Design in Britain: Big Ideas, Small Island

What constitutes Britishness in British design? Luxury 'British' car brand, Bentley is German owned and its head of exterior styling is Brazilian.

Apple designer, Jonathan Ive was born and raised in Britain, but does that mean we can claim the iPhone and the MacBook as examples of British Design?

It's possible to see the influence of those born or educated in Britain across the world.

Yet at the same time, the world comes to Britain to study design and to establish their studios, from Marc Newson to car brands such as, Nissan and Ford.

Published in conjunction with the Design Museum, Design in Britain is the first book to take a comprehensive account of what it is that has given Britain a unique place in history.

It is not just about British design, but a global view of that unique sensibility that informs everyone from Jonathan Ive to Zaha Hadid.

It is an exploration of the major figures and movements that have led the way and those who have turned it on it's head, from the emergence of design in post-war years to the innovative implications of design in today's very different technological and social climate.