This wide ranging survey of modernist design offers a pretty comprehensive overview of every aspect of the subject, showcasing the way in which technological innovation revolutionized the built environment in the first half of the 20th Century. The book has sections on furniture, lighting, ceramics, architecture and more as well as profiles of some of the influential designers of the period. The work of luminaries such as Eileen Gray, Mies van de Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright is presented and listed. Packed with over 600 illustrations it is a book that can serve as a serious overview for someone who up to now has had a passing interest in the period of design to also being an invaluable reference book for those who already know their Breuer from their Behrens.