| #3020978 in Books | Schiffer Publishing | 2005-07-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 12.00 x1.30 x9.20l,4.10 | File type: PDF | 280 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Barbara Carreno|great|About the Author|Carroll Gantz holds 30 US design and utility patents. He invented or designed many well-known consumer products, before retiring to Seabrook Island, South Carolina, where he continues to serve IDSA as its design history section chair.
Here are the design stories of everyday material, "stuff," from cars to Dustbusters, phonographs to DVDs, that makes our lives easier, more exciting, and more comfortable through mass-production. Descriptive vignettes and over 400 illustrations of popular culture as it progressed through the 20th century. Each year is an illustrated double-page spread, showing how design evolved in a precise timeline. Learn fascinating stories behind familiar products, the men and women ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Design Chronicles: Significant Mass-Produced Designs of the 20th Century (Schiffer Design Books) | Carroll Gantz. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.