Product Design Books

Selection of publications on material, manufacturing, history, and the future of product design.

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Piranesi as Designer Paperback

Piranesi as Designer Paperback

New Design From Israel

New Design From Israel

Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution

Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution

Antiques of the Future

Antiques of the Future

Colour and Material Studies in Porcelain: Collection Cornwall

Colour and Material Studies in Porcelain: Collection Cornwall

Can Design Change Society?

Can Design Change Society?

Making Design Limited Edition

Making Design Limited Edition

GLASS + GLAMOUR

GLASS + GLAMOUR

The Responsible Object: A History of Design Ideology for the Future

The Responsible Object: A History of Design Ideology for the Future

Black book cover with title printed in white in upper right corner and recycling symbol lower left justified.

Piranesi as Designer Hardcover

Piranesi as Designer Hardcover

Moving to Mars: Design for the Red Planet

Moving to Mars: Design for the Red Planet

Michele De Lucchi

Michele De Lucchi

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

Cyclepedia: 90 Years of Modern Bicycle Design

Cyclepedia: 90 Years of Modern Bicycle Design

Small, deep, book with a rainbow gradient covering all edges, with lighter cover text "Palette Mini Series No. 2 Multicolour"

Palette Mini Series 02: Multicolor

Colour- Based on Nature

Colour- Based on Nature

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture

Large rectangular book cover featuring a vibrant, textured, abstract image that resembles a map. Text overlaid at the top reads: Designs for Different Futures.

Designs for Different Futures

Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer Signed Copy (1st Edition)

Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer Signed Copy (1st Edition)

Small, deep, gold book with outlined cover text "Palette Mini Series No. 3 Gold & Silver"

Palette Mini Series 03: Gold & Silver

Achille Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni

Lavendar cover with black and white image of Eileen Gray.

Eileen Gray: Her Life and Work

Chair Anatomy: Design and Construction

Chair Anatomy: Design and Construction

Small, deep, white book with black cover text "Palette Mini Series No. 1 Black & White"

Palette Mini Series 01: Black & White

Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary

Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary

Large rectangular book cover featuring a graphic painting with letters a r d incorporated. Text at the top on a white band reads: Italian Design 1965–1985 RADICAL.

Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985

Rectangular book cover featuring an abstract painting detail, with a horizontal pink band covering most of the painting. Small text overlaid reads: Design: The Invention of Desire.

Design: The Invention of Desire

On Bicycles: A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City

On Bicycles: A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City

Products That Last: Product Design for Circular Business Models

Products That Last: Product Design for Circular Business Models

Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design

Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design

Dark gray book cover with "CARS" in silver italic front and center. Green and gray line drawings of car parts surround the title.

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World

Atlas of Furniture Design

Atlas of Furniture Design

Finnish Design: A Concise History

Finnish Design: A Concise History

Book with a tan cover, and five untensils, the text and objects are all dark brown.

The Hard Life: Jasper Morrison

Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects

Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects

Carve! A Book on Wood, Knives and Axes

Carve! A Book on Wood, Knives and Axes

Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau: The Collections

Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau: The Collections

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