review: gorgeous book - I bought this as a gift for an architect who collects art and crafts around the world and everyone at the party was fascinated too. It was by far the best gift. The quality of the paper is superior and the weight and sheer size of the book is impressive. The extensive and fun content of the book could take a year or more to take in. Lovely book! Review: OLD BOOK- new DUST COVER, new NAME and ISBN - In 2006 Phaidon Press published the first comprehensive and authoritative collection of classic design objects - a 3 VOLUME set ... that I recommend. (ISBN 978-0714843995). this book is only one of three of the volumes -- the publisher has given it a new dust cover and name, but nothing else is new. It is beyond my imagination ... why anyone would want just one volume, unless your dog chewed up one of your original three volume set. FORGET this single volume ! BUY the 3 volume set and you'll be MUCH more in the know !