TY - GEN AU - Forty, Adrian TI - Objects of desire : design and society since 1750 SN - 9780500274125 U1 - 745.2 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson Ltd. KW - N1 - Contents Introduction 6 1 Images of Progress 11 2 The First Industrial Designers 29 3 Design and Mechanisation 42 4 Differentiation in Design 62 5 The Home 94 6 Design in the Office 120 7 Hygiene and Cleanliness 156 8 Electricity - The Fuel of the Future 182 9 Labour - Saving in the Home 207 10 Design and Corporate Identity 222 11 Design, Designers and the Literature of Design 239 Bibliography 246 Acknowledgements 252 Index 253 ER -