Iconic Designs

50 Stories about 50 Things
Herausgeber: Lees-Maffei, Grace

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Produktbeschreibung

Iconic Designs is a beautifully designed and illustrated guide to fifty classic 'things' - designs that we find in the city, in our homes and offices, on page and screen, and in our everyday lives. In her introduction, Grace Lees-Maffei explores what makes a design 'iconic', and fifty essays by leading design and cultural critics tell the story of each iconic 'thing', its innovative and unique qualities, and its journey to classic status. Subjects range from the late 19th century to the present day, and include the Sydney Opera House, the Post-It Note, Coco Chanel's classic suit, the Sony WalkmanT, Hello KittyT, the typeface Helvetica, the Ford Model T, Harry Beck's diagrammatic map of the London Underground and the Apple iMac G3. This handsome volume provides a treasure trove of 'stories' that will shed new light on the iconic designs that we use without thinking, aspire to possess, love or hate (or love to hate) and which form part of the fabric of our everyday lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781350112476
• ISBN-10: 135011247X
• Artikelnr.: 56714672

Autorenporträt

Grace Lees-Maffei is Professor of Design History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Interrogating Iconic Design
Grace Lees-Maffei PART ONE: HOT IN THE CITY Part Introduction 1. Eiffel Tower
France (Gustave Eiffel
1889)
Claire Jones
post doctoral research fellow on the AHRC-funded project Displaying Victorian Sculpture
UK 2. Ford Model T
USA (Henry Ford
1908)
Paul Hazell
University of Worcester
UK 3. London Underground Diagram
UK (1931)
Christoph Lueder
ETH Zürich
Canterbury School of Architecture and Kingston University
UK 4. Tuk-Tuk
Italy/Thailand (Corradino D'Ascanio
1948-)
Thomas Brandt
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway 5. Sydney Opera House
Australia (Jørn Utzon
Denmark
1957-73)
D.J. Huppatz
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia 6. McDonald's Golden Arches Logo
USA (Jim Schindler
1962)
D.J. Huppatz
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia 7. Mobility Scooter
USA (Allen R. Thieme
1968)
Nicolas P. Maffei
Norwich University College of the Arts
UK 8. Concorde
France/UK (Pierre Satre/Sir Archibald Russell
Aerospatiale/BAe
1969)
Amy Foster
University of Central Florida
USA 9. The London Eye
UK (Marks Barfield Architects
1999)
Jilly Traganou
Parsons The New School for Design
USA and Grace Vetrocq Tuttle
communication design specialist
USA 10. The Palm Islands
Dubai
UAE (Nakheel Properties
2001-)
Dolly Jørgensen
Umeå University
Sweden PART TWO: PAGE TURNERS AND SCREEN SIRENS Part Introduction 11. Isotype
Austria (Marie Reidemeister
Otto Neurath
Gerd Arntz
1925-1934)
Ellen Lupton
Maryland Institute College of Art
USA 12. Metropolis
Germany (Fritz Lang
1927)
Nathaniel Robert Walker
Ph.D. student at Brown University
USA 13. Penguin Books
UK (Allen Lane
1935 and Jan Tschichold
1947-9)
Paul Shaw
Parsons School of Design
USA 14. Helvetica
Switzerland (Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman
1957)
Kerry William Purcel
lThe University of Hertfordshire
UK 15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover
UK (Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
1967)
Alice Twemlow
School of Visual Arts
USA 16. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
USA (Apple
1984)
Paul Atkinson
Sheffield Hallam University
UK 17. Benetton Advertising Campaigns
Italy (Oliviero Toscani
