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international stylemoma

1939 world fair

deutscher werkbund

bauhaus

great exhibitionparis expo

art deco expo

ulm

henry cole

measure of man

america builds

chicago fair

expo '67

pratt

risd

pca

art inst ofchicago

cooper u

parsonsglasgow

edinburgh

école polytechnique

metric systemblack mountain

paris expo

us design patents

centennial expo

paris expo

turin expo

columbian expo

expo '58

moma machine art

industrial arts expo

guild of handicraft

siegfried bing

crusades

cranbrook

moma good design

diderot'sencyclopédie

the craftsman

conran'shabitat

internationalexhibition

humanscale

wiener werkstätte

jugend

the arts of denmark

time magazine

v&a museum

united workshopvereinigte werkstäten

silk road

ww1

ww2

patent system

oil crisissbritish colonies begin

british empire begins

british empire ends

british glasstax repealed

french empire begins

belgian colonies

american civil war

american revolution

french revolution

waterloo

napoleon in egypt

china/usa trade

japan/usa trade

spice trade

opium warvirginia colonies

suffragecivil rights

cold warwar on terrorism

great depression

chernobyl

recession

gas shortage(suez crisis)

unification of china

fall of rome renaissance

coal

ironcopper

bronze

ceramic

25,000 bc

4,000 bc

3,000 bc

pewter

glasssteelvulcanized rubber

phenolic plastic(bakelite)

stainless steel

cellulose nitrate(parkesine)

