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Penny Sparke's "20th Century Design: A Compendium of Pioneers' Works" is a comprehensive overview of design history. Sparke is a British design historian who has researched modern design, interiors, and the relationship between design and lifestyle culture. This book traces the major currents of 20th-century design, from the Arts and Crafts movement to modernism, Bauhaus, Mid-Century Modernism, and Postmodernism, through the works of representative designers. Introducing the works of Mackintosh, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Aalto, Eames, Sottsass, Mariscal, Starck, and others, it demonstrates that design is not merely a form of expression, but has developed in close connection with industry, cities, lifestyles, and consumer culture. The book's appeal also lies in its rich use of color illustrations, which allows for a cross-disciplinary understanding of diverse fields such as architecture, furniture, product design, and graphic design. This book, which views the 20th century as the "age of design" and organizes the relationships between various movements and artists, is useful not only as an introduction to design history but also as a resource for understanding the origins of contemporary lifestyle and visual culture.