Design shapes our life everywhere - whether it is the chair we are sitting in, the computer we are reading on, or the house we are living in. This volume profiles 50 of the most influential designers over the past 150 years. From the first bentwood chars by Thonet to the holistically designed worlds of the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier, and from the signature styles of designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Eileen Gray, and Philippe Starck to internationally...