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Automobiles
Conferences, Exhibitions and Showrooms
Graphic Design - Europe
Graphic Design - USA
Journals and Magazines
Manufacturing Companies
Materials
Movements, Schools, Institutions and
    Theorists

Studios - Three-Dimensional and
    Graphic Design

Terms
Three-Dimensional Design - Eastern Europe
Three-Dimensional Design - France and
    Belgium

Three-Dimensional Design - Germany and
    Austria

Three-Dimensional Design - Great Britain and
    Ireland

Three-Dimensional Design - Italy
Three-Dimensional Design - Japan
Three-Dimensional Design - The Netherlands
Three-Dimensional Design - Scandinavia
Three-Dimensional Design - Spain
Three-Dimensional Design - USA and
    South America



Automobiles
Alfa Romeo
Bertone
BMW
Chrysler Corporation
Citroën
Fiat
Ford
General Motors
Ghia
Honda
Jaguar
Nissan
Pininfarina
Porsche
Saab
Toyota
Volkswagen

Conferences, Exhibitions and Showrooms
Aspen International Design Conference
Den Permanente
Museum of Modern Art
New York World’s Fair, 1939
Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, 1925
Paris Exposition Universelle, 1937
Triennale
Weissenhof Siedlung

Graphic Design - Europe
Aicher, Otl
Balla, Giacomo
Ballmer, Théo
Bayer, Herbert
Beck, Henry C.
Beltrán, Félix
Bernhard, Lucian
Bill, Max
Brody, Neville
Burchartz, Max
CaXisch, Max
Cappiello, Leonetto
Carlu, Jean
Cassandre, A.M.
Cieslewicz, Roman
Crouwel, Wim
DeVke, Wilhelm
Depero, Fortunato
Dexel, Walter
DiulgheroV, Nicolay
Dumbar, Gert
Eckersley, Tom
Eidenbenz, Hermann
Ermilov, Vasilii
Fleckhaus, Willy
Froshaug, Anthony
Frutiger, Adrian
Fukuda, Shigeo
Games, Abram
Gan, Alexei
Garland, Ken
Garrett, Malcolm
Gerstner, Karl
Gill, Arthur Eric Rowton
Gugelot, Hans
Havinden, Ashley
HeartWeld, John
Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay
Hofmann, Armin
Holwein, Ludwig
Huber, Max
Johnston, Edward
Jones, Terry
KauVer, Edward McKnight
Keller, Ernst
Klutsis, Gustav
Koch, Rudolf
Lenica, Jan
Lesser, Gilbert
Liberman, Alexander
Lissitzky, El (Eleazar Markevich)
Malevich, Kasimir
Moholy-Nagy, Lásló
Monguzzi, Bruno
Morison, Stanley
Müller-Brockmann, Josef
Neurath, Otto
Noorda, Bob
Peret
Pick, Frank
Renner, Paul
Rodchenko, Aleksandr
Savignac, Raymond
Schawinsky, Xanti
Schenk, Roland
Schuitema, Paul
Schwitters, Kurt
Stankowski, Anton
Stepanova, Warwawa
Suetin, Nickolai
Testa, Armando
Tomaszewski, Henryk
Toorn, Jan van
Tschichold, Jan
Venna, Lucio
Weingart, Wolfgang
Widmer, Jean
Zapf, Hermann
Zwart, Piet

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Graphic Design - USA
Agha, Mehemed Fehmy
Bass, Saul
Brodovitch, Alexey
Carter, Matthew
ChermayeV, Ivan
Chwast, Seymour
Dorfsman, Lou
Golden, William
Greiman, April
Kalman, Tibor
Kepes, Gyorgy
Lubalin, Herb
Matter, Herbert
Rand, Paul
Schleger, Hans

Journals and Magazines
Architectural Review, The
Art et Décoration
Crafts
De 8 en opbouw
Design
Design Issues
Domus
Emigré
Fleuron, The
Gebrauchsgraphik
Imprint
Industrial Design
Journal of Typographic Research
Modo
New Graphic Design
Ottagono
Penrose Annual, The
Stile Industria
Typos
Zenit

