Product Design

 

Ever since the first piece of toast popped warm and golden out of a toaster, man has been buying, using, and replacing products for home, work, and play. Hundreds of photographs, sketches, drawings, and lively text reveal how small and large objects were conceived of, built, packaged, marketed, and consumed through the years and around the world.

From home furniture, houseware, audio equipment to computer chips, medical equipment, cellular phones, sports equipment, cars, and clothing, every aspect of life is included in this comprehensive catalog of ordinary objects, each with an extraordinary story. The result is a cultural treasure trove that will delight students of art, design, and technology, and collectors of every stripe.