A three-volume set containing the ultimate selection of design classics. A three-volume set containing the most comprehensive collection of design classics Featuring the most innovative, beautiful and influential products created in the last 200 years 999 objects selected by a panel of experts that includes designers, architects, auctioneers, critics, curators, journalists and academics Each object is accompanied by a text written by one of over fifty experts from the field of design, with precise information about each product, each designer, each manufacturer and their history Illustrated with a wide range of photographs, original sketches, patents, prototypes and rarely seen archival images, painstakingly researched and collected directly from designers, archives and manufacturers Presented in a specially designed carrying unit 3500 colour illustrations, 500 black and white illustrations ascunde descrierea