Light up your life: Luminary design since the invention of the light bulb

Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history`s most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles are represented here—Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Post-Modern, and Contemporary—in 704 pages of truly illuminated works.

This definitive reference work is a must-have for collectors and design fans.

By Charlotte and Peter Fiell, flexicover, 5.7 x 7.7 in., 704 pages