"Paul Betts first came to my attention through his pioneering article on the post-1945 Bauhaus myth as a joint German-American venture. This book is a landmark
From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As s
This book is about the objects people owned and how they used them. Twenty-three specially written essays investigate the type of things that might have been co
Example in this ebook The very favourable reception accorded both by Press and Public to the "Circle of the Year," has induced me to prepare a second volume, si