CONTENTS Preface 6 Acknowledgements 10 Structure of the Book 11 Part One : The International Movement 1. SECTION ONE: Imperatives of History 1. Historical Concepts as Parallel Streams 17 2. The First Concept 25 3. The Second Concept 32 4. The Third Concept 37 5. The Fourth Concept 42 6. The Fifth Concept 45 Addenda to Section One 49 Key Thoughts from Section One 51 2. SECTION TWO : Modern Design, the Formative Years 1. An Ideology split in Two Streams 57 2. The Second Stream 63 Addenda to Section Two 67 Key Thoughts from Section Two 81 3. SECTION THREE : The Bauhaus & After 1. The Bauhaus 85 2. The Post War Years 92 Addenda to Section Three 94 Key Thoughts from Three 99 4. SECTION FOUR : Modernism & the Modern Movement 1. The Early Moderns 103 2. The Modern Movement : the Unerlying Philosophy 111 Addenda to Section Four 114 Key Thoughts from Section Foure 118 5. SECTION FIVE : Postmodernism and After 1. From Modern to Postmodern 121 2. Conceptual Underpinnings 127 3. Life After Postmodernism 130 Addenda to Section Five 142 Key Thoughts from Section Five 148 Part Two : The Indian Parallel 1. SECTION ONE : Past Concepts; Present Equivalences 1. The Earliest Parallels 157 2. The Concept of kalaa and Advent of the West 165 3. A Design Process that is evolved 169 Addenda to Section One 174 Key Thoughts from Section One 179 SECTION TWO : Modernity and Modern Design 1. Modernity, the Influences 183 2. Modern Design in India 189 3. Learning and Practicing Design 196 4. Epilogue - Changeless Concept, Ever Changing Image 204 Addenda to Section Two 209 Key Thoughts from Section Two 210 References 217