{"title":"Penny Sparke","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the fascinating world of design with Penny Sparke, a leading voice in design history and culture. From product design to interior spaces, discover insightful perspectives on the objects that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"century-of-design-book-penny-sparke-9781840002133","title":"A Century of Design","description":"This text provides a designer-by-designer review of the 20th-century, placed within a historical context that reveals the connections between designers and the major design movements from around the world. Eighty designers are discussed, with features on their major works and sources of inspiration. There are also discussions of some of the most important technical innovations of the century, such as the development of tubular steel and plastic. Special features focus on key events in international design, including the 1925 Paris Exhibition and the Milan Triennales of the 1950s, and a directory of manufacturers is provided.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509890261265,"sku":"GOR002118055","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532053946641,"sku":"GOR004594079","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51860015776017,"sku":"GOR010666580","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1840002131.jpg?v=1750802296"},{"product_id":"design-in-context-book-penny-sparke-9780747500728","title":"Design in Context","description":"This critical account of the history and function of design sets design styles, from the eighteenth century to present day, in the context of the times that produced them and assesses what \"good design\" was at any given time and why it worked. The importance of design is discussed, and the author argues that designers shape the visual world around us, but at the same time prevailing social, economic and political conditions shape design ideas and developments. Case histories, individual examples and assessments are taken in various categories of design, including architecture, transport, appliances, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles and fashion. By the same author: \"Design Source Book\", 1986.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49513717760273,"sku":"GOR002568979","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642836656401,"sku":"GOR002342901","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49802090938641,"sku":"CIN074750072XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51592020951313,"sku":"GOR001782221","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/074750072X.jpg?v=1750744845"},{"product_id":"century-of-design-book-penny-sparke-9781840000009","title":"A Century of Design","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49516437143825,"sku":"GOR001329333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51894462480657,"sku":"GOR008172533","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51904045351185,"sku":"GOR001710940","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1840000007.jpg?v=1751186037"},{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-design-and-culture-in-the-twentieth-century-book-penny-sparke-9780415090919","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century","description":"First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor \u0026amp; Francis, an informa company.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49519500787985,"sku":"GOR001376926","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50111259902225,"sku":"GOR001985434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415090911.jpg?v=1751429257"},{"product_id":"century-of-car-design-book-penny-sparke-9781840004038","title":"A Century of Car Design","description":"The car has been one of the most important icons of 20th-century design, whether as functional object, vision of the future or design statement. Designers, influenced by changes in technology, in society and by contemporary intellectual movements, have created some of the most forceful expressions of the integration of art and function. This book is a comprehensive history of these developments. Each chapter covers a classic era in car design, including the emergence of the luxury cars in America and Europe during the 1920s and 30s, the explosion of mass-production in the automobile industry from the 1950s, and the consumer-orientated approach of the last decades of the 20th century. The work of individual designers such as Giorgetto Giugiaro and Raymond Loewy is discussed alongside features on the evolution of styles, for instance the impact of aerodynamics on the American car of the 1930s, the German machine aesthetic exemplified by BMW and the importance of the Italian coachbuilding tradition. With over 600 photographs of some of the greatest cars ever produced, this book is aimed at both design and car enthusiasts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49550410318097,"sku":"GOR001232920","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51150785544465,"sku":"GOR004301903","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52736956727569,"sku":"GOR008479389","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53337823740177,"sku":"GOR005617158","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1840004037.jpg?v=1751123307"},{"product_id":"genius-of-design-book-penny-sparke-9781844007530","title":"The Genius of Design","description":"This landmark book takes a unique, original and engrossing approach to design. Whether or not we are consciously interested in it, design is omnipresent; it affects and influences us all in every aspect of our lives. The Genius of Design illuminates what design is, how it works, and how it has shaped the world we live in. Taking a broadly chronological approach, the