Covering all the major areas of design, this illustrated update on the most modern innovations and styles in furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products offers biographies of the designers as well as an appendix of suppliers. Architects & Designers Main.

Foreword, 'Skin', by Patricia Urquiola and introduction by Jennifer Hudson. This book covers the design of furniture, products, lighting, tableware and textiles, as well as biographies of designers and suppliers and manufacturers.

Covering five major areas of domestic design, International Design Yearbook 15 devotes separate chapters to furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past 18 months by well-known designers and new names from around the world. This year's selection has been made by internationally acclaimed lighting designer Ingo Maurer.As a special feature for this millennial edition, the previous editors have contributed their personal assessment of where design stands as we approach a new century.

"The editor has grouped together objects in catagories which illuminate current developments in design, such as home-office furniture; the work of leading architects, ranging from Norman Foster and David Chipperfield to Zaha Hadid and Kazuyo Sejima; new treatments of traditional forms like wickerware; minimalist designs; and innovations from leading companies like Apple, Philips, Sharp and Siemens".--BOOKJACKET.