21st Century Design: New Design Icons from Mass Market to Avant-Garde

The dawn of the 21st century has witnessed an explosion of creativity in just about every field of design, from the avant-garde to mass market--and this popular book guides the reader through an array of contemporary movements, styles, and trends. Intelligently and provocatively written, 21st Century Design places the current scene in a historic framework, explores the cultural and economic forces shaping design now and for the future, identifies top designers and trends, and explains the vigorous artistic debates going on among the innovators in architecture, fashion, interiors, and product design.