- Paperback - Number of Pages: 288 pages
- Dimensions: 166 x 236 x 18mm - 680.39g
- Publication date: 08 May 1997
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Imprint: Oxford Paperbacks
- Publication City/Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
Twentieth-Century Design is extremely thoroughly researched Art Review, April 1997 for a good general introduction to the subject you could not go very far wrong with Jonathan Woodham's excellent Twentieth Century Design ... Yet another example of the impressive new Oxford History of Art series. The Bookseller Fully and often surprisingly illustrated, carefully annotated and captioned, each combines a historical overview with a nicely opinionated individual approach. Independent on Sunday Woodham gives a deftly organised, extremely cool-headed account of the ideological spoon-fights behind the product ranges of modern capitalism: his range of reference and eye for detail are superb. The Guardian a superb piece of publishing Rupert Christiansen, Spectator ...a valuable contribution to the field of design studies, and it deserves careful attention. Woodham is one of many intelligent writers in the new wave of British design history. His book...is likely to become a benchmark for measuring...