Unparalleled and wide-ranging survey of the history of applied and industrial designfrom c.1700 to the present day.This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from theeighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design andmanufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial contexts in which this relationship hasdeveloped.In this extensively revised and expanded third edition, David Raizman addresses international questionsmore fully with the addition of six Global Inspiration sections that examine the contributions of non-Western traditions, rendering the very notion of a 'national' design debatable. The text also pays closerattention to issues of gender, race, and climate change, and their impact on design.With over 580 illustrations, mostly in colour, History of Modern Design is an inclusive, well-balancedintroduction to a field of increasing scholarly and interdisciplinary research, and provides students indesign with historical perspectives of their chosen fields of study.