World History of Design

Victor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a founding editor and now co-editor of the academic design journal Design Issues. His many books include: The Designed World: images, objects, environments; The Politics of the Artificial: Essays on Design; Design Discourse: history, theory, criticism; Discovering Design: explorations in design studies

Victor Margolin's epic World History of Design charts the practice's perceptual shift in approach from pragmatic to artistic … In the annals of design histories, [World History of Design] is perhaps the most exhaustive effort yet undertaken … The book is unique for its inclusivity, which reaches far beyond Western design research’s usual orbit.

• Volume 1 Prehistoric Times to World War I1. The Prehistoric Age2. The Earliest Civilizations, 7000 BCE - 900 BCE3. The Classical Age and Early Byzantium, 900 BCE - 800 CE4. Medieval Europe and the Islamic World, 800 CE - 1200 CE5. Africa, the Americas, and Asia, 900 BCE - 1200 CE6. Renaissance Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1200-1750 7. Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1200-17508. The Industrial Revolution: Europe and America, 1750 CE - 1830 CE9. The Age of Exhibitions: Great Britain 1830 CE - 1900 CE10. The Craft Ideal and the Art Movement: Britain and Elsewhere, 1861-191511. The Age of Exhibitions: Europe Outside Great Britain, 1830 CE - 1900 CE12. Art Nouveau and the Decorative Impulse, 1890-191413. The United States, 1840-190014. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 1300 CE - 1900 CE15. Protoindustrialization in Diverse Regions, 1750 CE - 1900 CE16. Colonies and Pre-industrial Nations in Asia and Africa, 1750 CE - 1900 CE17. Modern Design in Europe and America, 1900-191718. Art and Literature of the Avant-Gardes, 1897-1918 19. World War I, 1914-1918Volume 2World War I to World War II20. Design in the Soviet Union, 1905-1928 21. Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 22. France, 1918-193923. Great Britain 1918-193924. Western and Southern Europe 1900-1939 25. Central and Eastern Europe, 1900-1939 26. Scandinavia, 1917-194527. Italy, Germany, Portugal, Soviet Union, 1922-194028: The United States, 1917-194129. Latin America: Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, 1900-1939 30. Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, 1900-193931. Commonwealth Countries; Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 1917-1939 32. The Near and Middle East, 1900-1939 33. Colonies: Africa: 1900-1945 34: Colonies: India, Hong Kong, and Burma 1900-194535. Asia: China and Siam, 1900-193936: Asia: Japan and its Colonies, 1900-1937 37. World War II, 1939-1945