TY - BOOK ID - 78640965 TI - A Century of Austrian Design AU - Beyerle, Tulga, AU - Bauer, Erwin K AU - Beyerle, Tulga AU - Felderer, Brigitte AU - Hirschberger, Karin AU - Hollein, Lilli AU - Knecht, Doris AU - Koller, Gabriele AU - Pamminger, Walter AU - Witt-Dörring, Christian AU - Woltron, Ute AU - Pauser, Wolfgang PY - 2013 SN - 3034608896 9783034608893 376437330X PB - Basel DB - UniCat KW - Design KW - Industrial design KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Design, Industrial KW - Mechanical drawing KW - New products KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78640965 AB - A "Century of Austrian Design" offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country's extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts. The book attempts to delineate a specifically "Austrian" formal language, citing as examples specific achievements in historical and contemporary design. As it does so, it also sheds light on other defining moments of Austria's design culture, including the enormous potential of its inventors, the phenomenon of semi-industrial manufacturing, and the innovative design solutions advanced by the Austrian sporting goods industry. A yellow pages section with selected design addresses rounds off the volume. «A Century of Austrian Design» offers a highly accessible overview of Austrian design culture from 1900 to the present against the background of the country's extremely turbulent industrial history. In the process, the key aspects are explained in essays by celebrated experts. ER -