designing modernity: the arts of reform and persuasion 1885-1945 ed. wendy kaplan. title accompanying a traveling exhibition from the wolfsonian. Over 400 objects are illustrated from the wolfsonian collections, and essays attempt to convey to the reader a sense of understanding to forces and influences that shaped modernist design. Many of these items range to the more obscure, making this a far more interesting book than most available on the market today. Hbk. Pp.352 $55
