SIMON ALDERSON ET AL. Phaidon Design Classics: Pts. 1, 2 & 3 Phaidon, 2006. First Edition, Hardcover. Very good condition. volume complete set issued by Phaidon, no jacket as issued, high quality oversize set. Heavy volumes (3 kg each!), many illustrations. Instead of page numbers, chapter numbers referring to the objectys are used. ISBN: 0714843997. ISBN/EAN: 9780714843995 Phaidon Design Classics is a British three volume set of reference books on industrial design since the 17th century. It lists 999 objects that the editorial team chose as design classics. Alan Fletcher was the art director for the project, and the books were designed by Adam Hooper of Hoop Design. The chronological three-volume book is an authoritative collection of design classics, which will include 999 industrially manufactured products, carefully selected by a group of experts. From cars to furniture, from tableware to cameras, from everyday objects to aeroplanes, this breadth of classic design has never before been collated. These volumes will be the sourcebooks on design from the early 1800's to the present, bringing together patents, prototypes, old advertisements, original drawings, images showing the process of manufacture, as well as rare archival photographs. Over fifty authors ranging from designers to curators, critics, and academics, have contributed with short texts for each objects, providing detailed research and precise information.