by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell · Carlton Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781906863081
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«Plastic Dreams: Synthetic Visions in Design» is the illustrated essay on product design by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, published by Carlton Books Ltd in 2009 in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Reference work bringing together more than 120 iconic designs made in plastic materials, from 1920s Bakelite to contemporary technopolymers. It includes pieces such as the AD 65 radio by Wells Coates and the MYTO stackable chair by Konstantin Grcic, and traces the history of synthetic polymers and their impact on industrial design, with a glossary of materials and processes.
Charlotte and Peter Fiell are leading authors on twentieth- and twenty-first-century design and have written or edited more than thirty books on the subject.
Aimed at designers, industrial design students and enthusiasts of material culture who want to understand the role of plastic in everyday objects.
Charlotte Jane Fiell is a British writer and design historian who has written about design, architecture and fashion. Many of her books and articles have been co-authored with her husband, Peter Fiell. In 2010, The Independent described her and her husband Peter Fiell, as "Britain's most stylish couple", who had "spent two decades educating the public about good contemporary design".
