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title: "A Century of Design: Design Pioneers of the 20th Century"
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description: "A Century of Design: Design Pioneers of the 20th Century, by Penny Sparke, ISBN 0764151223 in the Architect Books catalogue."
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# A Century of Design: Design Pioneers of the 20th Century

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Penny Sparke

- **Author line**Penny Sparke
- **Released**August, 1998
- **ISBN**0764151223
- **Binding**Hardcover

## Reader notes

### Helpful Overview

Written by a well-known British design historian at the Royal College of Art, this 270-page clothbound overview of design and designers, arranged by style and movement as well as time period, features 500 full-color illustrations, a helpful glossary, and worldwide directories of manufacturers, museums, and other design sources. (Copyright © by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.)

### A Century of Design: Pioneers of the 20th Century

Excellent brief over view with short bio and photos of the major designers of our century. The only drawback is that the author has a clear bias towards furniture, so that most of the photos show furniture even when the designers have created products.

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