Design Museum Book order (chronological)

This title in the Design Museum Fifty series, published with London's Design Museum, delves into the rich and varied history of modern architecture. Deyan Sudjic, the museum's director, examines 50 of the most significant and visually striking buildings globally, showcasing a range from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Featured structures include the Rockefeller Center in New York, Eames House in Los Angeles, Montreal Biosphere, Pompidou Centre in Paris, Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and Beijing Olympic Stadium, among others. Sudjic is a prominent writer, broadcaster, and architectural theorist, having previously served as the design and architecture critic for The Observer and Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University. The Design Museum is dedicated to celebrating contemporary design across various forms, from furniture and fashion to architecture and graphics, aiming to highlight design's central role in contemporary culture and its creative richness.

One of two new titles in the Design Museum Fifty series published in conjunction with London's prestigious Design Museum.

This beautiful reference work showcases 50 iconic outfits from one of fashion's most influential and exciting decades. Featured designers and style icons will include AnnaWintour, Manolo Blahnik, Annie Lennox, Princess Diana (pre divorce), Bodymap, John Galliano, BOY, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sanders, Donna Karan, Madonna, Siouxsie Sioux, Bruce Oldfield, Jasper Conran, Thierry Mugler, Claude Montana and Azzedine Alaia. With Paula Reed's lively and informative text and a wealth of fabulous photography, it is vital reading for design students, collectors of vintage, and everyone who truly loves fashion.

How to Design a Light tells you everything you need to know and looks at the principles and processes of designing a light. In a working case study Arnold Chan, one of the world's best-known lighting designers, traces the design and development of one of his installation at the London restaurant Hakkasan, and reveals exactly what is involved in creating a successful design.

Fifty Chairs That Changed the World switches the scene indoors, taking an up-close look at the chair designs-from Thonet's elegantly workaday bistro chair no. 14, of 1870, to the more outrageous creations of present-day designers-that have had the greatest impact on the look and feel of modern interiors.

You don't have to be a fashionista or a design aficionado to adore this fascinating look at the power of one dress to change society.Join the Design Museum, the world's leading museum in contemporary design, on a guided tour of the 50 most important dresses in social history and design.Filled with pages of beautiful clothes, and the famous faces (and bodies) that put them on the world stage -including Wallis Simpson, Jackie Kennedy, Twiggy and Cher and, of course, Princess Di-this fun volume shares fascinating appraisals of what gave the 50 most important garments their iconic status.