Designers on Design - Tapa dura

Who is designing the classics of tomorrow? Designers on Design answers these questions and discusses the elements that set great designers apart. A beautifully illustrated guide to today's cutting-edge furniture and product designers, it features interviews with each of the designers asking questions such as, "What product do you wish you had designed?", "What was your big break?", "What influences your work?" and "What's the greatest challenge you face in your work?". A potted biography introduces each designer and beautiful photographs illustrate not only the designer's own work, but also the influences that inspire them and sketches or their ideas in progress. The book places each designer in historical context and an illustrated time-line running from the 1920s to the present day - and even looking into the future - forms part of the introduction and shows that the modernism of 100 years ago is still influential today.

Terence Conran is one of the world's leading designers, furniture-makers, restaurateurs and retailers. He was the founder of the Habitat chain of stores, which brought good, modern design within reach of the general population. He is Chairman of Conran Holdings, the parent company of the retail and restaurant businesses, and also Chairman of CD Partnership, his architecture and design practice. There are Conran Shops in London, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Fukuoka. Terence Conran's books include The Essential House Book, Terence Conran on Design, The Essential Garden Book, Classic Conran and most recently The Ultimate House Book. Max Fraser, author of Design UK 2, writes about design for magazines such as The Independent Magazine and Elle Decoration. Still in his early twenties, he has just been asked to sit on the judging panel for next year's 100% Design. He is also the author of the Design UK series which has sold over 20,000 worldwide.