book shows how the story of design has developed and explores major themes, with chapters including the birth of mass-produced design, domestic design and the contemporary home and the legacy of wartime design. The book shows how design reflects the political, cultural and economic themes of our times, how it connects both to the macro forces of history (industrialisation, consumerism, technology) and the micro forces (taste, money, desire) and how it manifests itself everywhere, from battlefield and boardroom to supermarket and schoolroom. More than anything, though, the book tells the stories that lie behind the iconic designs of our times. It tells how the first fitted kitchen was based on the principles behind the Ford production line, how wartime research ultimately led to the biro, latex condoms and aviator sunglasses. It celebrates the heroes of design and the lesser know people responsible for some of the everyday objects we take for granted. And it examines the role of the consumer and the issues of taste - what really is good or bad design? Provocative, absorbing and packed with images, this enthralling book reveals what design means to us - the trivial and the mundane, the life-saving and the world-changing.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49558736601361,"sku":"GOR003345923","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53335926407441,"sku":"GOR006302431","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53407066095889,"sku":"GOR008714036","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1844007537.jpg?v=1751424315"},{"product_id":"design-source-book-book-penny-sparke-9780356120058","title":"The Design Source Book","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49566650433809,"sku":"GOR001274120","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49662133895441,"sku":"GOR003270191","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51902889165073,"sku":"GOR003029480","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0356120058.jpg?v=1750813142"},{"product_id":"did-britain-make-it-book-penny-sparke-9780850721683","title":"Did Britain Make it?","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572780605713,"sku":"GOR006510067","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50128180805905,"sku":"GOR003088035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0850721687.jpg?v=1750883806"},{"product_id":"japanese-design-book-penny-sparke-9780718128753","title":"Japanese Design","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49575445332241,"sku":"GOR002888757","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53438373953809,"sku":"GOR001455675","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0718128753.jpg?v=1750816596"},{"product_id":"design-in-context-book-penny-sparke-9780747510949","title":"Design in Context","description":"This critical account of the history and function of design sets design styles, from the eighteenth century to present day, in the context of the times that produced them and assesses what \"good design\" was at any given time and why it worked. The importance of design is discussed, and the author argues that designers shape the visual world around us, but at the same time prevailing social, economic and political conditions shape design ideas and developments. Case histories, individual examples and assessments are taken in various categories of design, including architecture, transport, appliances, furniture, lighting, metalwork, plastics, textiles and fashion. By the same author: \"Design Source Book\", 1986.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49584824418577,"sku":"GOR001456452","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0747510946.jpg?v=1751263935"},{"product_id":"flow-book-penny-sparke-9781472567994","title":"Flow","description":"Flow combines cutting-edge scholarship with practitioner perspectives to address the concept of ‘flow’ and how it connects interiors, landscapes and buildings, expanding on traditional notions of architectural prominence. Contributors explore the transitional and intermediary relationships between inside\/outside. Through a range of case studies, authors extend the notion of flow beyond the western industrialised world and embrace a wider geography while engaging with the specificity of climate and place. Accompanied by stunning colour illustration and photography, Flow brings together historical, theoretical and practice-based approaches to consider themes of nature, mobility, continuity and frames.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49603524690193,"sku":"GOR009798741","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376778318097,"sku":"CIN1472567994G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1472567994.jpg?v=1751338767"},{"product_id":"italian-design-book-penny-sparke-9780500235317","title":"Italian Design","description":"\u003ci\u003eWe Are Going to Be Lucky\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a first-generation Jewish American couple separated by war, captured in their own words. Lenny and Diana Miller were married just one year before America entered World War I. Deeply committed to social justice and bonded by love, both vowed to write to one another daily after Lenny enlisted in 1943. As Lenny made his way through basic training in Mississippi to the beaches of Normandy and eventually to the Battle of the Bulge, Diana struggled financially, giving up her job as a machinist to become a mother. Their contributions to the war effort--Lenny's crucial missions as an Army scout and Diana's work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard--are the backdrop to their daily correspondence, including insightful discussions of democracy, politics, and economic hardship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with grueling conditions overseas, Lenny managed to preserve every letter his wife sent, mailing them back to her for safekeeping. The couple's extraordinary letters, preserved in their entirety, reveal and reflect the excruciating personal sacrifices endured by both soldiers at war and their young families back home. After decades of gathering dust, their words have been carefully transcribed and thoughtfully edited and annotated by Elizabeth L. Fox, Lenny and Diana's daughter.