Desire
The Shape of Things to Come

Editors: R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, A. Kupetz, S. Moreno, A. Mollard
Language: English

Release: September 2008  
Format: 24 x 30 cm
Features: 280 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-218-8

Design in the 21st Century has liberated itself from industrial conditions and the associated physical demands. With new technology, expanded choice of materials and the practice of luxurious craftsmanship, designers are embracing design with scintillating attitude, challenging aesthetic boundaries and speculating new expressions in visual codes. Desire documents current developments in furniture and object design today, showcasing recent work by the most exciting and influential designers from around the globe categorized into four distinct trends and groups: Modernists, Taletellers, Inventors and Entertainers.