Bringing together the best of contemporary design for the home, this is a comprehensive round-up of 1000 striking and innovative objects produced in recent years. It covers furniture, storage, lighting, textiles, carpets and rugs, bathrooms, table- and kitchenware, and electronic products. Web addresses of designers and manufacturers are given for every object, along with full captions and colour illustrations, making every design easy to source. The captions provide details of materials and dimensions, numerous commentaries give an insight into current developments in design, and there is also a listing of the best design stores around the world. Work by the likes of Philippe Starck, Jasper Morrison, Ron Arad, Marcel Wanders, the Campana brothers, Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove, Tom Dixon, Michele de Lucchi, Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec, and Constantin Boym is featured, and there are revealing interviews with 30 top designers.

Jennifer Hudson is an editor and researcher in the fields of contemporary design and architecture, and has been the general editor of The International Design Yearbook for the past 15 years. As a freelance writer she has contributed to Frame, Canadian Interiors and Virgin in-flight magazines.