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49637998166289,"sku":"GOR001930078","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50479043182865,"sku":"GOR004397160","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0500235317.jpg?v=1750814613"},{"product_id":"plastics-age-book-penny-sparke-9781851770663","title":"Plastics Age","description":"This collection of essays examines the history of plastic products from the late-19th century up to the present within the changing cultural climate of the period. Many of the essays appear in English for the first time.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49640925593873,"sku":"GOR008646088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50331026063633,"sku":"GOR006035838","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50433234469137,"sku":"GOR008263832","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1851770666.jpg?v=1751313382"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-book-penny-sparke-9780415263368","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture","description":"Now in a completely new and updated edition, this introduction to the development of modern (and postmodern) design is ideal for undergraduate students. Divided into four parts, the book covers the major periods in design culture since the start of the twentieth century, beginning by examining the formative years 1900-1914. Two sections on design and modernity explore the periods 1915-1939 and 1939-1969, and a completely new section, design and postmodernity, covers 1970 to the present.    New to this edition are:     key discussions on postmodernism and design the alliance between technology and design the relationship between identity and design.   Drawing on a wealth of mass-produced artifacts, images and environments including sewing machines, cars, televisions, clothes, electronic and branded goods and exhibitions, Sparke shows how design has helped to shape and reflect our social and cultural development.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49652377518353,"sku":"GOR006002174","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50827115069713,"sku":"GOR001885676","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53472337166609,"sku":"CIN0415263360G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415263360.jpg?v=1750878291"},{"product_id":"furniture-book-penny-sparke-9780713526332","title":"Furniture","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49663425282321,"sku":"GOR002792549","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49756804382993,"sku":"GOR002045183","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50446982676753,"sku":"CIN0713526335G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50886509396241,"sku":"GOR003104236","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0713526335.jpg?v=1751009472"},{"product_id":"modern-interior-book-penny-sparke-9781861893727","title":"The Modern Interior","description":"Provides a persuasive account of the forces, conflicts and debates that have underpinned the emergence of something we effortlessly refer to as the 'modern interior'. This title focuses on the realities as well as concepts of the modern interior, whether in the hands of professional decorators and designers, or in those of its amateur inhabitants.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49733922455825,"sku":"NGR9781861893727","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50155696095505,"sku":"CIN1861893728G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50880765886737,"sku":"GOR007413349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1861893728.jpg?v=1767348105"},{"product_id":"nature-inside-book-penny-sparke-9780300244021","title":"Nature Inside","description":"The story of how plants and flowers have shaped interior design for over 200 years   From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary “living walls” in commercial spaces, plants and flowers have long been incorporated into the design of public and private spaces. Spanning two centuries, Nature Inside explores the history and popularity of indoor plants, revealing the close relationship between architecture, interior design, and nature. Studying the international modern interior through the lens of plants in the human environment, author Penny Sparke attributes a degree of the interest in indoor plants to urbanization, and, more recently, the climate crisis, which serve as ongoing reminders that people must maintain a connection to, and respect for, the natural world. While architectural and interior design styles have evolved alongside the popularity of various plant species, the human need to bring nature indoors has remained constant.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49737788653841,"sku":"NGR9780300244021","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50881106477329,"sku":"GOR011949381","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0300244029.jpg?v=1751070911"},{"product_id":"interiors-in-the-era-of-covid-19-book-penny-sparke-9781350294219","title":"Interiors in the Era of Covid-19","description":"The Covid-19 lockdowns caused people worldwide to be confined to their homes for longer and on a greater scale than ever before. This forced many unprecedented changes to the way we treat domestic space – as relationships shifted between the public and the private worlds, and homes were rapidly adapted to accommodate the additional roles of schools, offices, gyms, restaurants, making-spaces and more. Above all, our understanding of the home as a site to support and enhance the well-being of its inhabitants changed in a variety of novel ways.    