World history of design

Authors

  • Jacques Lange Part-time lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, and Partner and Creative Director, Bluprint Design.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/

Keywords:

World history of design

Abstract

Epic, herculean, encyclopaedic, definitive, ambitious, big, exhaustive, comprehensive, holistic, inclusive, eclectic, busting the Western-centric canon, world scale, definitive, analytical, deeply exploratory, overwhelming and immersive. These are some of the adjectives and descriptors that reviewers have used to describe Victor Margolin’s first two of a three-volume tome, World history of design, published in 2015.

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Published

2025-02-20

Issue

No. 27 (2016): Image and Text

Section

Book Reviews