Author: Jean Bernard Hebey

Publisher: 5 Continents Editions

Description: Hardcover with dust jacket. 359 pages. 11 1/2" x 10".

Date: 2002

Condition: Covers show some light edge wear. Clean copy otherwise.

Dust Jacket: Some shelf wear and scuffing. Creasing along the upper and lower edges. Small closed tear at the top front next to the spine. Closed tear at the bottom front at the leading edge. Now protected by a Bro-dart mylar cover.

Contents: The first book dedicated exclusively to the design of household objects and appliances (drinking and eating, heating and cooling, washing and cleaning) "enfants prodiges" of industrial design. Text is in Italian but is mostly comprised of full-page color and black-and-white photographs.