Product Description: In an effort to find the origin of all designed things, this exhibition and publication conduct an international survey of the history of design from William Morris's wallpaper to Rem Koolhaas's Prada store. Through examples of 30 completed research projects, The Origin of Things illuminates the process by which designers transform their often groundbreaking ideas into functional, manufacturable products...read more

Product Description: Celebrating Wilde's association with the Aesthetic Movement, this book offers a comprehensive account of the aesthetic interior across late-19th-century British and American society. It traces the artists, architects and designers Wilde admired, and the houses and interiors by which he was influenced...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Drawing on extensive new research, this book traces the history of wallpaper from its beginnings around 1500 to the latest products of technology. From hand-painted Chinese panels to those used in contemporary homes, this readable volume contains 350 beautiful illustrations, most in full-color...read more

Product Description: Book by Turner, Mark, Hoskins, Lesley