A completely original reappraisal of that most familiar, yet mysterious, of things, the female body. </BR></BR><BR/> In this endlessly provocative volume, Stephen Bayley, design authority and cultural critic, takes on the female body, analyzing each crook and every curve as a sign, a symbol, and as a designed object. From Aphrodite to the industrialization of the breast, and from pin-ups to the future of sex, WOMAN AS DESIGN is a fascinating mix of design, cultural history, erotica, fashion, and fetishism.</BR></BR><BR/> Wonderfully designed and superbly illustrated WOMAN AS DESIGN<B > </B>is a modern study of the continuous conflict between the real and the ideal...in its most familiar form. </BR></BR><BR/> </BR></BR><BR/> </BR></BR><BR/>