"Modern Living Accessories presents on 512 pages a<br><br>retrospective of the most important developments and<br><br>highlights in design of the past 100 years, beginning with<br><br>the latest trends for 2011. The spotlight focuses on<br><br>several individual gems of design, from the masterpiece of<br><br>Italian design, Pietro Chiesa's vase Cartoccio (1932), back<br><br>to one of Spain's most successful designer of our time<br><br>Jaime Hayon and his Cristal Candy series (2009) for<br><br>Baccarat, a venerable French establishment, but also on<br><br>outstanding creations of Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkalas<br><br>from the late 1960s and early 1970s.<br><br>Concise texts accompanying the individually featured<br><br>designs, as well as excurses on selected themes and<br><br>styles written by experts, round off this benchmark illustrated<br><br>book.<br><br><br><br>"<br><br>