Reread the Value of Pevsner's Pioneers of Modern Design for the Studies of Modern Design History
The famous book Pioneers of Modern Design:From William Morris to Walter Gropius by the German-British design historian Nikolaus Pevsner was first published in 1936.Although the book was published more than 80 years ago,its exquisite analysis and interpretation of the development trends of modernist design still have an influence to this day.As the foundation of modern design history research,this book not only plays a historical role in promoting design history as a discipline for today's design history research.Looking at the book today,from its early innovation to the various reflections it generated in the future,it still played an important role in promoting and stimulating the subsequent development of design history studies of China and the world.
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