300 Years of Industrial Design

The past 300 years have produced a wealth of innovative industrial design. Among the myriad classics that were developed during those centuries yet are still in use today are the gardner's watering can, the bicycle, the Wedgwood teapot, and the Windsor chair. In this glorious pictorial overview of the period 1700-2000, the authors select examples of fine wood, glass, metal, and ceramic design on a decade-by-decade basis, putting each design into the context of the time it was developed and illustrating each item with scale drawings, photographs, and catalogue entries from the period.