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Stewart, Tabori and Chang
October 2006
On Sale: October 1, 2006
192 pages
ISBN: 1584795549
EAN: 9781584795544
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Early in the 1980s, some of the worldβs most famous architects and industrial designers began to design a wide variety of everyday objects for the home. From tea kettles and toasters to desk lamps and dustpans, these highly designed, often whimsical products blurred the lines between form, function, and fun. Lisa Roberts, an architect and home furnishings designer, became so enamored of these objects that she set out to collect her favorites, amassing more than 300 exemplary pieces over the past 25 years. Seventy of these award-winning household objectsβcreated by such design superstars as Michael Graves, Philippe Starck, and Karim Rashidβare presented in Antiques of the Future, a book as clever, energetic, and eye-popping as the products themselves. Each is captured in vibrant, humorous photographs, accompanied by details about the product, designer, and manufacturer and a concise explanation of why it deserves a place in the collection. Whether itβs a paperweight, a salad spinner, or a blow dryer, these ordinary objects have extraordinary style. Accessible and entertaining, Antiques of the Future not only helps readers to develop an eye for distinctive design but also explains how they can start their own βmuseum-qualityβ collections.
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