Interiors in the Era of Covid is a collection of essays which explore the complex ways in which our inside spaces (contemporary and historical) have responded to Covid-19 and other human crises. With case studies ranging from US and Europe to Japan, China, Colombia, and Bangladesh, this is a truly global work which examines wide-ranging subjects from home-working and home technologies, to the impact of lockdown on people’s identities, gender roles in the home, and the realities of domestic living with Covid in refugee camps.    Exploring the roles played by designers (both amateur and professional) in accommodating changing requirements and anticipating future ones – whether Covid or beyond – this book is a must-read for students and researchers in interior design, architecture, architectural and design history, and anyone interested in the home and the relationships between health and design.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49744786227473,"sku":"NGR9781350294219","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1350294217.jpg?v=1751177130"},{"product_id":"genius-of-design-book-penny-sparke-9781590204337","title":"The Genius of Design","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Genius of Design\u003c\/em\u003e champions not just the design heroes of the last 200 years but also the democratic forces of machine production and mass consumption. Above all, it puts human beings back where they belong - at the heart of the debate about what makes good and bad design.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49800690303249,"sku":"CIN1590204336G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323580481809,"sku":"CIN1590204336VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1590204336.jpg?v=1751214181"},{"product_id":"electrical-appliances-book-penny-sparke-9780713527377","title":"Electrical Appliances","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49974274588945,"sku":"GOR005228851","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0713527374.jpg?v=1751328500"},{"product_id":"century-of-car-design-book-penny-sparke-9780764154096","title":"A Century of Car Design","description":"The car has been one of the most important icons of 20th-century design, whether as functional object, vision of the future or design statement. Designers, influenced by changes in technology, in society and by contemporary intellectual movements, have created some of the most forceful expressions of the integration of art and function. This book is a comprehensive history of these developments. Each chapter covers a classic era in car design, including the emergence of the luxury cars in America and Europe during the 1920s and 30s, the explosion of mass-production in the automobile industry from the 1950s, and the consumer-orientated approach of the last decades of the 20th century. The work of individual designers such as Giorgetto Giugiaro and Raymond Loewy is discussed alongside features on the evolution of styles, for instance the impact of aerodynamics on the American car of the 1930s, the German machine aesthetic exemplified by BMW and the importance of the Italian coachbuilding tradition. With over 600 photographs of some of the greatest cars ever produced, this book is aimed at both design and car enthusiasts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50097862443281,"sku":"CIN0764154095A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51410505203985,"sku":"GOR002970762","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0764154095.jpg?v=1751427513"},{"product_id":"prelude-to-mayhem-book-edward-aubry-9781694982469","title":"Prelude to Mayhem","description":"In the ruins of his world, Harrison Cody follows a mysterious voice on the radio as he and his pixie sidekick travel on foot across a terrifyingly random landscape. They discover Dorothy O'Neill, who has had to survive among monsters when her greatest worry used to be how to navigate high school. Together they search for what remains of Chicago, and the hope that civilization can be rebuilt.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50229777367313,"sku":"CIN1694982467VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51231211847953,"sku":"NIN9781694982469","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1694982467.jpg?v=1751058489"},{"product_id":"as-long-as-it-s-pink-book-penny-sparke-9780044409236","title":"As Long as it's Pink","description":"What is the legacy of the architectural and design movement of the mid-twentieth century? Did it deliver its promised vision of an egalitarian, democratic society supported by aesthetically simple, mass-produced goods whose forms fulfilled their utilitarian functions? In this provocative book, first published in 1995 to critical acclaim, design historian Penny Sparke embraces the awkward question of gender and aesthetic preference. Ranging across histories of domesticity and consumerism, as well as modern design and cultural theories, Sparke offers a new take on the history of modern material culture.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50300480913681,"sku":"CIN0044409230VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50342599950609,"sku":"CIN0044409230G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0044409230.jpg?v=1750907662"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-book-penny-sparke-9780415686198","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture","description":"This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital\/interactive design.      