Spoon

About this book

Spoon provides an up-to-the-minute global overview of industrial product design and presents the work of 100 contemporary designers who are at the forefront of innovative developments in this field. Spoon covers a vast spectrum of styles media and work from kitchen utensils tools and lighting to furniture high-tech products and cars. Essentially an exhibition in a book 10 curators have each selected the work of 10 designers whom they consider to have emerged internationally and broken new ground in the last five years. Each designer (arranged A-Z) is featured over two double-page spreads which are extensively illustrated with sketches drawings models and photographs. Alongside numerous examples of their work a short explanatory text by the selecting curator extended captions and biographical information on the designer are provided. Each curator has also chosen a design classic that illustrates the concept of good design. Spoon takes its place in a series of surveys identifying 100 of the most interesting cutting-edge practitioners of key art forms. Earlier surveys include cream and Fresh Cream for contemporary art 10x10 for architecture and BLINK for photography.