Lesley Jackson
British furniture designers have made a unique contribution to modern design. This book pinpoints the most inventive designers and companies from 1945 to the presentâ€”from postwar pioneers such as Ernest Race, Robin Day, and Robert Heritage, to iconoclastic figures such as Peter Murdoch, William Plunkett, and Max Clendinning, to todayâ€™s global superstars led by Tom Dixon, Ron Arad, and Jasper Morrison. This is a story of entrepreneursâ€”Lucian Ercolani at Ercol, Terence Conran at Habitat, and Rodney Kinsman at OMK, among othersâ€”and creative alliances, such as Frank Guille at Kandya.,Today, top British designers collaborate with international companies and foreign-born designers, such as El Ultimo Grito, to inject further variety into British furniture design.
Modern British Furniture: Design Ingenuity Since 1945