With a trailblazing career that spanned more than seventy-five years, Eva Ziesel stands at the forefront of twentieth-century designers. Her works, mostly in ceramics and glass, are the expression of a profoundly independent vision, unconstrained by design conventions, fads, or ideologies, and are featured in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Her belly-button wall dividers are part of the modern decor in the lobby of the Standard Hotel in Los Angeles. In this lavishly illustrated, full colour book, the designed for the first time communicates the ideas that have guided and inspired her work throughout her career. Each aspect of the design process is analysed - variety, spontaneity, line, contour, shading, and texture, among others - to show how the best works emerge out of a dialogue between creator and object who's result is an environment that is pleasurable, comfortable, and elegant. The