Christopher Dresser
Publisher: V & A Publications
Published in conjunction with Christopher Dresser's first comprehensive museum retrospective, this illustrated survey affirms his achievement as the first professional industrial designer, in effect, the inventor of the modern-day career of product designer. Dresser (1834-1904) trained both as a designer and a botanist, and derived his design vocabulary initially from observations of nature. As the first European designer to visit Japan in an official capacity, he made a comprehensive study of Japanese art