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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 world’s 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 objects—created by
such design superstars as Michael Graves, Philippe Starck,
and Karim Rashid—are 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 it’s 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 “museum-quality” collections.
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