Spoon

From the collection of MM Tremonto Paris.

A particularly good reference for early-2000s product design.

Spoon is an ambitious survey of contemporary product design, bringing together 100 of the world's most innovative designers and design studios working at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Selected by an international panel of leading design figures, the book explores a new generation of creative approaches to furniture, lighting, household objects, electronics, and everyday products, highlighting the increasingly fluid boundaries between industrial design, technology, and artistic experimentation.

Featuring richly illustrated profiles of designers including Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison, Marc Newson, and Naoto Fukasawa, Spoon captures an influential moment in contemporary design when new materials, manufacturing techniques, and conceptual approaches were transforming the objects around us. A substantial visual reference and an important snapshot of international design culture in the early 2000s.

Spoon
Spoon: 100 Designers, 10 Curators, 10 Good Designs
Phaidon Press, 2002
Hardcover
448 pages
Illustrated throughout
English
ISBN 9780714842516