MID CENTURY MODERN DESIGNERS (HB)

More than 50 years after it began, fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever. Explore the movement’s distinctive style in this A-Z guide to 300 influential designers. From icons such as Alvar Aalto, Lina Bo Bardi, Tony Duquette, Charles & Ray Eames, Pierre Jeanneret, Florence Knoll and Gio Ponti, to the movement’s lesser-known figures, this is an expansive, richly illustrated portrait of Mid-Century Modernism across the globe. Detailed texts about each designer appear alongside hundreds of images of post-war creations, from furniture to glassware, lighting to textiles, ceramics to tableware.