New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed dramatically in the 21st century, the designer-hero is now much less in evidence and design has become much more interdisciplinary.    Drawing on a wealth of mass-produced artefacts, images and environments including sewing machines, cars, televisions, clothes, electronic and branded goods and exhibitions, author Penny Sparke shows how design has helped to shape and reflect our social and cultural development.       This introduction to the development of modern (and postmodern) design is ideal for undergraduate students.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50349115539729,"sku":"CIN0415686199G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50961056661777,"sku":"GOR014147733","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53007974760721,"sku":"GOR007389703","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415686199.jpg?v=1751325036"},{"product_id":"century-of-design-book-penny-sparke-9780764151224","title":"A Century of Design","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50405672321297,"sku":"CIN0764151223G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50512245227793,"sku":"CIN0764151223VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0764151223.jpg?v=1750785060"},{"product_id":"design-in-italy-book-penny-sparke-9780896598843","title":"Design in Italy","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50465597882641,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50465598406929,"sku":"CIN0896598845G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0896598845.jpg?v=1750747830"},{"product_id":"electrical-appliances-book-penny-sparke-9780713527384","title":"Electrical Appliances","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50469244731665,"sku":"GOR005922059","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50469246763281,"sku":"GOR003844698","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0713527382.jpg?v=1751262520"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-book-penny-sparke-9781138495852","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture","description":"An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50478226637073,"sku":"CIN1138495859G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697460252945,"sku":"NGR9781138495852","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51852600639761,"sku":"CIN1138495859VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51853200163089,"sku":"CIN1138495859A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51890745966865,"sku":"GOR014448722","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1138495859.jpg?v=1751301371"},{"product_id":"ettore-sottsass-jnr-book-penny-sparke-9780850721263","title":"Ettore Sottsass, Jnr.","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51134478844177,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51134479958289,"sku":"GOR002851109","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51716099899665,"sku":"GOR006178706","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0850721261.jpg?v=1751362972"},{"product_id":"routledge-companion-to-design-studies-book-penny-sparke-9781138780507","title":"The Routledge Companion to Design Studies","description":"Since the 1990s, in response to dramatic transformations in the worlds of technology and the economy, design - a once relatively definable discipline, complete with a set of sub-disciplines - has become unrecognizable. Consequently, design scholars have begun to address new issues, themes and sub-disciplines such as: sustainable design, design for well-being, empathic design, design activism, design anthropology, and many more.   The Routledge Companion to Design Studies charts this new expanded spectrum and embraces the wide range of scholarship relating to design - theoretical, practice-related and historical - that has emerged over the last four decades. Comprised of forty-three newly-commissioned essays, the Companion is organized into the following six sections:         Defining Design: Discipline, Process Defining Design: Objects, Spaces Designing Identities: Gender, Sexuality, Age, Nation Designing Society: Empathy, Responsibility, Consumption, the Everyday Design and Politics: Activism, Intervention, Regulation Designing the World: Globalization, Transnationalism, Translation  Contributors include both established and emerging scholars and the essays offer an international scope, covering work emanating from, and relating to, design in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa.  This comprehensive collection makes an original and significant contribution to the field of Design Studies.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51170206974225,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51170209267985,"sku":"NIN9781138780507","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52666990821649,"sku":"NLS9781138780507","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1138780502.jpg?v=1750918954"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-in-the-twentieth-century-book-penny-sparke-9780047010156","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51376325984529,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51376326246673,"sku":"GOR002066977","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51568536387857,"sku":"GOR002486953","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53140750303505,"sku":"GOR001061649","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0047010150.jpg?v=1750875335"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-book-penny-sparke-9781032849034","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture","description":"An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes:  • Design and consumption  • Design and technology  • The design profession  • Design theory  • Design and identities.  