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.

Leading showcase of international domestic design including more than 500 photographs with full technical data for each object and biographies of the designers whose work is featured.

"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.

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.