DK Big Ideas: The Design Book

Discover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design.



This book is the perfect introduction to the subject. It explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 celebrated design concepts and movements, placing each in its historical, cultural, and stylistic context.



The Design Book analyses the ideas and principles behind the design of pioneering products, information systems and environments, exploring how creativity and innovation shape our lives, from the aesthetic movement to mid-century modern and contemporary parametricism.