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Design Chronicles
Carroll M. Gantz
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Description for Design Chronicles
Num Pages: 256 pages, 400+ illus. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1976.
Here are the design stories of everyday material, "stuff," from cars to Dustbusters, phonographs to DVDs, that makes our lives easier, more exciting, and more comfortable through mass-production. Descriptive vignettes and over 400 illustrations of popular culture as it progressed through the 20th century. Each year is an illustrated double-page spread, showing how design evolved in a precise timeline. Learn fascinating stories behind familiar products, the men and women who invented or designed them, and how their designs came to life or, in some cases, failed. It is the story of how America rose to world leadership through its unique ... Read more
Here are the design stories of everyday material, "stuff," from cars to Dustbusters, phonographs to DVDs, that makes our lives easier, more exciting, and more comfortable through mass-production. Descriptive vignettes and over 400 illustrations of popular culture as it progressed through the 20th century. Each year is an illustrated double-page spread, showing how design evolved in a precise timeline. Learn fascinating stories behind familiar products, the men and women who invented or designed them, and how their designs came to life or, in some cases, failed. It is the story of how America rose to world leadership through its unique ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764322235
SKU
V9780764322235
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99-2
About Carroll M. Gantz
Carroll Gantz holds 30 US design and utility patents. He invented or designed many well-known consumer products, before retiring to Seabrook Island, South Carolina, where he continues to serve IDSA as its design history section chair.
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