Author Description

This is an illustrated source book of contemporary Spanish applied arts, architecture and design. Individual chapters cover developments in the post-Franco era in architecture; furniture; fashion including fabrics, jewellery, fashion accessories and fashion photograpy; product design and graphic design, from signage for public places to project studies for the 1992 Olympics and Expo, as well as Spanish typography and magazine design. The book aims to provide a detailed briefing on style, design and architecture in Spain today and tomorrow. The author, Emma Dent Coad is an Anglo-Spanish design lecturer and journalist and is a consultant to the Spanish Design Council's international promotional programme. She was co-author of "The Design Source Book".