nylon

shellacpvc

rayon

cellophane

saran

acrylic

polyurethane

polystyrene

neoprene

pet

polypropylene

glass fiber

gutta-percha

natural rubber

led white led

fluorescent light

compact fluorescent

pyrex

particleboard

glass blowing

concrete

aluminum

pressed glass

daguerreotypes

teflon

fiber optics

polyethylene

solar cells

lcd

plywood

laminated wood

formica

sheet cork

plastic pellets bubble wrap

aluminum

cast iron

lacquersilk

paper

chinese porcelain

phosphorescent paint

europeanporcelain

arc welding

pocket camera

zeppelins

casette tapes

spinning jenny

cotton gin

hot air baloon

steam carriage

powered loom

steam train

telegraph

light bulb

mechanized loom

steam power

submarine

canned food

clay pot cooking8,000

refrigerator

typewriters

sewing machine

machine gun

phonograph

photography telephone

electric train

motion picture

wireless radio

airplanes

x-ray

cross-usa phoneelectric blender

electric toaster

flight around world

television

atom split

helicopter

transatlantic flights

portable radio

mainframe computing

concord

instant camera

moon walk

ethernet

cellphones

cds

hubble

space shuttle

personal computingwood block printinggun powder

mechanical clock steam enginemovable typeprinting press

steam printing

rotary printing

internal combustion

milling machine

automobile

printed cotton

tubular steel

mouse

laser printer

lawn mower

747

computer

velcro

garbage bags

wheat thresher

microscope

telescope

thermostat

battery

ipod

transpacific flight

radio broadcast

mechanical reaper

wind tunnel

motorcycle

fax

vcr

rechargeable battery

calculator

mail order

lcd

ireland/usa telegraph

electric car

electric sewing

passenger train

microwave

safety belts microprocessor

photocopies sputnik

injectionmolding

roto molding

can opener

atoms

pagers

jacquard loomelectric motor

roll film

rockets

spinning wheel

movable type

paged books

reel to reel

jet planelaser

nuclear submarine

wind turbineink jet printerwindmills

written recipeschopsticksdecimal system

frame ploughframe plough

crossbow

kites compass

cauldronsrotary winnowing fan

parachutes

canals

manned flightmercator map

suspension bridge

cargo ships

jig saw puzzles

farenheit

celsius

knoll

yamaha

parker pen

rosenthal

sharp

renault

gillette

aeg

alessi

sears roebuck

ge

john deere

krups

electrolux

braun

vespa

boeing

bmw

apple

tupperware

bang & olufsen

artemide

audi

alfa romeo

authentics

bugatti

bell telephone

black & decker

bodum

canon

casio

nasa

chrysler

ibm

coalbrookdalecorning

ericsson

frog design

fiat

ford dymaxion car

general motors

le creuset

honda

ideoikea

jaguar

kartell

kodak

lego

matsushita

benz

minton

nikenikon

burton

oakley

olivettipentagram

philips

polaroid

porsche

remington rubbermaid

hoover

siemens

singerspringfield armory

stanley

thermos

toyota

volvo

westinghousetiffany

gorham

fiskars

gobelins

meissen

sèvres

dansk

puiforcat

liberty & co

isokonrca sony

herman miller

syntrax coffeemaker

luckhardt chair

risom chair

braun hl1 fanzig zag chair

tulip chair

model t

walkmanfiskars

tetra pak

office systems

anglepoise mini van

aeron chair

browniecamera

mag-lite

valentinetypewriter

superleggera chair

remington no. 1

dover egg beater

lektroniccordless shaver

renault r4

tizio lamp

grillo phone

thonet no.14 chair

new beetle

jasperware

revereware

paris metro

myto chair

1 laptop

smart car

dyson

aeron chair

enorme phone

mac se

kryptonite lock

rubik's cube

toot-a-loop radio

trimline phone

kikkomanbottle

eames lounge chair

egg chair

35mm camera

eames fiberglass chair

butterfly stool

lego

eames splint

hardoy chair

alto chair

m&ms

waring blender

brno chair

moka express

fortuny lamp

dresserteapot

tiffanylamps

wedgwoodmortar

ericofon

forks!

brandt teapot

wasilly chair

dbh 1001telephone

eames lcwrietveld chair

penn rr s1

vw beetle

chemex coffee pot

panton chair

il conico teapot

womb chair

ph lamp

juicy salif

zephyr clock

coldspot

coconut chair

dhb 1001 phone

ant chair

blow chairgood grips

great eastern

great western

great britain

atariswatch imac

selectriccuisinart

apple ii

wheelbarrow

umbrellas

matches

toilet paper

playingcards

papermoney

inflation

marco zanuso

kem webber

serrurier-bovy

gilbert rohde

dagobert peche

george nakashima

alvar aalto

fornasetti

wells coates

gio ponti

peter behrens

mart stam

raymond loewyhenry dreyfuss eliot noyes

dieter rams

arne jacobsen

eameses

josiah wedgwood

russel wright

michael thonet

jonathan ive

trevor baylis

walter gropius

alexander graham bell

mario bellini

marianne brandt

christopher dresser

henry dreyfuss

james dyson

thomas a edison

kenji ekuan

buckminster fuller

george nelson

alessandro volta

g. marconi

gerd müller

richard sapper

sixten sason

ettore sottsass

walter d. teague

edward c. moore

paulding farnham

l.c. tiffany

eileen gray

rené lalique

henri van de veldemarcel breuer

olof böcksrtöm

c.r. mackintosh

ernst haeckel

mariano fortuny

c.f.a. voysey

herter brothers

c.r. ashbee norman bel geddes

eva zeisel

ferrari-hardoy

niels diffrient

yves béhar

konstantin grcic

tord boontje

philippe starck

cellini

paul revere

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a. saarinen

harry bertoiawilliam morris

gae aulentie

carlo bugatti

joe colombo

robin day

harold van dorenmassimo vignelli

paul franklgaudî

e.w. godwin

kenneth grange

poul henningsen

hans gugelot

victor horta

hector guimard

georg jensen

koloman moserdonald deskey

le corbusier

ross lovegrove

isamu noguchi

j.e. ruhlmann

stickley

hans wegnerflorence knoll

i.k. brunel

christopher sholesjosef hoffmanncharlotte perriand