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Manufacturing Companies
AEG
Alessi
Apple
Arabia
Artek
B&B Italia
Berthold
Black & Decker
Braun
BrionVega
Cassina
Container Corporation of America
Danese
Driade
Dryad
Erco
Gavina
Georg Jensen
Gustavsberg
Habitat
Herman Miller
IBM
Ikea
International Typeface Corporation
Isokon
Kartell
Knoll
Liberty & Co.
Linotype
Lloyd Loom
Louis Vuitton
Matsushita
Metz & Co.
Monotype Corporation
Olivetti
Pel
Philips
Piaggio
PTT
Raymor
Rörstrand
Sony
Thonet
Venini
Wedgwood, Josiah & Sons Ltd
Zanotta
Zolnay

Materials
aluminium
Bakelite
chronium
Colorcore
Wbreglass
Formica
Medium Density Fibreboard
Perspex
plastics
plywood
polyurethane
tubular steel

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Movements, Schools, Institutions and Theorists
Art Center College of Design
Arts and Crafts
Banham, Peter Reyner
Bauhaus
Black Mountain College
Bunzlau
Centre de Création Industrielle
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Cracow School
Cranbrook Academy of Art
De Stijl
Design and Industries Association
Deutsche Werkbund
Devetsil Group
Giedion, Sigfried
Gödöllo˝ Workshops
Independent Group
International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
Modern Architectural Research Group (MARS)
Modern Movement
National Institute of Design
Omega
Papanek, Victor
Pevsner, Nikolaus
Polish School
Praesens
Royal College of Art
Salón Internacional de Diseño del Equipamento para el Hábitat (SIDI)
Secession
Swiss School
Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung
Utility
VKhUTEMAS
Weiner Werkstätte

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Studios - Three-Dimensional and Graphic Design
A & E Design
Archigram
Archizoom
Benson’s. S.H.
Crawford’s
De Pas, D’Urbino e Lomazzi
DEGW
Design Research Unit
Ergonomi Design Gruppen
Frogdesign
GK Industrial Design Associates
Grapus
Kilkenny Design Workshops
King-Miranda
Landor Associates
Memphis
MetaDesign
Michael Peters Group
Minale TattersWeld
Odermatt & Tissi
OMK Design Workshops
Pentagram
 
 
*Plan Créatif
Push Pin Studio
Studio Alchymia
Studio Boggeri
Superstudio
Total Design
UFO
Unimark International
Vignelli Associates
Wolff Olins

Terms
adhocism
advertising agencies
Anonymous Design
anthropometrics
anti-design
Art Deco
art furniture
Art Nouveau
austerity binge
batch production
Biba
biomorphism
bit mapping
Borax
branding
Bürolandschaft
California New Wave
classic
Compasso d’Oro
computer-aided design
computer-aided manufacture
Constructivism
Contemporary Style
contract furniture
corporate identity
crafts revival
Czech Cubism
Dada
Danish Modern
deconstruction
Deconstructivism
design consultancies
design for disability
Design for Need
design management
designer-maker
Dymaxion
editing
engineering design
environmental psychology
ergonomics
Fantasy Furniture
Fast Moving Consumer Goods
feminism
Fordism
Functionalism
Futurism
geodesic dome
‘good design’
green design
high-tech
high-technology cottage industry
High-Touch
historicism
intelligent buildings
International Style
Isotype
Judendstil
just in time
kitsch
market research
marketing
Moderne
Modernisme
Narrative Architecture
neo-liberty
New Design
neo-Modernism
neo-Plasticism
Noucentisme
Novecento
obsolescence
Odeon Style
Organic Design
packaging
photomontage
photosetting
pixel
pop
Postindustrialism
Postmodernism
product semantics
Productivism
products
Radical Design
Rationalism
Realism
Republican Posters of the Spanish Civil War
Retro
sans serif
soft-tech
stile liberty
Streamform
streamlining
styling
Supergraphics
Suprematism
Surrealism
system furniture
video graphics
white space

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Three-Dimensional Design - Eastern Europe
Berlewi, Henryk
Bortnyik, Sándor
Gronowski, Tadeusz
Kassák, Lajos
Kner, Imre
Pawlowski, Andrzej
Rubik, Ernö
Sipek, Borek
Starowieyski, Franciszek
Tatlin, Vladimir
Telekowska, Wanda