1986-)
Celia Lury
University of Warwick
UK 18. Ray Gun
USA (David Carson
1992-1995)
Julia Moszkowicz
Southampton Solent University
UK 19. Ebay.com
USA (Pierre Omidyar
1995)
Ida Engholm
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Denmark 20. Facebook
USA (Mark Zuckerberg
Eduardo Saverin
Dustin Moskovitz
Chris Hughes
2003)
Alison Gazzard
University of Hertfordshire
UK PART THREE: GENIUS AT WORK Part Introduction 21. Paper Clip
USA (Samuel B. Fay
1867)
Joe Moran
Liverpool John Moores University
UK 22. Wooton Desk
USA (William S. Wooton
1874)
Kenneth L. Ames
Bard Graduate Center
USA 23. Incandescent Light Bulb
USA (Thomas Edison
1880)
Carroll Pursell
Australian National University
Australia 24. Streamlined Pencil Sharpener
USA (Raymond Loewy
1933)
Nicolas P. Maffei
Norwich University College of the Arts
UK 25. Bic Cristal Pen
France (Société PPA
1950)
Susan Lambert
Victoria and Albert Museum
UK 26. Polypropylene Chair
UK (Robin Day
1960-63)
Susan Lambert
Victoria and Albert Museum
UK 27. Valentine Typewriter
Italy (Ettore Sottsass Jr. and Perry A. King for C. Olivetti S.p.A.
1969)
Penny Sparke
Kingston University
UK 28. Rubik's Cube
Hungary (Erno Rubik
1974)
Kjetil Fallan
University of Oslo
Norway 29. Post-it Note
USA
1980 (Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry for 3M)
Alice Twemlow
School of Visual Arts
USA 30. Apple iMac G3
USA (Jonathan Ive for Apple
1998)
Paul Atkinson
Sheffield Hallam University
UK PART FOUR: HOME RULES Part Introduction 31. Portland Vase
UK (Josiah Wedgwood
1789)
Glenn Adamson
Victoria and Albert Museum
UK 32. Heinz 57 Varieties (Henry J. Heinz & L. Clarence Noble
1869)
Michael Golec
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
USA 33. 'Strawberry Thief'
UK (William Morris
1883)
Emma Ferry
Nottingham Trent University
UK 34. Frankfurt Kitchen
Germany (Grete Lihotzky
1926)
Finn Arne Jørgensen
Umeå University
Sweden 35. Clubsessel 'B3' 'Wassily' Chair
Germany (Marcel Breuer
1927)
Clive Edwards
Loughborough University
UK 36. Princess Telephone
USA (Henry Dreyfuss for Bell Telephone
1959)
Lasse Brunnström
University of Gothenburg
Sweden 37. LEGO
Denmark (Ole Kirk Christiansen
1958)
Kjetil Fallan
University of Oslo
Norway 38. Barbie
USA (Ruth Handler/Mattel
1959)
Juliette Peers
RMIT University
Australia 39. Juicy Salif Lemon Squeezer
Italy/France (Philippe Starck
1990)
Grace Lees-Maffei
University of Hertfordshire
UK 40. Dyson DC01 Vacuum Cleaner
UK (James Dyson
1993)
Louise Crewe
University of Nottingham
UK PART FIVE: PERSONAL EFFECTS Part Introduction 41. Chopsticks
China (c. 3
000 BC)
Yunah Lee
University of Brighton
UK 42. Zori and Flip-flop Sandal
Japan/World (n.d.)
Martha Chaiklin
University of Pittsburgh
USA 43. Levi's Jeans
USA (Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss & Co.
1873)
Christopher Breward
University of Edinburgh
UK 44. Swiss Army Knife
Switzerland (Karl Elsener
Victorinox
1891)
Catharine Rossi
Kingston University
UK 45. Brownie Camera
USA (Eastman Kodak
1900)
Marc Olivier
Brigham Young University
USA 46. Chanel Suit
France (Coco Chanel
c. 1913)
Hazel Clark
Parsons the New School for Design
USA 47. Coca-Cola Bottle
USA (Earl R. Dean
1915)
Finn Arne Jørgensen
Umeå University
Sweden 48. Hello Kitty
Japan (Yuko Shimizu for Sanrio
1974)
Brian J. McVeigh
University of Arizona
USA 49. Sony Walkman
Japan (Nobutoshi Kihara
1978)
Juliette Kristensen
Kingston University
UK 50. Wind-Up Radio
UK/South Africa (Trevor Baylis
1992)
Gabriele Oropallo
University of Oslo
Norway Notes Contributors Select Bibliography Index