This fifth edition extends the traditional definition of design to embrace its more recent manifestations, which include service design, user-interface design, co-design, and sustainable design. It also discusses the relationship between design and the new media and the effect of globalisation and transnationalism on design. Most importantly, it looks at its contents through a new lens which acknowledges the post-industrial, post-colonial, post-modern, (and, arguably, post-design) climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges that it poses.  Taking a broadly chronological approach, Professor Sparke employs historical methods to show how these themes developed through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century and played a role within modernism, post-modernism and beyond. Over a hundred illustrations are used throughout to demonstrate the breadth of design, and examples – among them design in Modern China, the work of Apple Computers Ltd., and design thinking – are used to elaborate key ideas. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of design studies, cultural studies and visual arts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51600119726353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51600119922961,"sku":"NGR9781032849034","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1032849037.jpg?v=1750790737"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-design-and-culture-book-penny-sparke-9781032849041","title":"An Introduction to Design and Culture","description":"An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes:  • Design and consumption  • Design and technology  • The design profession  • Design theory  • Design and identities.  This fifth edition extends the traditional definition of design to embrace its more recent manifestations, which include service design, user-interface design, co-design, and sustainable design. It also discusses the relationship between design and the new media and the effect of globalisation and transnationalism on design. Most importantly, it looks at its contents through a new lens which acknowledges the post-industrial, post-colonial, post-modern, (and, arguably, post-design) climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges that it poses.  Taking a broadly chronological approach, Professor Sparke employs historical methods to show how these themes developed through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century and played a role within modernism, post-modernism and beyond. Over a hundred illustrations are used throughout to demonstrate the breadth of design, and examples – among them design in Modern China, the work of Apple Computers Ltd., and design thinking – are used to elaborate key ideas. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of design studies, cultural studies and visual arts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51600120054033,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51600120217873,"sku":"NGR9781032849041","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1032849045.jpg?v=1757586098"},{"product_id":"exhibition-as-interior-interior-as-exhibition-book-penny-sparke-9781350449756","title":"Exhibition as Interior, Interior as Exhibition","description":"Exhibition design has long been studied in the fields of art, design and architecture, but the focus has been on the design of the exhibition narrative, rather than the design as interior space. This book breaks new ground, exploring the complex relationships which exist between exhibitions, museums and galleries and interior design.  Taking a case-study-driven approach, chapters explore a wealth of spaces; looking at contemporary art galleries and globally-renowned museums, and also subverted spaces like squatted homes, high-rises, distilleries and laboratories. Their geographic coverage ranges from socialist Eastern Europe to the US, stopping via many other countries such as Germany, Croatia, Australia and the UK.  These case studies rethink how exhibitions interact with their spatial surroundings, with key themes including the role of labour in creating these spaces, the dualism of public and private space, the impact of exhibition audiences and reception, the political implications of exhibitions and the influence of institutions.   With an interdisciplinary range of contributors, and combining a historical and contemporary outlook, this is a must-read for anyone designing or curating design-driven museum spaces.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51630995669265,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51630995898641,"sku":"NGR9781350449756","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53595764359441,"sku":"NLS9781350449756","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/135044975X.jpg?v=1751083027"},{"product_id":"elsie-de-wolfe-the-birth-of-modern-interior-decoration-book-penny-sparke-9780926494275","title":"Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51694410105105,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694411514129,"sku":"CIN0926494279G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0926494279.jpg?v=1750915993"},{"product_id":"penny-sparke-book-penny-sparke-9780919616516","title":"Penny Sparke","description":"What is the legacy of the architectural and design movement of the mid-twentieth century? Did it deliver its promised vision of an egalitarian, democratic society supported by aesthetically simple, mass-produced goods whose forms fulfilled their utilitarian functions? In this provocative book, first published in 1995 to critical acclaim, design historian Penny Sparke embraces the awkward question of gender and aesthetic preference. Ranging across histories of domesticity and consumerism, as well as modern design and cultural theories, Sparke offers a new take on the history of modern material culture.