Three-Dimensional Design - France and Belgium
Delaunay, Sonia
Horta, Victor
Lalique, René
Le Corbusier
Mourgue, Olivier
Paulin, Pierre
Ruhlmann, Jacques-Emile
Starck, Philippe
Tallon, Roger

Three-Dimensional Design - Germany and Austria
Albers, Josef
Auböck, Carl
Behrens, Peter
Bonsiepe, Gui
Brandt, Marianne
Breuer, Marcel
GraeV, Werner
Gropius, Walter
HoVmann, Josef
Hollein, Hans
Itten, Johannes
Komenda, Erwin
Loos, Adolf
Maldonado, Tomás
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Moser, Koloman
Muthesius, Hermann
Olbrich, Joseph Maria
Rams, Dieter
Velde, Henry van de
Wagner, Otto

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Three-Dimensional Design - Great Britain and Ireland
Arad, Ron
Ashbee, Charles Robert
Baier, Fred
Baillie-Scott, Mackay Hugh
Black, Misha
Carter, David
ChermayeV, Serge
CliV, Clarice
Coates, Nigel
Coates, Wells
Conran, Terence
Cooper, Susie
Day, Robin
Dillon, Jane
Dixon, Tom
Fletcher, Alan
Foster, Norman
Fry, Edwin Maxwell
Grange, Kenneth
Gray, Eileen
Gray, Milner
Hahid, Zaha
Heal, Ambrose
Issigonis, Alec
Leach, Bernard
Lethaby, William Richard
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Maclaren, Denham
Mellor, David
Moulton, Alex
Murray, Keith
Peach, Harry
Priestman, Jane
Pritchard, Jack
Pye, David
Race, Ernest
Read, Herbert
Russell, Gordon
Scott, Douglas
Weil, Daniel

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Three-Dimensional Design - Italy
Albini, Franco
Aulenti, Gae
Bellini, Mario
Branzi, Andrea
Castelli-Ferrieri, Anna
Castiglioni, Achille
Colombo, Joe
De Lucchi, Michele
Deganello, Paolo
Fornasetti, Piero
Gandini, Marcello
Giacosa, Dante
Giugiaro, Giorgietto
Magistretti, Vico
Mangiarotti, Angelo
Manzù, Pio
Mari, Enzo
Maurer, Ingo
Mendini, Alessandro
Michelotti, Giovanni
Mollino, Carlo
Munari, Bruno
Nizzoli, Marcello
Pesce, Gaetano
Ponti, Gio
Sapper, Richard
Scarpa, Tobia
Sottsass, Ettore
Zanuso, Marco

Three-Dimensional Design - Japan
Ekuan, Kenji
Kurumata, Shiro
Takahama, Kazuhide
Yokoo, Tadanori

Three-Dimensional Design - The Netherlands
Berlage, Hendrikus Petrus
Doesburg, Theo van
Gispen, W.H.
Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas
Stam, Mart
Vantongerloo, Georges

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Three-Dimensional Design - Scandinavia
Aalto, Alvar
Aarnio, Eero
Asplund, Gunnar
Coray, Hans
Franck, Kaj
Jacobsen, Arne
Jensen, Jacob
Juhl, Finn
Kåge, Wilhelm
Kjaerholm, Poul
Klint, Kaare
Malmsten, Carl
Mathsson, Bruno
Wegner, Hans
Wirkkala, Tapio

Three-Dimensional Design - Spain
Bohigas, Oriol
Gaudí, Antoni
Lluscà, Josep
Mariscal, Javier
Ricard, André
Tusquets, Oscar

Three-Dimensional Design - USA and South America
Ambasz, Emilio
Bel Geddes, Norman
Bennett, Ward
Bertoia, Harry
Deskey, Donald
DiVrient, Niels
Dreyfuss, Henry
Eames, Charles
Earl, Harley
Fuller, Richard Buckminster
Girard, Alexander
Loewy, Raymond
Nelson, George
Noguchi, Isamu
Noyes, Eliot
Propst, Robert
Saarinen, Eero
Saarinen, Eliel
Teague, Walter Dorwin
Venturi, Robert
Wright, Frank Lloyd

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