Includes bibliographical references (pages 256=257) and index.
Contents:
Che Rand Abdul Jabbar -- Susi Aczel -- Lindsey Adelman -- Lani Adeoye -- Ruth Adler Schnee -- Anni Albers -- Kawther Alsaffar -- Jeannette Altherr -- Karin Schou Andersen -- Joyce Anderson -- Carina Seth Andersson -- Wendy Andreu -- Antonia Astori -- Jane Atfield -- Gae Aulenti -- Tomoko Azumi -- Cleo Baldon -- Lucia Bartolini -- Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis & Hillary Petrie -- Dorothee Becker -- Liisi Beckmann -- Martine Bedin -- Vivian Beer -- Mercedes "Ched" Berenguer-Topacio -- Otti Berger -- Susi Berger -- Laelie Berzon & Lisa Vincitorio -- Nikita Bhate -- Ilaria Binachi -- Ayse Birsel -- Aída Boal -- Lina Bo Bardi -- Cini Boeri -- Hedwig Bollhagen -- Marianne Brandt -- Bec Brittain -- Gegia Bronzini -- Barbara Brown -- Maria Bruun -- Rachael Bullock & Molly Purnell -- Marie Burgos -- Louise Campbell -- Gloria Carancia -- Etel Carmona -- Maddalena Casadei -- Anna Castelli Ferrieri -- Carol Catalano -- Jungyou Choi -- Maria Chomentowska -- Karen Clemmensen -- Muriel Coleman -- Kim Colin -- Janete Costa -- Matali Crasset -- Ilse Crawford -- Gabriella Crespi -- Raffaella Crespi -- Veronica Dagnert & Helena Jonasson -- Lucienne Day -- Nada Debs -- Qiyun Deng -- Marie Dessuant -- Freda Diamond -- Friedl Dicker-Brandeis -- Jane Dillon -- Aïssa Dione -- Nanna Ditzel -- Helen Dryden -- Helen Hughes Dulany -- Nathalie Du Pasquier -- Ray Eames -- Kiki van Eijk -- Yeşim Eröktem -- Lisa Ertel -- Felicia Ferrone -- Andrea Flores & Lucía Soto -- Marisa Forlani -- Monica Förster -- Carol Gay -- Marion Geller -- Ruth Hildegard Geyer-Raack -- Emiliana Gonzalez & Jessie Young -- Anne Krohn Graham -- Johanna Grawunder -- Eileen Gray -- Rachel Griffin -- Greta Grossman -- Zaha Hadid -- Virginia Hamill -- Ineke Hans -- Eszter Haraszty -- Trix Haussmann -- Mette Hay -- Edith Heath -- Franca Helg -- Margarete Heymann-Löbenstein -- Franziska Hosken -- Rossana Hu -- Marialaura Rossiello Irvine -- Shinobu Ito -- Sophie Lou Jacobsen & Sarita Posada -- Grete Jalk -- Nata Janberidze & Keti Toloraia -- Ania Jaworska -- Hilda Jesser-Schmid -- Lisa Johansson-Pape -- Hella Jongerius -- Merve Kahraman -- Ilonka Karasz -- Anna Karlin -- Bodil Kjær -- Florence Knoll -- Belle Kogan -- Lucie Koldová -- Ana Kraš -- Teresa Kruszewska -- Agata Kulik-Pomorska -- Sofia Lagerkvist & Anna Lindgren -- Claude Lalanne -- Elizabeth Eyre de Lanux -- Fransca Lanzavechia -- Estelle Laverne -- Monling Lee -- Olga Lee -- Geke Lensink -- Rosie Li -- Francesca Lindh -- Aljoud Lootah -- Althea McNish -- India Mahdavi -- Rianne Makkink -- Cecilie Manz -- Sabine Marcelis -- Grethe Meyer -- Hikaru Mori -- Renate Müller -- Ignacia Murtagh -- Mira Nakashima -- Paola Navone -- Greta von Nessen -- Stephanie Ng -- Anna Maria Niemeyer -- Libuše Niklová -- Dina Nur Satti -- Gunnel Nyman -- Moyo Ogunseinde -- Jay Sae Jung Oh -- Ann Pamintuan -- Luisa Parisi -- Tamara Pérez -- Maria Pergay -- Charlotte Perriand -- Clara Porset -- Andrée Putman -- Ingegerd Råman -- Mary Ratcliffe -- Samira Rathod -- Noémi Raymond -- Lilly Reich -- Margaretha Reichardt -- Sylvia Reid -- Coco Reynolds -- Lucie Rie -- Estefanía de Ros -- Pipsan Saarinen-Swanson -- Latifa Saeed -- Mentalla Said & Jumana Taha -- Claudia Moreira Salles -- Maria Sanchez -- Cynthia Sargent -- Afra Scarpa -- Bertha Shaefer -- Zahara Schatz -- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky -- Emma Schweinberger -- Denise Scott Brown -- Kazuyo Sejima -- Inga Sempé -- Mia Senekal -- Mimi Schodeinde -- Alma Siedhoff-Buscher -- Jutta Sika -- Trudi Sitterle -- Alison Smithson -- Sylvia Stave -- Nanny Still -- Guna Stölzl -- Marianne Straub -- Marianne Strengell -- Saša Štucin -- Claudia Suarez Ahedo -- Hiroko Takeda -- Reiko Tanabe -- Jacqueline Terpins -- Faye Toogood -- Helena Tynell -- Patricia Urquiola -- Mpho Vackier -- Garance Vallée -- Ionna Vautrin -- Lella Vignelli -- Nanda Vigo -- Hisako Watanabe -- Che
Summary:
This visual celebration of the most incredible and impactful design ever produced by female designers flips the script on what is historically considered a man's world. Featuring more than 200 designers from more than 50 countries, it records and illuminates the fascinating and overlooked history of women preeminent in the field - shining a vital spotlight on the most extraordinary objects made by female designers but, more importantly, offering a compelling primer on the best in the field of design.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.