Table of contents
Ceramic Design
The Ceramic Design Book: A Gallery of Contemporary Work. (2000). United States: Lark. https://amzn.to/3KwQLEG
Complete Pottery Techniques: Design, Form, Throw, Decorate and More, with Workshops from Professional Makers. (2019). United States: DK Publishing. https://amzn.to/4cCQ08s
Coutts, H. (2001). The art of ceramics: European ceramic design 1500-1830. United Kingdom: Yale University Press. https://amzn.to/3zlhEZj
Higgins, R., & Robinson, C. S. (2010). William De Morgan : arts and crafts potter. Shire https://amzn.to/3Wep8GR
Lane, P. (1998). Ceramic Form: Design & Decoration. Kiribati: A. & C. Black. https://amzn.to/3xCniWE
Leigh Ford, K. (2021). Pottery for Beginners: Projects for Beautiful Ceramic Bowls, Mugs, Vases and More. United Kingdom: Page Street Publishing. https://amzn.to/4cKva79
Morris, T. (2018). New Wave Clay: Ceramic Design, Art and Architecture. Netherlands: Frame Publishers. https://amzn.to/4eDF4JP
Richerson, D. W. (2012). The Magic of Ceramics. Wiley. https://amzn.to/3L2atIi
Schwartzkopf, D. (2020). Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques and Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics. United States: Quarry Books. https://amzn.to/3xEvBB9
Treggiden, K. (2021). Urban Potters: Makers in the City. Belgium: Thames & Hudson. https://amzn.to/4czsOby
Decorative Arts & Ornamentation
Lewis, P., Darley, G. (1990). Dictionary of Ornament. United Kingdom: Cameron & Hollis. https://amzn.to/4hpvTgS
Trench, L., Materials & Techniques in the Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Dictionary. (2003). United Kingdom: John Murray. https://amzn.to/3CDJiCY
The Random House Collector’s Encyclopedia, Victoriana to Art Deco. (1974). https://amzn.to/40NjWL2
Design Classics & Iconic Objects
1000 Design Classics. (2022). Germany: Phaidon Press. https://amzn.to/3VPKCsb
1000 Lights: 1960 to present. (2005). Germany: Taschen.
McDermott, C. (2002). The Little Book of Design Classics. United Kingdom: Carlton.
Fiell, C., Fiell, P. (2005). 1000 Chairs. Germany: Taschen.
Furniture Design
Atlas of Furniture Design. (2019). Germany: Vitra Design Museum. https://amzn.to/3I4z3GV
Aronson, J. (1965). The Encyclopedia of Furniture: Third Edition – Completely Revised. United Kingdom: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.
Boyce, C. (1985). The Wordsworth Dictionary of Furniture. Wordsworth Reference.
Herring, E. (2016). Street Furniture Design: Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://amzn.to/3SNjHLI
Jervis, S. (1984). The Facts on File dictionary of design and designers. New York: Facts on File. https://amzn.to/41qWlS1
Lawson, S. (2013). Furniture Design. United Kingdom: Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3uFLtSt
Pegler, M. M. (1983). The Dictionary of Interior Design. United States: Fairchild Publications.
Postell, J. (2012). Furniture Design. Germany: Wiley.https://amzn.to/3OQphMu
Smardzewski, J. (2015). Furniture Design. Germany: Springer International Publishing. https://amzn.to/3uCV9NA
Wohlgemuth, C. (2021). Mid-Century Modern – Visionary Furniture Design from Vienna. Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. https://amzn.to/3uDidvH
American Furniture Design
American Furniture 2023. (n.d.). United States: Chipstone Foundation. https://amzn.to/3TXrkQu
Butler, J. T., Johnson, K. E. (1985). Field Guide to American Antique Furniture. United States: Facts on File. https://amzn.to/4hDGEvM
Bhaskaran, L. (2005). Designs of the times: Using key movements and styles for contemporary design. Roto Vision SA.
Eames, C., Drexler, A. (1973). Furniture from the design collection, the Museum of Modern Art, New York. United Kingdom: Museum of Modern Art.
Fitzgerald, O. P. (2022). American Furniture Designers: 1900-2020. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://amzn.to/3VWVfei
Kirtley, A. A. (2020). American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. United Kingdom: Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://amzn.to/4aDXmrN
Kubalak, T. (2017). Carving 18th-Century American Furniture Motifs. United States: Schiffer Publishing Limited. https://amzn.to/4aW2NCc
Montgomery, C. F., Du Pont, H. F. (1966). American Furniture, the Federal Period, in the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum. United States: Viking Press. https://amzn.to/3EnOaN8
Pierce, K. (2021). American Furniture Anatomy: A Guide to Forms and Features. United States: Schiffer Publishing. https://amzn.to/49JR4pc
Swedish Design
Åhrén, U. (2008). Modern Swedish Design: Three Founding Texts. United Kingdom: Museum of Modern Art. https://amzn.to/3OQB6SC
Brantmark, N. (2017). The Scandinavian Home: Interiors Inspired by Light. United Kingdom: Ryland Peters & Small. https://amzn.to/3UGvsq5
Eleish, R., Van Breems, E. (2013). Reflections on Swedish Interiors. Norway: Gibbs Smith, Publisher. https://amzn.to/48oS0Pa
Englund, M., Schmidt, C. (2017). Scandinavian Modern. United Kingdom: Ryland Peters & Small. https://amzn.to/48j4MPb
Ericson, E., Colletti, J., Tenn, S. (2017). Swedish Modern. United Kingdom: WW Norton. https://amzn.to/4bLHWTe
MacIssac, H., Bolander, L. (2010). Lars Bolander’s Scandinavian Design. United States: Harry N. Abrams. https://amzn.to/4bLIeti
Murphy, K. M. (2015). Swedish Design: An Ethnography. United States: Cornell University Press. https://amzn.to/3Q2bjr9
Silverware
Dolan, M. (1993). 1830s-1990’s American Sterling Silver Flatware: A Collector’s Identification & Value Guide. United States: Books Americana. https://amzn.to/3mYhbWW
Haslam, M., & Haslam, M. (1995). Marks & Monograms: The Decorative Arts, 1880-1960. Collins & Brown.
Helliwell, S. (1988). Collecting Small Silverware. United Kingdom: Phaidon-Christie’s. https://amzn.to/3TnVSdA
Krekel-Aalberse, A. (1989). Art Nouveau and Art Deco silver. Abrams.
Langford, J. (1998). Silver: A Practical Guide to Collecting Silverware and Identifying Hallmarks. Australia: Sandstone Books. https://amzn.to/3LytDqD
Newman, H. (1987). An illustrated dictionary of silverware: 2,373 entries relating to British and North American wares, decorative techniques and styles, and leading designers and makers, principally from c.1500 to the present. United Kingdom: Thames and Hudson. https://amzn.to/40jlY3p
Rainwater, D. T., Fuller, M., & Fuller, C. (2004). Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. Schiffer Pub.
Rinker, H. L. (1997). Silverware of the 20th Century: The Top 250 Patterns. United States: House of Collectibles. https://amzn.to/3JLVUsu
Design and Social Responsibility
Clarke, A. J. (2021). Victor Papanek: Designer for the Real World. United Kingdom: MIT Press. https://amzn.to/3ElPGz8
Illich, I. (2021). Tools for Conviviality. United Kingdom: Marion Boyars. https://amzn.to/40HCoVj
Schumacher, E. F. (1974). Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as If People Mattered. United Kingdom: Abacus. https://amzn.to/40O87UK