World History of Design Volume 1

Victor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a founding editor and now co-editor of the academic design journal Design Issues. His many books include:The Designed World: images, objects, environments; The Politics of the Artificial: Essays on Design; Design Discourse: history, theory, criticism; Discovering Design: explorations in design studies.

• Volume 1 Prehistoric Times to World War I1. The Prehistoric Age2. The Earliest Civilizations, 7000 BCE - 900 BCE3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium, 900 BCE - 800 CE4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World, 800-12005. Asia, Africa and the Americas, 800 BCE - 1200 CE6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1200-1750 7. Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1200-17508. The Industrial Revolution: Europe and America, 1750-18309. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain 1830-190010. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere, 1861-191511. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain, 1830-190012. Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse, 1890-191413. The United States, 1840-190014. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1300-190015. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions, 1750-190016. Colonies and Pre-industrial Nations in Asia and Africa, 1750-190017. Modern Design in Europe and America, 1900-191718. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes, 1897-1918 19. World War I, 1914-1918

… it is an extraordinarily useful compendium. I will turn to it again and again to find new points of connection and departure, and I am sure I won’t be alone. Within our discipline, I hope we can all lay aside the perspectives of our narrow expertise long enough to simply thank Professor Margolin – thank him for his effort, and thank him for his generosity. The most exciting thing about these books is the further scholarship that they will engender. In that sense, they are truly the works of a lifelong teacher.