Modern Living Accessories presents on 512 pages a retrospective of the most important developments and highlights in design of the past 100 years, beginning with the latest trends for 2011. The spotlight focuses on several individual gems of design, from the masterpiece of Italian design, Pietro Chiesa's vase Cartoccio (1932), back to one of Spain's most successful designer of our time Jaime Hayon and his Cristal Candy series (2009) for Baccarat, a venerable French establishment, but also on outstanding creations of Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkalas from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Concise texts accompanying the individually featured designs, as well as excurses on selected themes and styles written by experts, round off this benchmark illustrated book.
现代生活配件介绍了512页对过去100年的最重要的发展回顾和出色的设计作品,还有开始于2011年的最新趋势。焦点集中在几个人的设计,意大利杰出设计师Pietro Chiesa's vase Cartoccio (1932),西班牙最成功的设计师Jaime Hayon和他的百家乐的水晶糖果系列(2009),杰出的芬兰设计师 Tapio Wirkkalas,从1960年代后期到1970年代早期。单独的设计附图都有简洁的文字介绍,由专家撰写的选定的主题和风格,来完成这本图文并茂的书籍。