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Informationen zum Autor The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate! entertain! and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics! and architecture to industrial design. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture. It demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design! and its importance. Design is a hugely fertile field of inventive new work! as well as a key component underpinning the modern economy. It provides a means for understanding the contemporary world! and! potentially! for making it a better place. Klappentext Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? FIFTY HATS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 hats and headwear that have made a substantial impact in the world of fashion and design today. From an early fourteenth century Russian crown to Noel Stewart's 2010 Ribboned Landscape hat! each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history. Perfect gift for the design aficionado, students or newcomers to the subject. Fantastic value and collectable series. Carries the authority of the Design Museum bringing serious design knowledge to the general reader. Sales of books affiliated with the Design Museum have surpassed 15,000 copies. (TCM, Nielsen Bookscan) Zusammenfassung Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Hats That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 hats and headwear that have made a substantial impact in the world of fashion and design today. From an early fourteenth century Russian crown to Noel Stewart's 2010 Ribboned Landscape hat! each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Hats Acknowledgements ...
