If you work in design, it's worth asking yourself a question: how much do you know about the famous designers of modern history: the giants on whose shoulders we all stand? And we're not just talking about the big names of graphic design like Dieter Rams and Paula Scher. But also those pioneers of product design, industrial design, textile design, furniture design and so on, who've shaped the world we know today.
Back in 2023, regular Creative Bloq writer Tom May noticed that there wasn't a single book that brought all these lumunaries together. And so he set out to write one. And the result has just been launched into the world, in the form of The 50 Greatest Designers: The People Who Have Created Our Environment (Arcturus Publishing) – I think this is heading into our best design books guide.
