His first love was botany, but--fortunately for us--Christopher Dresser also turned his hand to design; you could say, in fact, that he and his contemporary William Morris invented the field as we know it. Probably the first industrial designer, Dresser rationalized the mechanical process of manufacture and worked closely with the companies that produced what he drew and painted. Dresser's vision could manifest itself as wallpaper, ceramics, textiles, metalware, linoleum, glass, or stencilwork. His influences encompassed Indian, Egyptian, and Japanese art, but he produced much work without apparent precedent; his metalware prefigured Bauhaus design by 50 years. Through his books and lectures, and widespread plagiarism of his designs, Dresser was far more influential than he was influenced. So, why is he now less well remembered than Morris? Dresser stretched himself thin to organize a design-and-manufacture cooperative just as a severe depression swept Great Britain. The collapse of his business, and personal ill health, limited his ability to work during the last 20 years of his life--roughly the same period when Morris rose to international renown. Twenty assorted 5 x 7" blank notecards with envelopes in a decorative box. ISBN: 0-7649-3005-2. |
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