This spirited volume shows how postwar designers embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War II, Americans began accumulating more and more goods, spurring a transfo...

"How Life Unfolds" provides an insight into the approach, methods and processes of the popular design studio atelier oi based in La Neuveville, Switzerland. atelier oi pushes the boundaries of architecture, product design and scenography and experime...

Combining the best of Scandinavian design with a plentiful indigenous supply of trees, the Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colourful, quality wooden items. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned pho...

Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged mos...