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51801890357521,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51801890521361,"sku":"GOR004708118","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780919616516.jpg?v=1752226234"},{"product_id":"exhibition-as-interior-interior-as-exhibition-book-penny-sparke-9781350449749","title":"Exhibition as Interior, Interior as Exhibition","description":"Exhibition design has long been studied in the fields of art, design and architecture, but the focus has been on the design of the exhibition narrative, rather than the design as interior space. This book breaks new ground, exploring the complex relationships which exist between exhibitions, museums and galleries and interior design.  Taking a case-study-driven approach, chapters explore a wealth of spaces; looking at contemporary art galleries and globally-renowned museums, and also subverted spaces like squatted homes, high-rises, distilleries and laboratories. Their geographic coverage ranges from socialist Eastern Europe to the US, stopping via many other countries such as Germany, Croatia, Australia and the UK.  These case studies rethink how exhibitions interact with their spatial surroundings, with key themes including the role of labour in creating these spaces, the dualism of public and private space, the impact of exhibition audiences and reception, the political implications of exhibitions and the influence of institutions.   With an interdisciplinary range of contributors, and combining a historical and contemporary outlook, this is a must-read for anyone designing or curating design-driven museum spaces.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52100859756817,"sku":"NGR9781350449749","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781350449749.jpg?v=1757091145"},{"product_id":"japanese-design-book-penny-sparke-9780870707391","title":"Japanese Design","description":"The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its particular design history and aesthetic by showcasing renowned architects and designers through exemplary works drawn from The Museum of Modern Art's unmatched collection. This season, they take on Japan.\u003cbr\u003eJapanese designers' special ability to combine aesthetic tradition with contemporary visual culture and material innovation has created a distinctive and exceptionally successful design industry in Japan, which has produced such divergent icons of Modern design as Sori Yanagi's Butterfly Stool, the Sony Walkman, the Honey-Pop Armchair by Tokujin Yoshioka and the Toyota Prius. This volume traces the development of Japanese design from the country's craft revival in the early twentieth century to the extraordinary objects of high technology that have been a specialty of Japanese designers since the middle of the century. Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of Japan's design culture, while an essay and timeline by Penny Sparke illuminate the masterpieces of Modern Japanese design that are superbly reproduced in this volume's plate section.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52101120229649,"sku":"CIN0870707396VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53563213644049,"sku":"CIN0870707396G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780870707391.jpg?v=1757092079"},{"product_id":"routledge-companion-to-design-studies-book-penny-sparke-9780367201685","title":"The Routledge Companion to Design Studies","description":"The Routledge Companion to Design Studies charts the new expanded spectrum of design studies, embracing the wide range of scholarship - theoretical, practice-related and historical - that has emerged over the last four decades.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52475965833489,"sku":"NLS9780367201685","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52735072895249,"sku":"NIN9780367201685","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780367201685.jpg?v=1759843330"},{"product_id":"designing-the-modern-interior-book-penny-sparke-9781847882882","title":"Designing the Modern Interior","description":"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2010.  Designing the Modern Interior reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes and public buildings is shaped by and shapes our modern culture. The modern interior has often been narrowly defined by the minimalist work of elite, reforming architects. But a shared modernising impulse, expressed in interior design, extends at least as far back as the Victorians and reaches to our own time. And this spirit of modernisation manifested itself in interiors, designed both by professionals and by amateurs, which did not necessarily look modern and often even aimed to imitate the past. Designing the Modern Interior presents a new history of the interior from the late 19th to the 21st century. Particular characteristics are consistent across this period: a progressive attitude towards technology; a hyper-consciousness of what it is to live in the present and the future; an overt relationship with the mass media, mass consumption and the marketplace; an emphasis on individualism, interiority and the 'self'; the construction of identities determined by gender, class, race, sexuality and nationhood; and the experiences of urban and suburban life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52483789717777,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52483790962961,"sku":"NLS9781847882882","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781847882882.jpg?v=1759855274"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-penny-sparke.oembed?page=3","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}